Easter Sunday | This Tear-Stained HopeThere really is something beyond the relentless violence and meaninglessness of this reality. Something more robust than the ego defending toxic positivity, or thin optimism. A robust hope exists that all things will be well, and that we are deeply loved.

Passion Sunday | Ephesians 3:13-3:20Jesus final week offers the central story and pattern of life for Ephesians’ new creation community.

Why We Can’t Ditch The Church | Ephesians 2:19-3:13We’re not merely rescued by God, not merely included by God, and not merely recreated by God. We are God’s sacrament to a dying world

Inclusion is the fruit of the Spirit | Ephesians 2:11-18God’s divine embrace extends to the far off, yes even you. Once we realize this, we also realize that we are called to be an active part of that embrace, seeing, including, and loving the ‘other

You have been created to co-create | Ephesians 2:8-10The surprising reality of God reaching down and re-humanizing us has a plot twist. In our re-creation, we are made co-creators by God. We call this Church.

The Antidote to Shame | Ephesians 2:4-7Many of us have come to understand that we need to be saved from God's wrath. But Ephesians tells a starkly different story, one that will deeply transform our sense of self if we will let it be our story.

Is God in Control? | Ephesians 2:1-3Ephesians lays out a dynamic picture of a cosmos in need of God’s re-ordering. This complicates overly simplistic clichés about what Jesus is up to among us. And leaves us with a much richer story to make sense of our lives.

Spiritual but not Religious | Ephesians 1:15-23Do we need church to believe in and follow Jesus?

Are we predestined by God? | Ephesians 1:1-6Has God predestined us? The confounding opening of Ephesians does not attempt to pose an interesting theological question. Rather, it makes a striking claim, redefining the very core of your existence.