Holy Disturbance: Faith

Holy Disturbance: Faith

Mark 5:21-43  I stopped by a friend’s house last night. Her tree was sparkling in the corner, hot tea waited in a…

Holy Disturbance: Speaking Out

Holy Disturbance: Speaking Out

1 Samuel 1:1-8  There is a certain contented comfort that comes from the status quo. But what happens when the status quo is neither comfortable…

Holy Disturbance: Where Does it Hurt?

Holy Disturbance: Where Does it Hurt?

“We believe everyone carries hurt and has the capacity to acknowledge the pain of others. We believe God draws close to us…

What Do You Need?

What Do You Need?

Paul, the apostle, wrote Timothy, his protégé, a letter of encouragement from his prison cell, a letter we now know as 2…

What Do You Need?

What Do You Need?

“Some of the best conversations start with good questions—questions we’ve been meaning to ask, questions that keep us curious, and questions that…

Thin Places

Thin Places

It was the Celts who gave us the poetic phrase “a thin place” to describe moments in space and time when the distance between heaven…

Where Have We Come From?

Where Have We Come From?

Nazareth was a small village backed against the Galilean hills at the end of a dirt road. Amidst the violence of a fresh…

Where do we go from here, together? We go the way of Hesed Love.

Where do we go from here, together? We go the way of Hesed Love.

Ruth could have stayed behind in Moab, like Naomi’s other daughter-in-law. Naomi herself bid her daughter-in-laws to take care of their own…

Where do we go from here, together?

Where do we go from here, together?

There are people in our church longing for greater purpose, who find the Sunday service a little bit empty. There are people in our…

Where Do We Go From Here, Together?

Where Do We Go From Here, Together?

There’s a certain buzz about conversations in which we explore big picture visions, define what we like and don’t like, and explore…