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The first faith question that every person is asking is not: “Is Jesus God?” but “Can God be trusted?” or “Is God for us?” The resurrection is saying, “Yes, God can be trusted, God is turning our crucifixions into life.” 

— Richard Rohr 

The Good News According to Luke

MATTHEW 21: 1-17

We are invited to participate in the story of Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem. It is a story of a king unlike any other, who speaks truth to oppressive power and demonstrates what God’s kingdom is really like. 

JOHN 11: 1-45

When we live and walk with Jesus, the world begins to open up to us. 

The story of Jesus raising Lazarus from the dead teaches not to skip over the pain  in our lives. In Jesus, our tears and our hopes are held and affirmed.

JOHN 9: 1-41

There’s something far more difficult than not being able to physically see — it’s to be spiritually blind, to not see the reality of the world around you, or to live as if all that we see is all that there is. Jesus invites us to see that there is something deeper going on in our world and with our lives. 

JOHN 4:5-29, 39-42

The living water that Jesus offers the Woman at the Well changes everything about her. This morning we see grace that pursues, exposes in order to heal, and sends us out to lives that are renewed. 

MATTHEW 5:21-37

We often wake up to find that we’ve been on autopilot, and we’ve drifted from the direction that we want to go. 

In Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount, we learn how can reorient our lives and become who we were created to be. 

JOHN 3:1-17

For some of us, the phrase “born-again” carries a negative connotation. In today’s passage, we witness an interaction between Jesus and the educated religious leader, Nicodemus, who is told he must be born again. 

We’re invited to learn from Jesus what new birth actually is, why it’s necessary, and how it happens. 

MATTHEW 4:1-11

Today we look at the story of Jesus’ temptation in the desert, and how it fits into the season of Lent. 

Sometimes the Spirit leads us to places that are challenging, where we come to the end of ourselves. 

What is it that we’re longing to be rescued from? What is it that we’re longing to be rescued for?

God meets us at this very juncture of our limits, our needs, and God’s love. 

MATTHEW 17: 1-9

Today, we are invited to reconsider the story of the Transfiguration with new eyes. We learn who Jesus is, what he came to do, and how we can respond. 

MATTHEW 5:21-37

We often wake up to find that we’ve been on autopilot, and we’ve drifted from the direction that we want to go. 

In Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount, we learn how can reorient our lives and become who we were created to be.