Text:  Luke 22:14--23:56

Description:  This narrative of the Passion of Our Lord is read by our congregation in different parts...giving it a different voice and perspective.

Text: Numbers 21: 4-9

Description:  Throughout their entire journey, God was with the Israelites...even through the detours with potholes, pitfalls and poisonous snakes.  Through our baptism, God is with us too in our every day detours...paving, patching and overpowering.

Text: John 12:1-8

Description: Jesus shows extravagant love for people throughout his ministry.  As his life is drawing to it’s sacrificial close, Mary anoints him with expensive perfume as an extravagant act of love.  Jesus loves us in a big way and we are to share that love with others.

Text: Numbers 13:1-3, 25-33, Numbers 14:1-9

Description:  Hearing a report of bad news led the Israelites again to panic and doubt God’s plan for them. Why do we pay more attention to bad news than to hopeful news?

Text: Luke 14:11-32

Description:  Family dynamics are real...even in God's family.  Big Brother Bias can keep us from being in relationship with our siblings in Christ and joining in God's party.

Text: Exodus 32:1-14

Description: As we continue journeying with the Israelites, they grow impatient because Moses has been up on the mountain too long. They make a golden calf to worship in place of God.  What and who do we idolize?  God is trustworthy. 

Text: Luke 13:1-9

Description: Why do bad things happen to people? In Jesus’ time, hardship was thought to be God’s punishment for sin. What does Jesus have to say about that?

Text: Exodus 17:1-7

Description: Where the Lord leads, the Lord does not leave.  There is water for us on our journey if we choose to drink.

Text: Luke 13:31-35

Description: As mother hen desires to gather her chicks under her protective wing, God desires to gather us.  Are we willing?

Text: Exodus 16:1-18

Description: The Israelites have escaped the oppression they were under in Egypt.  But now, they are longing for the past.  God hears their cries and gives them manna, quail, and a lesson in equity.