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June 12, 2023 Jesus Revealed, Part 2 // The Rev. Magrey deVega // June 11, 2023
Jesus meets us in our blindness and gives us the ability to see God’s grace and love, just as he cured the blind man.

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Reflection Questions:
1. In what ways are you like the Pharisees in these stories? How do you need the light of Jesus?
2. How are you like the woman and the man in both stories? How do you need the light of Jesus?
3. How will you shine the light of Jesus to others this week?
15 min
June 05, 2023 Jesus Revealed, Part 1 // The Rev. Magrey deVega // June 4, 2023
Jesus satisfies our deepest hungers, just as he fed the multitudes.

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Reflection Questions:
1. What favorite memory do you have of communion?

2. What difference do anamnesis and prolepsis make in your appreciation of communion?

3. How will you be the body of Christ for people this week?
14 min
May 29, 2023 Pentecost Sunday // The Rev. Magrey deVega // May 28, 2023
The arrival of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost enables the church to be a community of love that embraces diversity and inclusion.

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Reflection Questions
1. When have you experienced the presence and power of the Holy Spirit with others?

2. How is God calling you to do the work of Tikkun Olam, “repairing the world”?

3. What excites you about being a part of the future of this church?
16 min
May 22, 2023 Love Conquers All, Part 6 // The Rev. Magrey deVega // May 21, 2023
Faithful love chooses to see reality through the “long view,” and never loses hope, regardless of how bad things might look now.

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Reflection Questions:
1. What is a part of your childhood that you miss?

2. Who are those who loved you into being?

3. What do you think it means for love to be the greatest thing, greater than faith and hope?
14 min
May 15, 2023 Love Conquers All, Part 5 // The Rev. Justin LaRosa // May 14, 2023
A love that forgives actively repairs broken relationships by “turning down the temperature” of heated conflict, and seeking to move forward, rather than live in the past.

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Reflection Questions:

1. Is it more difficult to forgive others or yourself?

2. Why do you think Jesus commands forgiveness?

3. How might you love others this week?
20 min
May 08, 2023 Love Conquers All, Part 4 // The Rev. Magrey deVega // May 7, 2023
A love that is gentle discovers alternatives to unhealthy anger, and seeks common understanding and dialogue.

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Reflection Questions:
1. When do you think it is okay to be angry?

2. What do you think is the difference between unhealthy and healthy anger?

3. What will you do to be less provoked by angry experiences and people?
14 min
May 01, 2023 Love Conquers All, Part 3 // The Rev. Magrey deVega // April 30, 2023
A love that is humble recognizes the decency and worth of others, and embraces differences as opportunities for learning.

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Reflection Questions:

1. Who has exemplified humility in your life? What have you learned from them?

2. In what ways is it hard for you to be humble?

3. How will you practice a healthy sense of humility each day?
15 min
April 24, 2023 Love Conquers All, Part 2 // Rev. Sally Campbell-Evans // April 23, 2023
A love that is kind reaches across barriers to bring people into the fold. God's nature in the Hebrew Bible is often described with the word "HESED" which roughly translates to "loving-kindness." We know love when someone wants the best for us and invites us into a life of goodness.

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Reflection Questions
1. Love is many things…. But it is especially KIND. Describe how you feel when someone does something kind for you?

2. If love is an action, what is one active way you can share some kindness today?

3. Princess Diana reached across the chasms of uncomfortableness to bring healing through a simple gesture of kindness. Can you think of other examples like that?
16 min
April 17, 2023 Love Conquers All, Part 1 // Nicole Oaks // April 16, 2023
Paul’s classic passage in 1 Corinthians 13 is a well-known, often quoted exploration of love. The love he describes is not merely sentimental or romantic, despite this passage’s frequent use in wedding ceremonies. The love described in 1 Corinthians 13 is rigorous, strong, and forged in the hardships of life. In other words, this is a love that overcomes and conquers. It endures, it bears, it does not bend to sinful tendencies, and it never ends. This series will explore these fierce and relentless qualities of God’s love, as an encouragement to us as we seek to live the resurrected life.

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16 min
April 10, 2023 Easter Sunday Message // The Rev. Magrey deVega // April 9, 2023
Resurrection is possible in the most unlikely moments, in the most unsuspecting of ways. We can open our eyes to see the presence of Jesus in our midst.

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Reflection Questions:
1. Which of these three prayers have you prayed, or are even praying now?

2. When has it been true that God has been active in your life, without your realizing it?

3. How do you hope to encounter God’s resurrection in your life?
17 min