Spark Cast

What is this Nazirite (not Nazarite) vow? What significance does it have? More importantly, what does it communicate about the person taking the vow, and the community in which they take it. Not only does it symbolize the presence of something miraculous, but it puts on display the miracle that is the community itself.

In preparation for our multi faith peace walk next week (September 11), Pastor Danielle shares the commission and challenge of being people of love, reconciliation, and rescue. Joining hands and efforts with people unlike us is hard work, and loving our enemy is not what any of us wants to do. But as followers of Jesus, it is what we are called to do.

So, why 12 tribes? What significance could this have on the broad scope and grand narrative of the biblical story? Perhaps the meaning is of cosmic significance.

The arrangement of the tribes of Israel around the Tabernacle is a form. In this message, Pastor Mark shares the function that the form is attempting to communicate.

... If you've ever had a moment of awkward silence, you've probably been waiting for someone to speak into that silence, to fill that void. What does the book of Numbers fill the awkward silence with? Counting. Yes, counting the people, one, by, one.

Our friend and guest, Ari Cartun, shared an introduction to the book of Numbers, which in Hebrew is the word "in the wilderness." This session also included Q&A with Pastor Danielle at the end of the message.

Dr. Peter Enns shares reflections from his book, The Sin of Certainty. Q&A at the end of the message.

Dr. Peter Enns shares reflections from his book, The Bible Tells Me So… Q&A at the end of the message.

Sparkers Stacy and Lauren have just returned from a 5 week trip to Greece, working face-to-face and hand-in-hand with the refugees and aid workers on the front lines. In sharing with us, they give us up close information, dispel the myths that are still so widely promulgated, and connect the core values of the Way of Jesus to the critical work that is being done.

Friends, we've been here before. We'll be here again. And we will always have to be wise in how we deal with politics as one context of living our our faith. So, let us not be afraid, let us not demonize, and let us never clamor for power, but rather lay down our lives in service to the Way of Jesus.