February 5, 2023 | Bobby Harrison | Exodus 3 In this sermon, we look at a very familia story — Moses and the Burning Bush. But we do so through an entirely new lens: God is on fire. We take time to ask why God is on fire in the first place in this story. […]
September 25, 2022 | Inés Velásquez-McBryde | Acts 9:1-17 Saul is a religious fanatic killing in the name of righteousness. On the road to Damascus, he experiences a dramatic encounter with Jesus who asks, “Why are you hurting me?” and Saul responds, “Who are you Lord?” The road from Who-Are-You-Lord to Here-I-Am-Lord is disorienting because […]
March 13, 2022 | Bobby Harrison | Genesis 22:1-14 We look at the story of God’s call to Abraham to sacrifice his son Isaac. And we consider this story as a way to consider our own faith stories of Construction, Deconstruction, and Reconstruction.
February 20, 2022 | Phil Allen, Jr. | Genesis 9:25-27 This message challenges our efforts to “deconstruct” our faith/theology through a brief look at Genesis 9:25-27, the so-called “Curse of Ham” passage, and the interpretive malpractice that many theologians engaged in hundreds of years ago. The interpretation of this passage was intended to justify the […]
January 23, 2022 | Inés Velásquez-McBryde | Genesis 3:8-19 The curse in the garden has been seen as prescriptive for humanity and has distorted our view of God and each other, which has dehumanized women, men, and the marginalized. However, the curse is descriptive of the fall and not a blessing. The serpent came to […]
January 16, 2022 | Sandy Lee Schaupp, John Williams, Inés Velásquez-McBryde, Bobby Harrison | MLK Sunday Service Lean in with us as we name the holy work of Deconstruction & Reconstruction in pursuing Racial Justice as followers of Jesus. Pastors Inés and Bobby hosted a panel alongside two of our dearest friends — John Williams […]
January 9, 2022 | Bobby Harrison | Genesis 1–12 In this message, we take an overhead view of Genesis 1-12 to see the continual pattern of Creation and Uncreation. As we look into the pivotal idea of Deconstruction and Reconstruction, we begin here at the beginning.