September 22, 2024 | Maren Jo Schneider | Genesis 24 We’ve all heard that we worship the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, but when you read Genesis like an English major, it’s not hard to see that a better name would be the God of Abraham, Rebekah, and Jacob. The text designates Rebekah […]
September 15, 2024 | Nicola Patton | Joshua 2 The story of Rahab teaches us that morality is often a luxury but that God provides for the powerless. God is the God of radical inclusion and a border-crossing God who looks to tear down walls for us to belong together, not so that we […]
September 8, 2024 | Inés Velásquez-McBryde | Gen 16:7-16 Mother Hagar is the first human and first foreign woman to name God, the God who sees. This is in response to God naming her son, Ishmael, which means, God hears. She finds herself in a difficult predicament after being taken advantage of. Yet, God […]
August 25, 2024 | Inés Velásquez-McBryde
August 18, 2024 | Inés Velásquez-McBryde | Matthew 5:9 Pastora Inés grounds reconciliation in the work of Jesus on the cross in Ephesians 2:11-22. She centers peacemaking within the context of the upside kingdom of the sermon on the mount in Matthew 5:9.
August 11, 2024 | Inés Velásquez-McBryde and Nicola Patton | Hebrews 6:12-19 The Voice In this communal sermon, Pastoras Nicola and Inés hold a conversation about hope. Hope is a habit that grows in the dark and hope has a root system. We created a communal poem of hope with the congregation because hope […]
August 4, 2024 | Inés Velásquez-McBryde | Matthew 6:33 NRSV God is the author, architect, and arbiter of justice. From the Old Testament to the New, we see that God always has protested injustice and has preferential treatment for the marginalized. In the life and ethical work of Jesus, we are invited to live […]
July 28, 2024 | Armando David Scott-Canchola | Luke 4 As we look at the love of Jesus, we see how God is not retributive, but a God who is radically forgiving, co-suffering, and sacrificial. A God who teaches us to love all, including our enemy. Jesus invites us to follow His expansive Cross-shaped […]
July 21, 2024 As the Harrison family transitions out of their roles, we look backward to see God’s faithfulness in their lives and ministries, and we also look forward to the new ways God will use them in the future. We bless them and send them on to the next phase of their lives […]
July 14, 2024 | Bobby Harrison | Matthew 14 As we look at the life of Jesus, we see a God who draws near. And it’s the eyes of Christ, filled with compassion, that moves Jesus first toward us. May we be moved, as he was moved, to be the eyes of Christ to […]