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- THE SENTENCE YOU DIDN'T WRITE: August 23, 2026We have been finishing that sentence our whole lives. I am… and somebody else usually filled in the blank first. But there is an older word about who we are, spoken before anyone else got a vote. And it turns out, Jesus is still speaking it. Matthew 16:13-20 | Isaiah 51:1-6 | Romans 12:1-818 min
- CRUMBS FROM THE TABLE: August 16, 2026
When a Canaanite woman asks Jesus to heal her daughter his response seems, to us, rude. Rude Jesus? Not really. The story shows us that the promise of God in Isaiah 56 has come true – all nations will be drawn to God. The story also shows us that crumbs from the table of grace are more than enough.
12 min - THAT'S WHAT SHE SAID: August 9, 2026
The women we encounter in scripture provide a powerful witness to God's love and mercy. From Miriam to Mary, Hannah to Ruth, the women are empowered by God to preach, teach, proclaim, and praise. Pastor Paul Witmer, Lead Pastor of Women at the Well, a congregation in the Mitchellville Women's Correction Center, is our guest preacher and mission partner.
30 min - ALL YOU CAN. ALL YOU HAVE. - August 2, 2026
When Jesus sees the thousands waiting for him, he has compassion on them. The disciples see a problem. The people need to go home to eat. Jesus tells the twelve, "You give them something to eat." All they have is five loaves and two fish. It ends up being more than enough. Twelve baskets of leftovers remain after all are full. Perhaps Jesus gives us the same command when we see the overwhelming problems of the world and all the suffering. "You give them what they need." We are called to do all we can with all we have, in this place at this time.
14 min - NOTHING SEPARATES: July 26, 2026Something in you has been asking whether this, whatever this is for you right now, might finally be too much. Too far gone. Beyond reach. Paul already asked that question, on our behalf, and searched the whole universe for an answer. Romans 8:26-39 | Matthew 13:31-33, 44-52 | 1 Kings 3:5-1216 min
- WHEAT AND WEEDS: July 19, 2026
What shall we do about the presence of evil in the world? Jesus' parable of the "wheat and weeds" gives us an answer. We can't really tell the difference between the two, so good and evil must grow up alongside each other. God will sort out the two in God's good time. That is hard news for us when we want to judge others. It is good news when we are being judged.
11 min - ALREADY HOME: July 12, 2026We keep asking the same question, just in fancier clothes: Am I enough? We measure. We compare. We keep score against the person in the next pew. But Paul isn't answering that question. He's ending it. Romans 8:1-11 | Isaiah 55:10-13 | Matthew 13:1-9, 18-2317 min
- A NATION OF PEACE AND HUMILITY: July 5, 2026
As the nation observes the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence we are called to give thanks and to tell the truth. We are called to live into a vision established not by our own patriotism, but the vision of the reign of God revealed in Christ.
17 min - THE YOKE: June 28, 2026There is a kind of hope that makes everything worse. We have all offered it. Most of us have needed it. There is another kind. It doesn't promise the weight will lift. But it will not leave you alone in it. Jeremiah 28:5–9 | Matthew 10:40–4218 min
- DEAD TO SIN. ALIVE TO GOD. June 21, 2026
A core belief of our congregation is "God's love is not earned but is a free gift to broken people." The question is, does God's love revealed in Christ leave us broken? Paul says, "By no means!" To be baptized, to be a disciple of Jesus, is to leave the old life, the brokenness, behind and embrace a new life, even if it is hard to change.
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