Easter comes to us each year with brightness and celebration— music, flowers, full rooms, and the familiar proclamation: Christ is risen! And yet, beneath the surface of all that joy, many of us arrive carrying a quieter, heavier reality. Some come with hope and anticipation. Others come with questions, fatigue, grief, or a sense that life feels more fragile than it should.
Into that mixed and very human space, Easter speaks a surprising and powerful word. The resurrection of Jesus is not simply the happy ending to a tragic story. It is God’s decisive declaration about the kind of world we live in, and the kind of King who reigns over it.
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During Lent we are exploring what it means that Jesus Christ is given for us. In this passage we encounter one of Jesus’ most striking descriptions of his mission: that he came “to give his life as a ransom for many.” What does that mean?
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Even though this is only the second Sunday of Lent, we are moving ahead in the story this week — all the way to the table on the night before Jesus dies. Around that table, in the quiet intimacy of a borrowed upper room, Jesus says something astonishing: “This is my body, given for you… This cup is the new covenant in my blood.” Every time we celebrate the Lord’s Supper, we repeat those words. But have you ever paused to ask what they meant when Jesus first said them?
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As we cross the threshold from Epiphany to Lent, we are also shifting our focus in this series from Jesus Revealed to Jesus Given.
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This 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.
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This 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.
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This 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.
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This Sunday we begin the Christian year with the first Sunday of Advent! I'm excited to begin this season of waiting together.
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This Sunday we'll look at the final chapter of the book, the moving story of Moses' death.
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This 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.
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This 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.
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This 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.
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This 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.
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This Sunday, we continue to
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