Scott Clark 2 days ago 8 min In Christ Together -- Acts 9:1-20 (5th Sunday in Easter) In our baptism, we are baptized into community – into a family of all God’s children. In Christ, we are baptized into life with each other.
Scott Clark May 8 9 min The Overflow of Life -- Revelation 7:9-17 (4th Sunday of Easter) Enlivened and empowered by Resurrection, we experience the Risen Christ in fierce resistance and in tender mercy.
Scott Clark May 1 3 min "The Smell of Love Cooking" -- John 21:1-12 (3rd Sunday of Easter) In breakfast on the shore with the Risen Christ, the disciples experience Resurrection in their bodies.
Scott Clark Apr 24 9 min The Case for Thomas -- John 20:19-31 (2nd Sunday of Easter) The case for Thomas is the case for us. To Thomas’s questions, the Risen Christ responds with the gracious offer of himself and of life.
Scott Clark Apr 17 10 min An Expansive Life -- Luke 24: 1-10 (Easter Sunday) In Resurrection, Jesus draws us out into expansive life, and gives us a future we can live from.
Scott Clark Apr 10 8 min Full to the Brim - Even the Stones Will Shout -- Luke 19:28-40 (Palm/Passion Sunday) In the shouts of Holy Week, we experience Christ filled to the fullness of our humanity, as we are filled to the fullness of Christ’s.
Scott Clark Mar 27 10 min Full to the Brim -- A Prodigal Grace - Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32 (4th Sunday in Lent) With prodigal grace, Jesus welcomes us all and reconciles us to God and to each other.
Scott Clark Mar 22 9 min Full to the Brim -- A Fig Tree in the Vineyard - Luke 13:1-9 (3rd Sunday in Lent) In the parable of the fig tree, Jesus walks us into a world where folks together till the soil of new creation, so that everyone can thrive.
Scott Clark Mar 13 11 min Full to the Brim - Like a Mother Sheltering Her Brood - Psalm 27: Luke 13:31-35 (2nd Sunday in Lent) In our lament, God shelters us like a mother hen shelters her brood under her wing.
Scott Clark Mar 6 9 min Full to the Brim - Even in the Desert -- Luke 4:1-11; Deuteronomy 26:1-11 (1st Sunday in Lent) Even in the wilderness, we are Full to the Brim with God’s overflowing grace.
Scott Clark Mar 2 8 min Full to the Brim -- "With All That You Are" -- Joel 2 (Ash Wednesday) The invitation of Ash Wednesday: Return to me with all your heart – with all your broken pieces – with all that you are.
Scott Clark Feb 21 8 min The Threshold of the Moment -- Genesis 45:1-15 (7th Sunday After Epiphany) At every threshold, God is present moving the whole world toward good – toward healing, toward forgiveness, toward belonging, toward love.
Scott Clark Feb 14 9 min The Threshold of Blessing & Woe -- Luke 6:17-26 (Sixth Sunday After Epiphany) With blessing and woe, Jesus brings us into a world of mutuality, a level place, where we see face to face, and meet each other's needs.
Scott Clark Feb 6 8 min The Threshold of Forgiveness -- 1 Corinthians 15:1-11 (Fifth Sunday After Epiphany) At the threshold of forgiveness, God’s grace invites us to walk from a broken world into the life of Resurrection.
Scott Clark Jan 31 10 min The Threshold of Calling -- Jeremiah 1:4-10 (Fourth Sunday After Epiphany) In the threshold of calling, God calls us to bring all of who we are created to be into the fullness of the life we live.
Scott Clark Jan 23 9 min The Threshold of the Body -- 1 Corinthians 12:12-27 (Third Sunday After Epiphany) Our body is the threshold where we encounter God. The body of Christ – our bodies together in One Body – is where the world encounters God.
Scott Clark Jan 16 12 min The Threshold of Trouble -- Luke 4:14-30 (Second Sunday After Epiphany; MLK Sunday) At the Threshold of Trouble in the world, Jesus walks toward the trouble and expects us to do the same.
Scott Clark Jan 9 10 min The Threshold of Belonging -- Luke 3:2-18 (First Sunday After Epiphany; Baptism of Jesus) In the waters of baptism, Jesus welcomes us into the threshold of belonging – each of us God’s beloved child.
Scott Clark Jan 2 8 min The Threshold of a New Year -- Matthew 2:1-12 (2nd Sunday of Christmas; Epiphany Sunday) In every threshold, God is with us liberating and empowering us into the next new thing.
Scott Clark Dec 5, 2021 8 min Revolutionary Tender Mercy -- Luke 1:38-56 (Second Sunday of Advent) In the Magnificat, Mary bears the good news of Christ into the world: God is turning the world rightside up in God’s power and tender mercy.
