Growing up in Faith
Steph Wieand
Our passage for today from Galatians 3 follows on Mark’s from last week and dives right into Paul’s response to the troubles in Galatia. Remember that the churches in Galatia were getting caught up again with what outward symbols were necessary to be a Christian, specifically questions around circumcision. Mark Baker, in the Anabaptist Community […]
We Had Hoped
Steph Wieand
Lauren Winner entered what she calls the middle of her spiritual life when a couple of things happened: her mother died and she got married, but it was not a happy marriage. (Quote). Where Lauren used to have faith, she now found herself staring at what she calls a blank wall. Some of us know […]
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 […]
Healer, Healer, Healer, Healer, Healer
Steph Wieand
I’ve been thinking a lot about the heart of God lately. Wanting to draw close. To dwell there. To touch the living water. And also wanting to be moved to love like God loves. To see the world as God sees it. I think God’s heart is filled with compassion and love and mercy. I […]
Will the real Messiah please stand up!
Steph Wieand
I have been resisting this passage. I’ve been resisting this passage because we’ve done repentance and I didn’t want to do it again. In fact, last weekend I was together with some friends and they asked about my next sermon, and I told them I had drawn John the Baptist again and then I actually […]
Predicting Possibility
Steph Wieand
In the days, weeks, and months leading up to this year’s presidential election, one thing seemed clear: the results of this election would determine whether all would be well or whether this would be the ruin of our great nation. Now interestingly, you could be voting on either side, for either major candidate, and feel […]
Multiplied in the Hands of God
Steph Wieand
I’ll bet many of you have had this experience- You roll into church on a Sunday morning- and maybe that day you’re late, frazzled, numb maybe, overwhelmed, detached, noncommittal, isolated, worried, stressed, depressed, exhausted, annoyed, angry, raw… And then you put on your happy face and say, “hi, I’m good, how are you?” And slide […]
An Unbound God
Steph Wieand
When Moses does not return, the people get worried. Here they are in the wilderness and now with no leader. They long for security. They long for a god they can see who will lead them. So they take matters into their own hands, quickly turning from their covenant with the Lord, seemingly forgetting what […]
Encounter
Steph Wieand
Hagar was a woman, a girl really, UNSEEN. The Hebrew in today’s text repeatedly refers to her as a ‘slave girl’, insistent upon our awareness of her lowly status. She is a young person on the margins, a slave, a girl, an Egyptian and therefore an outsider and foreigner. Every year the second week of […]
Courageous Obedience
Steph Wieand
This week I spent my days doing two main things. During the beginning of the week and last week, I have been studying the book of Daniel, which will be part of our focus for our summer series that we are beginning today. And then on Friday and Saturday I was on a retreat with […]
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