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Mixing a bit of the philosophy of Ralph Waldo Emerson and the sheer eccentricity of our wandering sage Jesus, Dr. Keck will make a case that being a little weird is a key to living an intelligent, kind and happy life.
That which we give our life to in light of our encounter with Jesus has an impact. In other words living our faith should have a deep impact in our public life, in the lives of our homes, neighborhoods, and cities. This week we'll allow an ancient prophet
On the week of All Saints Day, the church universal honors and remembers those who have entered the mystery beyond. In a spiritual sense, they are still very much part of our community and each one of us is still shaped by our loved ones who have died. Dr
Often when we think of faith it sounds like something we should "have," something that is innate to our being human. It turns out that we do have a divine spark, a sense of the holy, but that growth in that awareness and in faith becoming active in our da
Difficulties are all around us and often it seems impossible to find anything to celebrate, anything to hope for, or anything that is thriving around us. This week the community in Thessalonica gives us a witness of what it might look like to grow, thrive
After hosting the St. John’s Bible event on Wednesday, our sermon will look at the ways we could turn our everyday Bibles into something more beautiful and fully illuminated. Using the calligraphy of our conscience and the script of love, we can each pr
Grace is the free gift of God's love, acceptance, forgiveness, reconciliation, restoration, and healing. It is hard to receive it, it is often harder to acknowledge our need for it. This week two people approach the divine in very different ways and provi
In Genesis 32 Jacob wrestles either an angel, or a man or God himself. It is unclear in the text who exactly is his foe and for all history there have been different interpretation. But one ancient line of thought is that he is wrestling with himself, tha
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We live in a culture that encourages the giving of thanks, but is it rooted in gratitude or on performative politeness? What does real gratitude look like? How is gratitude connected to our life of faith? How do we harvest gratitude? Join Jim Keck and Jua
The theme of exile is pervasive in our Bible: Adam and Eve are cast out of the garden, Abraham is sent away from his home, the Hebrews are exiled in Egypt, the Jewish people go through two major exiles. In fact, exile becomes an existential category in ou
Often we think of forgiveness as reconciliation as renewing of relationship with the one that has harmed, hurt, or caused us loss. Tutu helps us see that there is another way that goes beyond this binary and invites us into a type of liberation that cente