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Donavon Riley
Donavon Riley
08/16/23

Jesus Weeps, in Anger?

Jesus weeps because his heart pulses with furious rage and fierce love.
Bob Sundquist
Bob Sundquist
11/05/22

Old Testament: Malachi 4:1-6 (Pentecost 23: Series C)

Only by faith can we believe the mystery that salvation in all it various forms comes through Jesus, the Son of Righteousness.
Pete Lange
Pete Lange
10/26/22

Visible and Invisible

The good news is that with our God there is always more: more than we deserve, dare, ask, or expect, more than we can see, hear, feel, or think.
David Schmitt
David Schmitt
11/06/21

Gospel: Mark 13:1-13 (Pentecost 25: Series B )

Everywhere we look, there is suffering. But Jesus is not calling us to look. He is calling us to listen.
Paul Koch
Paul Koch
09/18/21

Performance in the Pulpit

What is it to perform the Word? Is it to speak about it, to retell it, to illustrate it, to enlighten it? What?
Donavon Riley
Donavon Riley
06/30/21

If God is for Us

With Jesus, troubles and sorrows, problems and worries, heartbreak and mourning are gathered up like left-over crumbs from a feast marking the celebration of victory over the enemy's forces.
Kathy Morales
Kathy Morales
08/26/20

One More Shot at Forgiveness

God doesn’t give us second chances. No one earns another shot at forgiveness. We cannot earn forgiveness, it’s too costly.
John Bombaro
John Bombaro
06/14/20

Epistle: Romans 6:12-23 (Pentecost 2: Series A)

The lordship of sin and its reign have been deposed by Jesus Christ. Nothing can stand to oppose those who are in Him.
Jeffrey Pulse
Jeffrey Pulse
11/11/19

Old Testament: Malachi 4:1-6 (Pentecost 23: Series C)

These last words of the Old Testament Scriptures prepare us for the incarnation and beyond.
Donavon Riley
Donavon Riley
03/13/18

The Sunny Side of The Street

God is for us in His foolish, scarred Word and Wisdom. Nothing is against us, nothing can separate us from the love of Christ.
Donavon Riley
Donavon Riley
06/03/16

Isn't Thirteen Kind of a Big Number?

Can God forgive friends who abandoned Him in His hour of greatest need?
Chad Bird
Chad Bird
10/22/13

Waking up with Leah: Learning to Love a Disappointing Church

Like the patriarch, Jacob, who after his wedding night, awoke to the wrong wife in his bed, I too one day opened my eyes to find that the Rachel with whom I had fallen in love, for whom I'd labored long years, was not the one beside me as the sun rose.
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