This week, Pr. John reminds us that the Ten Commandments, like all scripture, is meant to transform us to help us find our own story. 

This week, Pr. John asks how often you ask for help from God to use your voice, and tells us how Moses asked God to help him use his. 

In his sermon this week, Pr. John shows us how in Genesis 32, Jacob wrestles a with a mystery man--God--to a draw, but God's message was that how we treat our brother, sister, or neighbors is important and is God's business. 

In today's reading from Genesis, Sarah laughs to herself when God promises she and Abraham a son. Pr. John points out that their cynicism about their future is misplaced because "for God all things are possible."

This week, Pr. John helps explain how community, making a difference, and experiencing a relationship with a higher power are the cornerstones of the story in Genesis 2. 

This week, our Director of Faith Formation, Nick Ralston, preaches on Luke 12:49-56, which is a challenging passage because of the fire Jesus tells his disciples he brought to the earth. Is the fire literal, figurative, or something else?

In this week's reading from Luke 12, a successful farmer is declared a fool by Jesus because he lives only for himself. This, Pr. John points out, is functional atheism, and we need to fight it in our own lives. 

Most of us feel ill-equipped to pray, but Jesus gave us a prayer to use, and that also shows us a framework to use for our prayers. 

This week, guest preacher Rev. Craig Pederson tells us that in the story of Mary and Martha, we learn that Jesus will always be with us. 

We are called by God to be neighbors and love those around us, instead of just having neighbors.