"I am willing," Jesus says in Luke 5. With His words and His touch, He showed willingness to heal and care. He's still willing today. Are we willing to receive?…
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Artist Carl Wilhelmson painted a family part of the local fishing community from his native Bohuslän, Sweden, showing them crossing the water to get to church. Probably “as they usually did” on a Sunday. In Luke 4, Jesus goes to synagogue “as he usually did.” Kinda makes you think about…
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Welcome to church! “Church?” you may be asking yourself. Yes. Church. Traditionally, “church” was a building. But, we live in a digital age where many of us don’t even go to a building for work anymore, let alone for church. So, this digital space is not just standing in for…
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John the Baptist's whole life points to Jesus and the Gospel. Some confuse John's message as a call for sacrifice. But the Gospel requires mercy, not sacrifice; and its design is to engage us to do all the good we can and to be just to all men.…
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Hope, expectation and celebration are all parts of the very human experiences of the birth of the son of God.…
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Welcome to church! “Church?” you may be asking yourself. Yes. Church. Traditionally, “church” was a building. But, we live in a digital age where many of us don’t even go to a building for work anymore, let alone for church. So, this digital space is not just standing in for…
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In Luke 1, God shows up in big ways in unexpected moments, perhaps moving us closer to realizing that our normal day-to-day lives are as much part of the plan as the highlight moments when we maybe might feel God’s presence more strongly.…
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In art, as in all areas of life, representation matters. When we can see ourselves in the art, or when we know that someone with a similar worldview and experience as our own is behind the art, we connect differently. The July announcement that two heirs of Kansas City artist…
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Welcome to church! “Church?” you may be asking yourself. Yes. Church. Traditionally, “church” was a building. But, we live in a digital age where many of us don’t even go to a building for work anymore, let alone for church. So, this digital space is not just standing in for…
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Had Jesus been raised half an hour after His death, would we have appreciated it as much? This week, we go to Mark 16 - when Jesus’ followers were waking after Holy Saturday … a silent Saturday.…
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