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Be Still Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost Today’s Reading: Mark 4:35-41 Peace, Be Still.“The disciples woke Jesus up, saying, ‘Rabbi, don’t you care that we are perishing?’”We find ourselves in the middle of a storm in a very small boat. Rather, in this swirl of multiple storms; storms of pandemic, economic uncertainty, racial injustice, political upheaval […]

Today is a Good Day to Arrest the Killers of Breonna Taylor Tenth Sunday after Pentecost Today’s Readings: Genesis 16:1-13 & Genesis 21:14-19 This weekend we will revisit the story of Hagar and “El Roi”–“The God who sees” through the lens of #BLM and #JusticeforBreonnaTaylor. Despite the ways in which society treats black people, black […]

Making Mustard Ninth Sunday after Pentecost Today’s Readings: Romans 8:26-28; 31-35; 37-39 & Matthew 13:31-33; 44-46; 51-52 “The kin-dom of heaven is like a mustard seed that someone took and sowed in a field. It’s the smallest of all the seeds, but when it has grown it is the greatest of shrubs… so that the birds […]

Facing Apocalypse: Climate, Democracy, and Other Last Chances Eighth Sunday after Pentecost Today’s Reading: Revelation 5:1–8:13 Have you noticed–there’s a lot of apocalypse swirling around these days? Not just fundamentalists waiting to get raptured out of the world. But responsible folk scared for the world: oh, the creepy mix of pandemic, racism, crisis of democracy, […]

Zizania Mania, or, When Bad Things Happen in Good Soil Seventh Sunday after Pentecost Today’s Readings: Genesis 28:10-22 & Matthew 13:24-30 “Surely the Lord is in this place—and I did not know it!” Genesis 28:16 Things are a mess. The world’s in a mess. The country’s a mess. And truth to tell, I’m a bit […]

Dear Community, Reopening? Our answer has always been, “We never closed!” Our physical space and relation to it has changed, yes, but our work and connections have continued. In fact, our church has been thriving! Consider our virtual gathering successes.  Our congregation attendance and viewership has grown! Our weekly worship and “Message for all Ages” […]

Am I Teachable Sixth Sunday after Pentecost Today’s Readings: Romans 7:15-25;  Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23 The young woman narrator of Octavia Butler’s novel, Parable of the Sower, speaks to the importance of personal and collective learning, especially in times of crisis. She says, “I mean to learn everything I can while I can…none of us knows […]

On the Fifth of July Fifth Sunday after Pentecost Today’s Readings: 2 Timothy 2:8-15;  Matthew 11: 1-5, 16-19, 28-30 “Come to me, all you that are weary and carrying heavy burdens, and I will give you rest.” Matthew 11:28 We could all use a break, I think it’s safe to say. It’s been a long season […]

Breaking the Walls Pride Sunday Today’s Readings: Ephesians 2:13-22 ; Matthew 10:40-42 Jesus said, “Whoever welcomes you welcomes, me, and whoever welcomes me welcomes the One who sent me.” Matthew 10:40 We will still celebrate Pride! We will still celebrate our God, who welcomes all people. Join us this Sunday, online, as we testify to the […]

A Sacred Conspiracy Third Sunday after Pentecost Today’s Readings: Genesis 21: 8-21, Matthew 10: 26-39 “And the angel of God called to Hagar from heaven, and said to her, ‘What troubles you, Hagar?’” (Genesis 21:17) The story of Hagar, the slave of Sarah and the mother of Abraham’s first-born son, is devastating. Born in Africa, she […]