How to Read Violent Texts
Deuteronomy 7:1-11 Friends, we have only a few weeks left before Advent. So far we have read stories of creation, crisis, calling, and captivity. The descendants of Israel have followed […]
Deuteronomy 7:1-11 Friends, we have only a few weeks left before Advent. So far we have read stories of creation, crisis, calling, and captivity. The descendants of Israel have followed […]
Exodus 3:1-15 This is the final week in our stewardship series, Rooted in Love. You’ve already heard from Tiffany about what it means to her to consistently participate in our […]
Genesis 32:22–33:11 For the next year we are following along together in a book called “We Make the Road by Walking” by Brian McLaren. I know a lot of you […]
Genesis 22:1-14 We come this morning to a text that is up there on my list of most troubling texts in the Bible. It is a story that our Jewish […]
Jeremiah 30 & 31 This fall we have been exploring the importance of the idea of covenant in the Old Testament. I love the Old Testament. I love the poetry […]
Joshua 24:1-18, 25 For several weeks we have explored the important biblical idea of covenant. It’s a sacred commitment to relationship, initiated by God for the sake of the other, […]
Exodus 19 & 20 This fall we are considering God’s covenants with people in the Old Testament. We’ve read several stories about how God was faithful to people. Now we […]
Genesis 11:27-12:9 Each year in September as we study the Bible together on Sunday mornings, we go all the way back to the beginning, to the book of Genesis, and […]
Open and Affirming Sunday Micah 6:8 Man. It’s good to be back. I missed being here with you all. From the bottom of my heart, and on behalf of my […]