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All Saints Day is a Sunday when we participate in some odd rituals. Come to think of it, the Christian Church is full of odd rituals! Join Pastor Jen as she delves into the meaning of All Saints Sunday and explains why we as Christ-followers are called to
On Animal Blessing Sunday we pause to break down our anthropocentric views of the world and try to understand God's creation through the eyes of other species. When animals look at a rainbow, they don't all see the same colors. What does it mean that we s
How can God be all-loving and still condemn people to hell? Is God really that volatile? Join Pastor Jen as she examines passages about hell in the Bible and holds them in tension with the merciful Creator described in Jesus’s teachings.
Join Pastors Jen and Jacob for a two-part sermon series exploring the afterlife. Discussions of the afterlife produce a lot of anxiety around the questions of who gets to heaven, how do we get there, and what will it look like. But should we be so anxious
Join Pastor Jen in examining the story of the Tower of Babel. Is it possible that diversity is not God's punishment for humanity, but rather God's divine design for us?
From picket fences and gated neighborhoods to office cubicles and prison cells, we live in a world of walls. We can end up a lonely people...stuck in the ghettos of poverty and the ghettos of affluence. But God is all about tearing down walls. We are not
In our last installment of 5 Greek Words Every Christian Should Know, we look at the word pistis, which means faith. What does it mean that we put our faith in something that we cannot see? Is our faith just wish fulfillment?
This week's Greek word is gnosis, knowledge, and it has made its way into English with words such as diagnosis, prognosis, and agnostic. Join Pastor Jacob as he explores the ancient sect known today as Gnosticism, and asks the question, "What do we need t
Our word for today is doxa, and Pastor jen will be teaching us about the story of Jesus healing 10 lepers. But there is more to this story than simply healing a skin disease or giving thanks--the heart of this story lies in the identity of the leper who t
In the second installment of 5 Greek Words Every Christian Should Know, we turn to what may be the earliest written words of the New Testament. Philippians 2 contains what scholars think are lyrics to a hymn that the first Christians sang together. The so
Why is it important to live in commUNITY? Join Pastor Jen as she looks at Paul’s letter to the Ephesians and teaches about henotes, the Greek word for “unity.”
In this last installment of Tweetable Scriptures, Jesus gives this message in 140 characters or less to all those carrying the burdens of guilt, fear, self-contempt, regret, workaholism, and pride: “Come to me all you who are weary and carrying heavy bu