Theologians describe Jesus’ ministry as “peripatetic” because he moved from place to place. He did not just settle in Nazareth and tell everyone to come to him. He walked around and visited with people and talked with them and ate with them. In the five Sundays leading up to Palm Sunday, we will travel with Jesus from his temptation in the wilderness to meeting fishermen on the beach to eating with a tax collector in Jericho. Along the way, we will grow in our faith and faithfulness just as the disciples did as they walked with Jesus.

Our scripture today is Luke 4:1-13 - "Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit in the wilderness, where for forty days he was tested by the devil."

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Our lives are a collection of mountain-top experiences and moments in valleys. At the midpoint of his public ministry, Jesus has a literal mountain-top experience. When his disciples suggest that they stay on the mountain, Jesus leads them back down because they cannot stay there. This is an important learning for us, too. As wonderful as these experiences are, we cannot stay there. We must travel back down to the valley. Our scripture reading is Luke 9:28-36.

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In the early years of the church, Christians struggled with what to believe. Several controversies arose over whether Jesus Christ was truly the son of God and what his death and resurrection meant. Around 180 C.E., Christians developed an early form of the Apostles’ Creed to refute some of these controversies and to clearly state what we believe. Our scripture reading is Jude 24-25.

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In the early years of the church, Christians struggled with what to believe. Several controversies arose over whether Jesus Christ was truly the son of God and what his death and resurrection meant. Around 180 C.E., Christians developed an early form of the Apostles’ Creed to refute some of these controversies and to clearly state what we believe. When people sought to join the church, they recited this creed as their statement of faith at their baptism. While the creed is one of the earliest expressions of Christianity, it still holds great meaning and power for our lives today. Today's scripture reading is Colossians 1:15-20: "He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation, for in him all things in heaven and on earth were created."

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In the early years of the church, Christians struggled with what to believe. Several controversies arose over whether Jesus Christ was truly the son of God and what his death and resurrection meant. Around 180 C.E., Christians developed an early form of the Apostles’ Creed to refute some of these controversies and to clearly state what we believe. When people sought to join the church, they recited this creed as their statement of faith at their baptism. While the creed is one of the earliest expressions of Christianity, it still holds great meaning and power for our lives today. Today's scripture reading is Isaiah 40:21-31.

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Rev. Anna Owens discusses Jesus' "Sermon on the Plain" from the Gospel of Luke, which is very similar to his "Sermon on the Mount" from the Gospel of Matthew. Our scripture reading today is Luke 6:17-26.

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In the four gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, we have many stories about the public ministry of Jesus. We know of his teaching and preaching and miracles. We know of his last supper, washing his disciples’ feet, and his arrest, torture and crucifixion. We know of his resurrection from the dead and his encounters with his disciples and his ascension. But we know precious little about his life as a child and young person. In these Sundays following Christmas, Rev. Dr. Rodger Nishioka will explore three stories about Jesus the baby, the boy, and the adolescent.

Today, we learn about Jesus the adolescent from Luke 2:41-52: "Now every year his parents went to Jerusalem for the festival of the Passover. And when he was 12 years old, they went up as usual for the festival."

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In the four gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, we have many stories about the public ministry of Jesus. We know of his teaching and preaching and miracles. We know of his last supper, washing his disciples’ feet, and his arrest, torture and crucifixion. We know of his resurrection from the dead and his encounters with his disciples and his ascension. But we know precious little about his life as a child and young person. In these Sundays following Christmas, we will explore three stories about Jesus the baby, the boy, and the adolescent.

Today, we hear about Jesus the boy. Our scripture readings are Matthew 2:13-23 and the Infancy Gospel of Thomas 2.

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In the four gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, we have many stories about the public ministry of Jesus. We know of his teaching and preaching and miracles. We know of his last supper, washing his disciples’ feet, and his arrest, torture and crucifixion. We know of his resurrection from the dead and his encounters with his disciples and his ascension. But we know precious little about his life as a child and young person. In these Sundays following Christmas, we will explore three stories about Jesus the baby, the boy, and the adolescent.

Today, we hear about Jesus the baby: "When the eighth day came, it was time to circumcise the child, and he was called Jesus, the name given by the angel before he was conceived in the womb." Our scripture reading is Luke 2:21-40.

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"Of this gospel I have become a servant according to the gift of God’s grace that was given me by the working of his power." (Ephesians 3:7) "When it is time to know it, you will know it." That was a refrain Alice Whitson recalls her Greek professor using during seminary and that wisdom has shown up in her own life over and over. God's love and grace and forgiveness for God's people can be like that: When we need to know it, we will know it. Today's scripture was Matthew 2:1-12.

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