She Said What!?

Luke 3 vs 15-22

Many thought John the Baptist might be the Christ and waited expectantly. John, with many words, preaches the Good News.

What have you waited for? What have you prayed for to come?

How do you embody the spirit of God and spread the Good News?

John the Baptist is known for his fiery preaching, and often his call to repentance is used to burden people with guilt. But what if repentance is precisely the opposite, a way to move from guilt into fullness of life?

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Though it can be difficult, middle school is also a pivotal time of identity formation, curious inquiry, and deep pondering about who we are and where we belong in the world. In this brief story of Jesus' twelfth year, we are able to relate to His experience of that tricky time in a way that queers the idea of family and belonging.

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We tend to think of salvation as an individual, other-worldly endeavor. But what if it was communal? What if it was something that affected the life you have today?

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The Magi's visit to the Holy Family reminds us that change comes from the margins, that we all have gifts we bring to others, and that creation is worth responding to in wonder.

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Mary visited Elizabeth as a vulnerable young girl in a precarious position. What she brought to the encounter was the powerful presence of the spirit inside her, and what she found was deep affirmation and encouragement.

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Thinking about the birth of Jesus as told by Luke as a parable gives a spectrum of subversive insights, such as the affirmation of women, queer families, and those on the economic margins.

A Group of starving, desperate people cry to their God for help. And that God provides them with all they need to sustain themselves.

Joseph the Dreamer rose to one of the most powerful positions in Egypt, but not until after being sold into slavery by his brothers, being sexually assaulted by his boss' wife, and serving time in prison. Part two of Joseph's story is one of powerful and surprising.

Noah and the flood is a story of a culture wrestling to understnd why disaster happens and who God is in the middle of them. Pastor Debbie offers her insights into these questions.

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