Sabbatical has a way of offering clarity to the restlessness. Let’s do something new. Let’s be something new. This is who we already are. A community that is grounded in…
"'Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep that was lost.' Just so, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than…
What would it be like to live into the freedom to stop calculating our social standing and stop worrying about what others think and simply be kind to everyone around…
The peace Jesus offers us is not the fake peace of denial or dishonesty. His is a truth-telling peace. The kind of deep, life-changing peace that doesn’t hesitate to break…
My friends, today’s gospel message from Jesus is a gift intended to equip us to hear and believe and live into God’s promise that God wants to give us the…
If prayer, as Jesus teaches it, really is all about relationship and presence then there’s only one answer to every prayer – God.
Jesus asks, “Who was this man’s neighbor?” But there’s also an underlying question that Jesus is asking, “Do you see your neighbor?” It’s one thing to acknowledge that you are…
Pastor Chris reviews 12 years at Ascension and gets ready for sabbatical.
It is the Holy Spirit who has made it possible for the gospel to be proclaimed in two languages in this place. It is the Holy Spirit who meets us…
Jesus meets us in the cemeteries of our lives and calls us out. Jesus calls us to life! Jesus calls us to see clearly the suffering in this life and…