Fresh Church

Fresh Church

I have been watching a series on Amazon prime called The Man in the Castle. In the series, Nazi Germany wins WW 2 and…

Fresh Image

Fresh Image

It follows that as truly as God is our Father, so truly is God our Mother. Our Father wills, our Mother works, our…

Fresh Mercy

Fresh Mercy

Acts 7:55-60Love won’t stay hidden in abstraction. One way or another, love will show up in the particularities of time, space, words,…

Fresh Soil

Fresh Soil

Robin Wall Kimmerer, author of the gorgeous book Braiding Sweetgrass, once confessed her envy of plants: “I have photosynthesis envy. The ability to take these…

Fresh Bread

Fresh Bread

They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts.— Acts 2:46 This past Sunday, we didn’t meet at…

Easter Season (1) Fresh Hope

Easter Season (1) Fresh Hope

Even in our wildest, most hopeful moments, we cannot really imagine what God has in store. In our most agonizing, decimating, heartrending…

Easter Sunday: Living the Questions—What Do You Want?

Easter Sunday: Living the Questions—What Do You Want?

When I turned forty, I was busy raising our two kids and serving on the leadership team of a little church in…

Lent: Living the Questions (6) Palm Sunday & Holy Week

Lent: Living the Questions (6) Palm Sunday & Holy Week

This week we watch Jesus, very intentionally, very knowingly, walk right into a confrontation with the power structures that seek to destroy…

Lent: Living the Questions (5) What Hope Is There?

Lent: Living the Questions (5) What Hope Is There?

Sometimes life feels like the branches of a tree in winter: barren, empty, cold, hopeless. You feel powerless. There’s the appearance of…

Lent: Living the Questions (4) Glory

Lent: Living the Questions (4) Glory

Theresa wrote this beautiful piece in response to Sunday’s sermon. With her permission, I offer this slightly shortened version to you as our blog…

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