Scott Clark 10 hours ago 9 min The Call of Mary -- Luke 1:26-38 (First Sunday of Advent) Mary hears of the Christ to come, and embraces a love and tender mercy that will change the world for good.
Scott Clark Nov 21 5 min "A New Song" -- Psalm 96 (Reign of Christ Sunday; Patrick O'Connor preaching) Friends, as you may be aware from my children’s moments, I love a good reason to celebrate, and we have so much to celebrate this week as...
Scott Clark Nov 6 9 min The Generosity of Generations -- Hebrews 11 (All Saints Sunday) On All Saints Day, the past, present, and future converge in one eternal moment before God, as we live forward together toward a better day.
Scott Clark Oct 31 10 min "With Glad and Generous Hearts" -- Acts 2:42-47, Deuteronomy 5:1-11 (23rd Sunday After Pentecost) God’s generosity requires the practice of generosity at the heart of community, in the systems we inhabit, and in our everyday lives.
Scott Clark Oct 18 10 min Gracious Gleaning -- Ruth 2:1-16 (21st Sunday After Pentecost) In a world full of displaced peoples seeking shelter and home, welcoming each other is the work we are called to do.
Scott Clark Oct 4 3 min "Ways of Wisdom" -- Worship Series Summary & Spiritual Practices For the past seven weeks in worship, we’ve been considering – “Ways of Wisdom” – thinking of Wisdom as “ways of living that lead to more...
Scott Clark Oct 3 7 min "The Wisdom and Power of God" -- 1 Corinthians 1:18-31 (World Communion Sunday) The wisdom of God is embodied in Jesus and in a community that stands with those whose backs are up against a wall.
Scott Clark Sep 26 9 min "Wisdom Is More a Who Than a What" -- Proverbs 8, Woman Wisdom's Call (18th Sunday After Pentecost) When Woman Wisdom rises up off the page, she smashes through the confines of patriarchy and invites us into a more expansive, freer world.
Scott Clark Sep 19 10 min Words Unwise and Wise -- James 1:29, 3:1-13 (17th Sunday After Pentecost) Created in the image of a God who speaks worlds into being, our words have the power to speak realities into being.
Scott Clark Sep 12 12 min Wisdom in Action -- James 1:17-27 (Sixteenth Sunday After Pentecost) Wisdom invites us to into lives of reflection, rethinking, and action – to live out the life of Christ in the lives we live.
Scott Clark Aug 29 9 min The Wisdom of Generations -- Proverbs 3 (Fourteenth Sunday After Pentecost) Wisdom is always-active, engaged, inter-generational, community learning – as we seek together for ways of living that lead to more life.
Scott Clark Aug 22 10 min The Beginning of Wisdom -- 1 Kings 3:1-15 (13th Sunday After Pentecost) In Wisdom, God is present with us in the questions, in the real stuff of life – helping us find ways of living that lead to more life.
Scott Clark Aug 15 6 min "For the Children" -- Luke 9:46-48 (Patrick O'Connor preaching) (12th Sunday After Pentecost) God calls us to welcome all God's children. As we welcome children, God welcomes all of us.
Scott Clark Aug 8 10 min The Welcoming Body of Christ -- Ephesians 4:1-16 (11th Sunday After Pentecost) The Welcoming Body of Christ works for the freedom of all bodies so that, individually and together, we can all be all we are created to be.
Scott Clark Aug 1 10 min The Rhythm of Welcome -- John 6:24-35 (10th Sunday After Pentecost) The relational rhythm of welcome and trusting into Jesus is the way we find our way to life.
Scott Clark Jul 25 9 min Unwelcome (Dis)Comfort -- 2 Samuel 11:1-15 (Rev. Dvera Hadden) (9th Sunday After Pentecost) With discomforting Scriptures, the Spirit unsettles us and challenges us to see how we oppress, to change, and to join God's work of welcome
Scott Clark Jul 11 11 min Welcoming God -- 2 Samuel 6:1-5, 12b-19 (Seventh Sunday After Pentecost) The welcome we return to God must be as loving and liberating as the welcome we have received.
Scott Clark Jul 4 11 min Shake Off the Dust -- Mark 6:1-13 (Sixth Sunday After Pentecost) Jesus rejects inhospitality, welcomes everyone, and insists that we do too – through the spiritual practice of hospitality.
Scott Clark Jun 27 11 min How Love Shows Up -- 1 Sam. 17:57-18:5, 2 Sam. 1:1, 17-27 (5th Sunday After Pentecost; Pride Sunday) We are how love shows up in the world – God’s love for the whole world, embodied in humanity, in us.
Scott Clark Jun 20 2 min Hope from Here -- 2 Corinthians 4:6-18 (Fourth Sunday After Pentecost) In the love of Christ, music invites us to stand in the midst of real life, and hope from there.
