Lent

The season of Lent is a period of 40 days (not counting Sundays) in which we resolve, again, to participate in the Christian mystery of atonement. Atonement is a theological word that points us to all of the mysterious ways that God restores relationship with ourselves, one another, and God’s own self. Metaphors for this mystery include Christ vanquishing death; Christ the new Adam; Christ bearing our sin; Christ restoring union; Christ revealing the infinite forgiving mercy of God. All of these point to a central mystery: God does not leave us wandering East of Eden, but pursues and loves us back into life.

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Current series

A Vocabulary of Suffering

In the deconstruction of violent and dominion Christianity we necessarily tear down that which does harm. However, this process can leave us bereft of language that assists us in making sense of our lives and world. This sermon series intends to thoughtfully reconstruct a Christian vocabulary of suffering that can help us to ponder, name, and discuss the very real difficulties that we face. Our hope is that by reconstructing a vocabulary of suffering we can enter more deeply and honestly into that which causes us sorrow and pain. For truly, it is by entering into death that new life is made possible.