Jesus is risen! He is risen indeed! Though our Lenten series has come to an end, the practice of seeking hopefully does not lose its place in your daily walk with Jesus. We stand in the hope, power, and mystery of resurrection because our text this morning in Mark 16 will challenge our commitment to… Read More »
Lent 7 – From Certainty to Openness – John 20:1-18 & Psalm 118
Our journey through the Lenten wilderness has come to its greatest moment. We followed Jesus to the table, to the garden, to the centers of power in Jerusalem, and finally to the cross. Unlike those who used and viewed the cross to intimidate, to persecute, to humiliate, to dominate, and to isolate, Jesus transforms the… Read More »
Lent 6 – From Power Over to Power With – Luke 22-23 & Psalm 31
Our traditional Palm Sunday text is all the way back in Luke 19. Jesus mocks the empire’s processional, which was when a great leader would come on a white horse with a legion of soldiers and battle weapons, signs of the leader’s power and status. However, Jesus rides a young donkey into Jerusalem to the… Read More »
Signs of Resurrection
Easter is almost two weeks later in April than it was last year, which means that we will have an even greater chance of seeing the signs of new life and awakening that come with the Spring season as warmer weather, more sunlight, and hopefully more moisture inspiration a radical transformation in the natural world… Read More »
Lent 5 – From Scarcity to Abundance – John 12:1-8 & Psalm 126
We have shifted this morning to the book of John. If you hadn’t realized, we have been studying Luke’s gospel since we started Lent. In our story this morning, the political stage has been set in chapter 11 just before this moment. The chief priest, Caiaphas, and the religious leaders of the Sanhedrin, the Jewish… Read More »
Lent 4 – From Exceptionalism to Inclusion – Luke 15:1-2; 11-32 & Psalm 32
We explored this familiar story last summer, and I asked you all to think of a title that reflected this parable’s peculiar content. Maybe your title was still the prodigal son, or maybe the parable of the foolishly generous father, or maybe the parable of the broken family, the lost son, or simply the two… Read More »
Lent 3 – From Earning to Receiving – Luke 13:1-9 & Isaiah 55
These 9 verses that begin chapter 13 of Luke end a collection of Jesus’ teachings that starts at the beginning of chapter 12. Wherever Jesus is in rural Galilee, Luke writes in 12:1 that the crowd has reached numbers in the thousands and become so large that the people have begun trampling each other in… Read More »
Lent 2 – From Fear to Compassion – Luke 13:31-35 & Psalm 27
As we continue our series, Seeking God’s Ways, we step into another dimension of trust this morning. Last week, we explored the story of Jesus’s temptation in the wilderness and how trusting in God’s ways, trusting in God’s will for this world, alters our need for security and transforms it into generosity. We are often… Read More »
Lent 1 – From Security to Generosity – Luke 4:1-13 & Psalm 91
Hear these words again from Isaiah 55:6-9 in another translation: “Seek me, YHWH, while I may still be found; call upon me while I am near! Let the corrupt abandon their ways, the evil their thoughts. Let them return to YHWH, and I will have mercy on them; Return to God, for I will freely… Read More »
Lent 2022 – Seeking God’s Ways
When I memorized Isaiah 55:8-9 as a young child in my childhood bible church’s AWANA program, I pictured God telling the ancient people of Israel as my parents often told me that I would understand their commands better when I was older. With years of living and development come wisdom, discernment, and experience that enable… Read More »
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