Brent Ness

We meet Jesus this week in the middle of Luke’s Gospel narrative: Jesus is already actively ministering: healing people…

Friends, this Tuesday will mark the second anniversary of our last in-person worship service before the Covid-19 shutdown. 

At the end of Epiphany Season, we take time for one more epiphany, a literal ‘shining forth’, witnessed by Peter, John and James up on the mountain of the Transfiguration.

As I often point out, Jesus never tells us, ‘Don’t make enemies;’ He assumes that if we follow his way of radical welcome…

In this week’s Gospel, we find Jesus on a level plain, for Luke’s version of the Sermon on the Mount, in the midst of a crowd in need of healing.

I know we’ve been at church all along, every Sunday, whether online or in person.  And we’ll continue to livestream the service, same as always. 

It could have been so easy for Jesus that day in Nazareth. Returning home with a reputation, showing up at shul, basking in the glow of admiration…

The way the Gospel of Luke tells the story, nobody can do anything worthwhile without the active help of the Spirit of God. Not even Jesus.

What do we do when the wine gives out? I’ve been thinking about that question metaphorically this week.

This Sunday, our worship service will be livestreamed on our YouTube channel, with the congregation gathering safely from a distance.