Pastor Chris shares a video that shows how, in 2023, the people Ascension shared the most important story of all, the story of Jesus, who comes as a baby in…
So, keep running. Do not be weary and do not lose heart but set aside every weight and sin that seeks to diminish your joy and separate you from the…
Resistance is the path of the follower of Jesus. Resistance to the lies of this world, to oppression, to injustice, to silence, to apathy, to loss, even to the power…
I know the parable is about walking away from the invitation and welcome of our God. Yet, I am convinced that this wedding banquet was message enough for those who…
We are the farmers who live in the vineyard of the Lord. And just as the rich man sent messages to the farmers, God continues to send his message to…
What Jesus opposed through the story of the father and the two sons was all forms of religion that stop at empty words. All forms of faithfulness that don’t move…
The problem we have with generosity is that we want to control it, manage it, and conform it to our vision of what and who is worthy of it. But…
The beauty of the Good News is that when our own efforts fall short, God’s grace is beyond anything we could even imagine. There is no mathematical formula for grace.…
Jesus rebukes Peter so harshly in this week’s Gospel precisely because the temptation Peter holds out is so alluring, so deceptive, and so insidious: “You don’t have to do the hard thing.…
Jesus is inviting us to wrestle with what we believe God is doing in our lives and in our world today – and with what we are being called to…