Jesus is the life of the party today as he admonishes the Pharisees for their transactional approach to social invitations. Jesus sternly reminds us all that God forms community, specifically with those in greatest need in our community.

Bishop Yehiel Curry of the Metropolitan Chicago Synod shares with us greetings and the Good News as we hear how Christ brings us all the wholeness and healing we need.

Jesus is not terribly "peace-filled" in today's gospel as he offers division, not peace. It is clear that the "Prince of Peace" is still offering peace, but understands that the kind of peace he brings may be divisive in the...

Jesus invites his hearers to continue to live into the realities of the Kingdom, which God has already generously given us through Christ. Now we must learn to give what we have a way for the sake of building Kingdom-centered relationships.

It's easy to give into despair, but God gives us all that we need. There is so much goodness to celebrate and share!

Jesus teaches the Lord’s Prayer, but more than that he teaches us to pray shamelessly.

Our guest preacher Rev. Dr. Wayne Basch considers the need for balance on our life and encourages our community to seek Christ in all we do together.

The violence of the parable of the Good Samaritan reflects the violence we see today. The question at the center is therefore as important now as it was then, “Who is my neighbor?” This is the first step to becoming neighbors.

In commissioning 70 followers to go and share the news of God's Kingdom, Jesus gives clear instructions about how to handle rejection by "shaking off the dust from their feet." This itself becoming an act of peaceful protest.

In a world full of petty distractions and detours, keeping our focus on the shining shimmering rainbow of God's kin-dom is the only thing that matters.