Why Do You Love God?

Why Do You Love God?

Next weekend we begin a five-week sermon series through the book of Job from the collection of Wisdom literature in the Hebrew Scripture. Most people react to this news with either an eye roll or a slouch in the shoulders. “Job! Really? It’s so depressing.” True. Job...
Can You Call God Father?

Can You Call God Father?

Are you able to call God Father? Some people are not. Many people had horrible fathers that abused them. Many people didn’t know their fathers because they walked out. Many people associate the term father with a long, painful history of male domination and the...
Meeting God at the Mercy Seat

Meeting God at the Mercy Seat

We begin a four-week series on the Lord’s Prayer this weekend. Luke’s version of the prayer, in Luke 11:2-4, simply begins, “Father…” This is a relational term and opens up the outrageous possibility that the finite human is invited to...
The Orlando Shooting and Reconciliation

The Orlando Shooting and Reconciliation

The nation watches in horror as families pick up the pieces in the wake of the Orlando shooting. One of the big questions buzzing around asks whether it was a hate crime against the LGBTQ community or an act of terrorism from ISIL against the USA. Either way, it is a...

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