Peter the disciple had a bad habit of telling God “No!” In the book of Acts we see another episode where Peter attempts to tell God how the story is supposed to go. His insistence on maintaining control turns out to be like fighting with a wave.

Acts 10:44-48

The first gentile convert to Christianity didn’t fit into typical gender binaries of male/female. His story of pilgrimmage to the temple ended in disappointment because of a lifetime ban of “his kind” from the assembly of the Lord. Despite the religious rejection the eunuch faced at the temple, the Holy Spirit still had plans for the him in the new and growing community forming around Jesus.

Acts 8:26-40

All over the world power rules. Power gets things done. Power does not sacrifice or take a back seat—especially the middle back seat. So if Jesus is the Son of God, i.e., powerful, what does he do with it?

Ezekiel 34:1-10

John 10:1-18

On the third Sunday of Easter you’re invited into the mystery of God’s power flowing through imperfect people.

Luke 24:36-48

Acts 3:12-19

On the second Sunday of Easter we look at the kind of generosity made possible by Resurrection.

John 20:19-31

1 John 1:1-2:2

Acts 4:32-35

This Easter Sunday we peer into the empty tomb and ask the question – where has Jesus gone? Where is Jesus leading us to next?

Isaiah 25:6-9

Mark 16:1-8

This Palm Sunday discover that our perceptions and expectations of Christ are inadequate if they are not informed by the cross.

Zechariah 9:9-10

Mark 10:46-11:11

Here’s a game. How would you rank public figures based on their influence? Now watch Jesus wreck the whole game.

Jeremiah 31:31-34

John 12:20-33

Hear the potentially over-familiar verses from John 3 in a new light with radically new and hopeful implications for continually choosing between light and darkness.

Numbers 21:4-9

Psalm 107:1-3, 17-22

John 3:14-21

Why do sacred spaces, sacrifice, and other odd things still draw out the best in us?

Exodus 20:1-17

John 2:13-22