This Sunday we listen as Jesus begins to talk about sin.  Sin is an unwelcome topic to most of us.  Often, we think that sin is a concept that holds us back or gives us unnecessary shame.  But Jesus gives us another way of thinking about things.  In...

The story of Easter is the story of God opening a pathway into another world – a world where the glory has been regained.  It’s the story of a world made new, a world where humanity once more reflects the glory of God. What burst forth from the grave...

Jesus was not the King his people expected. In many ways, he’s not the King we expect either. But do we want the life of the Kingdom of Heaven or do we want the life of the Kingdom of Us. Can it be that the only path to life and victory is to follow...

The Bible is increasingly labelled a book that sanctions sexism and racism, a manual for colonial oppression, or at best a well-meaning but antiquated collection of literature from a people who did their moral best, but fell short of our post-modern...

What does it mean to be authentic?  In our culture, authenticity has never been more valued, and has never been more rare.  To be people of integrity we must be people who are whole, the same on the inside and out, and wholly devoted to God.  This...

Often we can feel like following Jesus is a burden.  In addition to living up to the demands of our anxious, confused time, we have to also think about how to live up to the demands of discipleship.  Where do we go when we need answers?  Where do we...

In the last few weeks, we’ve been exploring what the sayings of Jesus mean.  This week we’ll see the Parable of the Sower in action. Jesus returns to his hometown of Nazareth, and he doesn’t receive the warm welcome we would expect a famous person to...

How do we know when something is truly valuable? Oftentimes it’s when we want something for its own sake, not just so we can use it to get something even better.. Something is valuable when we would lay our possessions or money to get it; and the...

It’s easy for us to look around at the state of Christianity in our country and become really discouraged.  Maybe you feel that you have less and less room to express yourself as a Christian, less voice in the workplace, less representation in media...