King & Kingdom

This Sunday is the festival of Christ the King. Christ the King Sunday is the climax and conclusion of the Church’s liturgical journey through the life of Christ and the Gospel message. Its purpose is to celebrate the culmination of Christ as king and his completion of the renewed creation that marks the fullness of his kingdom. As we look back along the church year and its seasons, we'll explore how Jesus reveals a new, revolutionary idea of king and kingdom, in ways that make for peace.

Repentance

This week we continue our series "Wrestling with Words." This sermon series intends to consider, ponder and mediate on words that have been overused, misused or used so narrowly that to us they have lost their meaning. Our intention is not so much to perfectly understand or define, but wrestle with these words so their profound beauty and texture and depth come alive to us again.

This week we are completing the series with the word "Repentance." We'll explore its meaning in the Hebrew Scriptures and New Testament text, turning back to your true self and/or having your mind changed.

Inspired

This sermon series, "Wrestling with Words” intends to consider, ponder and mediate on words that have been overused, misused or used so narrowly that to us they have lost their meaning. Our intention is not so much to perfectly understand or define, but wrestle with these words so their profound beauty and texture and depth come alive to us again.

This week we continue with the word "Inspired." The word used to describe the Bible in 2 Timothy 3 is a combination of two Greek words, God and Breathing—God-breathed. We will explore the blending of divinity and humanity, God's spirit found in human writing, words, lives, hearts.

Chosen

This sermon series, "Wrestling with Words” intends to consider, ponder and mediate on words that have been overused, misused or used so narrowly that to us they have lost their meaning. Our intention is not so much to perfectly understand or define, but wrestle with these words so their profound beauty and texture and depth come alive to us again.

This week we continue with the word "chosen” as we address the work for which we are chosen, which is to mediate divine love and inclusion—to be a blessing to the world.