Set your burdens down. Set your expectations down, and center. Hear these words from Mary Oliver: I don’t want you just to sit down at the table. I don’t want you just to eat, and be content. I want you to walk out into the fields where the water is...
This week in worship, we’re exploring Luke 7:36-50. It’s the story of the woman with the alabaster jar. You can read it here on Bible Gateway. The story sets up a contrast. On the one hand there’s Simon: a Pharisee, a good person, the kind of person...
Dear Friends, we offer this service outline as a resource for individual, family, or small group use. It is modeled on our regular order of worship, and centered on Mark 14:1-9. Please adapt it freely to suit your needs and circumstances. We hope this will be a...
All four gospels include a scene, early on, about seeking after Christ. Stylistically, it’s a bit like a note to the reader, a reminder to pay attention to the One being presented. It might seem a little strange to need a note like that. If I’m reading a biography of...
I quoted a piece of Psalm 146 on the back of the bulletin for you. It uses a title for God that ought to make even the most degenerate of us hopeful: the God of Jacob: Blessed are those whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the Lord their God. He is...
