Guest preacher, Cara Meredith, joins us to preach on John 9:1-12 and challenge ableist readings of this healing narrative of the man born blind. What does John 9 have to show us about being Easter people who cling to the agency and identity God uniquely provides to our ordinary, everyday lives?

Cara Meredith is a writer, speaker, and nonprofit communications specialist. A former high school English teacher and nonprofit outreach director, she holds a master’s of theology (Fuller Seminary) and is the author of The Color of Life. She lives with her family in Oakland. 

Pastor Erina continues our Eastertide sermon series on the lectionary by looking at John 14:1-11 and Jesus’ words of comfort to his disciples in the midst of their disorientation. How might we find a place for ourselves in the promise of an expansive house of God? How might we find comfort in Jesus, who reveals the way, truth, and life of the Divine?

Jon Chou and Nick Gee share testimonies of how God has met them in the in between spaces, amidst the wondering and the wandering.

In 1 Peter, Jesus-followers are suffering from having been disconnected from society for following Jesus instead of worshipping Caesar. What does Peter's message have to say to those of us who are also feeling and experiencing disconnection as we seek to follow Jesus?

Pastor Michael gives us a picture of these Jesus-followers' new lives with Jesus as their patron, and highlights the invitation to love and affection for those around them, especially those who are also feeling disconnected.

In the second week of Easter, Barnabas (Bethel's Theologian-in-Residence) preaches on how Jesus' resurrection interrupts the cycle of violence rampant in the world since Genesis, and begins repairing and healing the whole world.

Guest speaker Riana Shaw Robinson invites us to see our risen Christ through our tears and to run towards community in moments of pain as Mary Magdalene did on Easter morning.

Guest speaker Nichola Torbett shares the anticipatory grief and liberation expressed by the revelers and stones who welcomed Jesus as their indigenous King.

Guest speaker Rev JJ Flag invites us to question how Judas acts as a mirror for ourselves and how Jesus continues to love him even throughout his betrayal.

This Godly Play style story places three vignettes from Jesus’ teaching in the temple side by side, helping us get close to the story of the woman who gave two small coins. 

Pastor Erina continues our Lenten sermon series by examining a portrait of Peter, corrected by Jesus in the wilderness. What does it mean to follow a Messiah who subverts the logics of Empire and chooses suffering in the wilderness? How might we find hope and solidarity through the Holy One, who knows us in our suffering?