Brent Ness

This week, our October sermon series on ‘Re-Formation’ takes us to the pages of scripture. What would it mean to re-form scripture?

My favorite quote by E.B. White is the famous, “I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve, or save, the world and a desire to enjoy, or savor, the world. This makes it hard to plan the day.”

Jesus never says, don’t have enemies, he just tells us what to do with them.

This Sunday is packed with good stuff. First, we’re back to worshipping at 11am.

How often have we heard 1 Corinthians 13 read at weddings? The irony, of course, is that marriage is probably the last thing St. Paul had in mind…

“God is love.” Maybe because we’ve heard that a lot, we fail to recognize how radical a statement that is.

This month we have been exploring the theme ‘Finding Faith’. But two questions remain for me: How much do I need? and What is it good for?

Captain America, Wonderwoman, Bucky Barnes. Bella Swan. What do they all have in common? They have shields (or are shields). Shields protect the body, repelling instruments of harm. 

On Sunday, we’ll continue in our worship series “Finding Faith.” We’ll delve into the perceived antagonism between faith and works this week, drawing from the epistle of James.

After the past year and a half, it’s challenging to know who, or what, to have faith in.  How can we learn to trust again–ourselves, each other, our God?