Jesus Before Rome
Mark Schloneger
When loyalty becomes the question, and power provides the answer, truth dies alone. And then our passions carry us to places where our values would never lead. Jesus will not be bound by the limitations presented by Pilate’s questions. “My kingdom is not from this world,” Jesus says. It does not operate by the same […]
Practicing Belief
Steph Wieand
This week we will hear the story of Jesus raising Lazarus from the dead. This is Jesus’ final and most significant sign, the one that ultimately leads the authorities to plot to kill him. But in the story, much less time is spent on Jesus’ interactions with Lazarus than those with his disciples, Martha, and […]
Tears in Triumph
Billy Funk
Tears among triumph, Lament where there was supposed to be Joy. We look at the significance of Jesus’ entry into Jerusalem and what it calls us to: A following of Jesus that begins with Lament, that is looking honestly at the pain and dealt-dealing ways of the world and choosing to not look away. That […]
Grand Canyon
Mark Schloneger
This parable is an illustration of what Jesus had said in Luke 6:20+: “Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God . . . but woe to you who are rich, for you have received your consolation.” The divide separating the rich man and Lazarus began long before it grew […]
Homecoming
Steph Wieand
Last week we read from Luke 15, in which the Pharisees and legal experts were grumbling about Jesus welcoming and eating with sinners. And in response Jesus told three parables – the parables of the lost sheep, the lost coin, and the prodigal son. Today we are going to engage more deeply with the third […]
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Mark Schloneger
We all have one body. We all are given one life. We all live only one life story. But there are many ways to tell it. We are large; we contain multitudes. May we claim our identity and find our story in Jesus and the story he frees us to live. And may justice roll […]
Go, Do, Stay and Listen
Mark Schloneger
In these stories, Jesus teaches that loving God and your neighbor is a radical love that transcends human boundaries. And, as his examples, he uses a foreigner and a woman — both of whom would have been on the “other side” of those boundaries. Jesus invites us to be free for a life marked by […]
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