Ken is flashing money in church, but he promises to repent.

He tells the story of when he first got his own money - and when he first discovered the obligation of debt.

“And then I realized that money is just a thing. Sometimes we let things get bigger then they are, when most of this world is just us.”

Isaiah 6:1-4, 8-11

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Today’s message dives deep into the book of Isaiah, and the judgment we find there. “This idea of judgment sits awkwardly with us,” Ken admits. But judgment is about naming something that’s wrong - and if we want to see a better world, we have to name what’s wrong with this one.

Isaiah 35:1-10

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Ken tells a story of a Christmas party that didn’t go according to plan to remind us how we behave when things go wrong - and all the things we miss out on when we do that.

Zephaniah 3:14-20

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Ken talks about a Psalm commonly used at funerals, Psalm 23, and the journey a funeral takes you on - one of both morning and celebration.

Funerals are not just a reflection of life passed on, it’s a reflection of the journey the people in the room are on.

Psalm 23

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Ken has a new hobby: plants. But he has a bad history with accidentally killing green things.

He likens it to his new understanding of burnout, how burnout happens when we feel like the things we do don’t matter.

But God’s message of worth to us is not that. He wants to show us that we do make a difference in this world, that our lives do matter.

2 Corinthians 9:6-15

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When Ken looks at the Parable of the Talents, he thinks he lives in a world of dragons. Let him explain.

Matthew 25:14-30

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As Ken tells us the story of the feeding of the five thousand, he needs us to understand - there is something beyond the practical that is happening here.

The work of God, is done with the power of God, in the midst of the community.

Matthew 14:13-21

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Amanda tells about a wedding that she went to recently that turned into quite a party. The photo she’s talking about you can see on the link below.

On Communion Sunday, she offers a simple invitation: come to this ordinary table to offer your ordinary things, and watch God do something extraordinary.

Aiden photo: https://shorturl.at/oISZ6

John 2:1-11

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Ken confesses he has the memory of a goldfish, and is alway forgetting things, both important and unimportant. But something he saw on the roadside one day stuck with him, and put him face-to-face with the reality of this world.

How many of these moments go by that don’t stick in our minds? How many things that call up big questions about our own lives just fly away?

What’s the difference between a moment sticking and a moment flying away?

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