U-turns Permitted

Today we look at Lamentations 3, words spoken and penned by a Man (3:1), a man defined differently than the regular use of the word "man". This is a strong man, a man of valor. He expresses his afflictions and troubles, and then speaks out the only hopeful words in the book of Lamentations: God's faithfulness is new every morning. 

This is the 2nd Sunday of Advent 2021. We read portions of the 2nd chapter of Lamentations, and hear the narrator accuse God of bringing disaster down upon Jerusalem and her inhabitants. God is blamed unequivocably - but in accusing him, the people hold on to him, and "in that holding they clear space for new ways to meet God” (O'Connor pg. 123). May this Advent time be a time for clearing space and meeting God in new ways.

This is the first Sunday of Advent, 2021. We are looking at the book of Lamentations as we awaiting the coming of the Christ-child. Today is the introduction and a look at Chapter 1, which focuses on Jerusalem's lack of someone to comfort her in her distress. 

Rev. Dr. Kyuboem Lee speaks today from Romans 15:1-7 and shows us how we can really accept one another.

In this last on our series on Freeing Jesus by Diana Butler Bass, we look at Jesus as Presence. What does it mean that Jesus is present in our lives and in this world?

Today we look at Jesus as “The Way”. Diana makes the point that a theme in western Christian Evangelicalism is that this verse carries a strong exclusionary message. Diana gently but clearly counters that idea, emphasizing that the context of this verse indicates that it is a verse of comfort and promise, not exclusion, threat or weapon.

Today we look at Chapter 4 of "Freeing Jesus" by Diana Butler Bass. The topic is "Jesus is Lord". What does it mean that Jesus is Lord, for us personally and for the world?