Sunday Worship December 6, 2020 “Comfort & Peace: Can They Be Had?” “Comfort, comfort O my people, tell of peace,” declares the Advent hymn. On this Second Sunday of Advent we dare proclaim peace and comfort. What does that look like; how do we experience it? Join us on our … Read More
~ Isaiah 64:1-9/Mark 13:24-37 ~ I’ve always been fascinated with time-travel stories. The idea that time can be manipulated or warped has been the subject of many a book and movie. Fantasy pop culture movies abound – Back to the Future, Terminator, Peggy Sue Got Married and, of course, Bill … Read More
Entering the Darkness, Moving Towards the Light A time to share our personal Advent Journeys in light of our national darkness. Four Wednesdays in December, 7-8pm Click Here to email Jeanne Choy Tate to let her know you’d like to sign-up for the Advent Sharing & Meditation. Zoom links and … Read More
~ Online Worship ~ “Past and Future…Now!” The First Sunday of Advent…and it’s so confusing! Past and future converge together into some sort of existential “now.” Here we are confronted with biblical texts (Matthew 13) that have nothing to do with the coming birth of Christ. But it all comes … Read More
~ Ezekiel 34:11-16, 20-24/Matthew 25: 31-46 ~ When I was in high school, I spent a summer on staff at Woodbine Ranch, our Baptist church camp. My first week there I discovered that we were having “Inasmuch” camp. “What is ‘Inasmuch’ camp?” I asked. “You know ‘inasmuch as you have … Read More
~ “Jesus Takes Sides!” ~ On this Reign of Christ Sunday, we consider the Jesus who deliberately places himself on the side of the poor, the oppressed, the hungry, and the imprisoned. We will revisit the Parable of the Sheep and the Goats (Matthew 25:31-40) which was inspired by an … Read More