The Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost Sun, Sep 1st
...what I am confident in, is the Song [of Songs] is intended to work on both levels. It's a "Yay and Amen" to human love, and it's a "Yay and Amen" to divine and human love, and so, to read…
Below are links to the full videos of past worship services along with the bulletin and lectionary Bible passages for each week.
...what I am confident in, is the Song [of Songs] is intended to work on both levels. It's a "Yay and Amen" to human love, and it's a "Yay and Amen" to divine and human love, and so, to read…
Place matters…. Do you remember, viscerally, a place in which you encountered God? - Pastor Libby
It doesn't take a lot of reading around the edges in 1 Kings to see that this ideal moment [of Solomon choosing wisdom, resulting in God's deep pleasure] is not the whole story, and Solomon was not immune to "poor…
I can't think of a better way for us to live in the pattern of 1st and 2nd Samuel... than to lean into the work that the Spirit is doing in us, to see the truth, and to name both…
If the story ended [with David marrying Bathsheba after all his wrongdoings], then David is just than another jerk in power who got away with a terrible something he shouldn’t have…. But that isn’t the end of the story, and…
God meets us in the mess of our lives. God uses people who have made a complete mess of their life. - Ryan Wendt, guest preacher
...sway with God. Don't get out in front of God and don't attempt to balance yourself. Hang on, and be a part of the Creator in body, mind, and soul. - Pastor Libby
Ultimately, what matters most, that which has the most profound impact on our lives right now as well as our ultimate destiny, is not the opinion of others, but what God thinks and feels about us. - Martha and Gaius…
There’s something about being authentically human and able to point out the truth about yourself, that even the bad stuff is part of how God made you and part of how God is going to work in you. - Pastor…
Jesus truly sees this nameless woman through a crowd of people. This woman, who, because of her condition, has most likely become an outcast from society. This woman, who, by all observations, has no one else to advocate for her.…