Old Testament Stories Lessons for Living Today "What You Resist, Persists"
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Yas Queen: Uncovering LGBTQ Voices in Scripture
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A.K.A.: Name Changes in the Bible "Martha, aka Mary, aka Mary the Tower"
A few church members asked Pastor Jen if she was going to follow her sermon on Peter the Rock by one about Mary the Tower. Not one to walk away from a challenge, Pastor Jen finished our sermon series by presenting the work of Elizabeth Schrader and her di
A.K.A.: Nicknames & Name Changes in The Bible "Sons of Thunder"
When Jesus first calls the disciples, he nicknames James and John the Sons of Thunder. Scholars don't know what Jesus meant by these epithets, but the two brothers do have quite the tempers in the Gospels. Pastor Jacob explores why Jesus would call these
A.K.A.: Nicknames & Name Changes in the Bible
Pastor Jen kicks off our new sermon series with the story of Jesus changing Simon’s name to Peter. Why would Jesus give the name “Rock” to a disciple like Simon?
ROOTED.: Surprise Seeds
In Mark 4, Jesus tells us a strange parable about someone who scatters seeds and then goes to bed, and somehow those seeds grow without any further work. If any of us have ever tried to keep a plant alive, we know growing something is never that easy! On
ROOTED. Rooted in Love
Pastor Jen looks at Paul’s letter to the Ephesians and discusses the concept of home and what it means to be rooted in love.
ROOTED.: Look Around
Our sermon series "Rooted," is designed to celebrate the ways in which a community of faith can help us deepen our spirituality and connect with others. But strangely, Pastor Jacob begins his sermon by sharing all the ways religion and religious communiti
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