This Sunday, we will mark the final week of the Epiphany season before Lent begins next week. During this season of Epiphany, we’ve been focusing on Gospel stories that reveal the identity of this man called Jesus, and in this week’s text, we find the culmination of Jesus’s revelation in the story of the Transfiguration.
Read MoreThis Sunday we're continuing in our Epiphany series, looking at stories that reveal something important about the person of Jesus. We'll be reflecting this Sunday on Jesus as the liberator of human beings from the power of evil, as demonstrated through the remarkable story of a man named Legion.
Read MoreAs we continue in Epiphany this week, we’ll see Jesus reveal more of himself to his followers through the sign he performs at the wedding in Cana in John 2:1-11. Throughout the gospels we see that Jesus enjoyed a party and this wedding was no exception, and while there was the joy you’d expect at a wedding, Jesus brought even greater joy through revealing more of who he is.
Read MoreThis week we are starting a new preaching series that will carry us through winter and spring. We will follow the life of Jesus in two parts, shaped by the rhythm of the liturgical calendar. The series is titled “Revealed & Given,” reflecting the dual movements of Epiphany and Lent — seasons that together draw us more deeply into the mystery of Christ. This Sunday we'll be in Matthew 3:13-17 where Jesus is Revealed as the Beloved Son. In place of preparation notes this week, I encourage you to spend time meditating on those verses ahead of Sunday's service.
Read MoreThis Sunday is the first Sunday of Christmas. We have just celebrated His coming during the Advent season, yet we still wait His coming every day – to meet us in the challenges that this life presents while we look to His coming again to make all things new.
Read MoreIn this week's lectionary readings, we meet two men, separated by centuries, who each face urgent, dangerous decisions under pressure from the powers of their world. Both are given the same sign: Immanuel, God with us.
Read MoreThis Sunday, we step into the wilderness with John and allow his voice to awaken us, so that we may be ready to receive Christ, the Judge who brings peace.
Read MoreThis Sunday we begin the Christian year with the first Sunday of Advent! I'm excited to begin this season of waiting together.
Read MoreThis Sunday we'll look at the final chapter of the book, the moving story of Moses' death.
Read MoreThis Sunday, we move into the final section of Deuteronomy, where Moses concludes his great sermon with a passionate appeal to walk in God’s ways and choose life.
Read MoreThis Sunday we continue our study of Deuteronomy. The next section of chapters turns again to the ancient laws that shape Israel’s life together, especially how God’s people are to care for the orphan, the widow, the immigrant, and the poor.
Read MoreThis Sunday, Elisabeth Hayes will be preaching on what Deuteronomy teaches us about leadership and the distinct kind of leaders that God calls in his community.
Read MoreThis Sunday, Elisabeth Hayes will be preaching on what Deuteronomy teaches us about leadership and the distinct kind of leaders that God calls in his community.
Read MoreThis Sunday, we continue to
Read MoreThis Sunday, our text from Deuteronomy casts a compelling vision of worship as the centerpiece of our life together.
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