You are too tired to change the world. That's just the way Pharaoh likes it. Get some sleep! God likes God's people to be well-rested so we can repair the breach, restore the streets, ride on the heights of the earth! 

Sarah is too tired to change the world. 

We sent Ryan Felber on a year-long fellowship with XPLOR -- a program that helps young adult discover their gifts, and listen for God's calling. And then he came back to us, ready to serve our church in ministry. Thanks be to God! 

God does not want your piety. Father Abraham said so. So what *does* God want?

"You cannot serve God and money."
You cannot serve God and race privilege.
You cannot serve God and class privilege.
You cannot serve God and cis-het privilege.
You cannot serve God and male privilege.
You cannot serve God and patriotism.

But what if, in the service of God, we could make any of those things serve us?

"You cannot serve God and money."
You cannot serve God and race privilege.
You cannot serve God and class privilege.
You cannot serve God and cis-het privilege.
You cannot serve God and male privilege.
You cannot serve God and patriotism.

But what if, in the service of God, we could make any of those things serve us?

God does not want your piety. Father Abraham said so. So what *does* God want?

We sent Ryan Felber on a year-long fellowship with XPLOR -- a program that helps young adult discover their gifts, and listen for God's calling. And then he came back to us, ready to serve our church in ministry. Thanks be to God! 

Take a look at those parables in the middle of Luke that aren't in the other gospels. They're strange and lovely. The Parables of Lost Things in Luke 15 are among our favorites, for good reason. What happened to that young man? Where is his mama?

Heaven = pearly gates, golden streets? Hell = fiery lake, eternal torment? Nah. It's "the day of the Lord" we're waiting for, living for, and Zephaniah wants to help us want what God wants.

Habakkuk has writer's block -- no word from the Lord to share. And that's problematic, if you're a prophet. Or maybe just if you're a person who wishes God would hurry the f*** up and make things right. The help you need to hang in there while you wait on s-l-o-o-o-w God -- that's what we're here for.