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Every day the clock keeps ticking, reminding us that time is passing. But the prophet Isaiah announces that the time for renewal and redemption is NOW! How can we, like the saints who have gone before us, make the most of our days?
The parable of the prodigal son is one of the most well known stories in Scripture, but Jesus never meant for the parable to have only one meaning. How can we hear this parable again today and learn something new for our context.
Many of us feel lost right now. But Jesus tells a parable that reminds us that nothing is lost to God.
Today we celebrate 26 years of being an Open and Affirming church and welcome guest preacher, Rev. Brian Ellison, of The Covenant Network for an excellent sermon on the parable of the pearl of great price.
When Jesus introduces a series of three stories about lost items in Luke 15, he begins with a story about a lost sheep. Join Pastor Jacob as he connects this story to the Black Lives Matter movement and asks, "Who is really lost?"
The wilderness of the multiple pandemics we are experiencing are uncomfortable and challenging. What might be revealed to us in the midst of this dry place?
There is an Iroquois law that said decisions should be made based on how they impact the community seven generations into the future. What if God is calling us to invest in creating a better world, even if we never live to see it?
Like Ezekiel, we are surveying the dead, dry bones of our personal and communal lives. With God's Holy Spirit, may we one day take a collective new breath and begin a new era in which everyone can breathe together.
While they are in the wilderness waiting for Moses to come down from Sinai, the Israelites ask Aaron to make them some sort of god that they can see and touch. We always crave certainty. But what if the only thing that is certain is our uncertainty? How d
Our world certainly feels as if it is being refined by fire this year. We are being called to change many of our ways of thinking and our practices. Is it possible to find God in the midst of all of this change? Malachi thinks so!
Pastor Jacob admits he likes to check things off lists and felt compelled to preach out all of the remaining books before the series came to a close. He looks to eight different passages and asks if there might be a common theme unifying the entire canon
After generations of failure and chaos, the Israelites are left wondering how they could ever rebuild what they had before? Will it be possible for us to rebuild?