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In Mark 14, the Chief Priests and scribes are conspiring to find a way to secretly put Jesus to death. But in the middle of their plans comes the story of an unnamed woman with an alabaster jar. Her small act of kindness serves as a subversive act of good
In the blockbuster movie Inception, the characters travel into a dream within a dream within a dream. This week, Pastor Jacob explains that the Gospel of Mark is a story within a story within a story. But what all of these layers of stories reveal is that
Rev. Dr. David Vásquez-Levy serves as President of Pacific School of Religion in Berkeley, California. One of the UCC seminaries, PSR is a progressive, multidenominational seminary and center for social justice that prepares theologically and spiritually
When Jesus sends the disciples to do ministry in the Gospel of Mark, the story of their ministerial exploits is interrupted by a flashback to the death of John the Baptist. We continue our series on a unique aspect of the Gospel of Mark where one story is
Pastor Jen kicks off our Lenten sermon series by introducing the concept of a Markan sandwich and invites us to examine two stories that are intentionally placed together in the Gospel of Mark. What is Mark trying to tell us about Jesus’ purpose through
Pastor Jen kicks off our Lenten season with a story from the gospel of Mark in which Jesus heals people, prays, and heals more people. If reconnecting with Divine Love is what keeps Jesus going, might we try and do the same?
On our annual Fat Sunday we explore the spiritual discipline of celebration. The spiritual discipline of celebration does not ignore the pain in the world or the pain in our lives, but instead invites us into a radical act of joy that declares that no mat
Pastor Jen talks about the spiritual discipline of confession and why it is good for our souls. God’s grace isn’t a free pass on our bad behavior, but rather her fierce determination to love us into our best selves.
In the Gospel of Matthew, Jesus tells the crowds gathered to listen to his Sermon on the Mount, "Do Not Worry." But Jesus' words seem a little shortsighted in a world where there is an abundance of issues to worry about. Pastor Jacob digs deeper into Jesu
Pastor Jen examines prayer. She asks us to consider how Jesus prayed and how prayer might remind us of our relationship with our loving Creator.
When people hear the term “Prophet,” they often think of someone who can predict the future with great accuracy. However the prophets in the Bible often focused on much more concrete issues in the present. In this teaching, Pastor Craig Hadley, talks
Pastors Jen and Jacob launch a new sermon series by inviting us to put our lives in airplane mode and quiet all of the electronic interference, if only for a moment, as we practice ancient spiritual disciplines that are meant to strengthen our connection