We've been used to seeing church look like, well, church. But Pentecost reminds us that the gift of tongues to the disciples was for the purpose of communicating with people who don't speak church.

The misogynist shootings in Santa Barbara leave us questioning whether we know how to find the divinity in all people.

Paul's unknown God reminds us on Memorial Day of the unknown soldiers who died in all wars at all times. How may we build the kingdom of God, so that we can end war forever?

What sort of stones shall we be? Building stones, or weapons?

Pastor Nathan went to a conference of ministers. And he saw miracles performed there.

This is the true institution of communion--the bread of recognition. When we dine with the disciples and see the stranger who had joined them on the road revealed as Jesus, we see that the resurrection means we may find Jesus around us wherever we love and welcome one another.

To see Thomas defined by this one rebuke by Jesus, offered for our benefit, denies him his whole story. How often have we been judged by our bad reactions in a moment of crisis, or judged others for theirs? What stories are we missing?

Mary, Peter and the Beloved Disciple all run to the resurrection. What compels us to rush out and do the work we need to do in the world? What compels us to run beyond our endurance? What do we need to do to live the resurrection?

Who are the disciples in the story of Palm Sunday? We know the crowds will turn by the end of the week, but those who remain are those who do the necessary and unglamorous work that needs to be done.

Mary and Martha suffered from the shock of Jesus's seeming failure to save their brother Lazarus. How do they handle the loss? Do we see ourselves in their reactions? We experience sorrow at both the physical loss of our loved ones and at the loss of the person we once knew but who no longer is. What does resurrection look like for those people? We do not know what Lazarus's resurrected life looked like, but we know that there was a resurrection. Can we accept the resurrections in our own lives?