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Constancy v Consistency in Ordinary Time -- Lamentations 3:22-32; Hebrews 13:1-8 (Rev. Grace Hyeryung Kim, preaching) (16th Sunday After Pentecost)
Constancy is a quality of God: "Jesus is the same yesterday, today, and forever." We are called to live our lives consistently with God's steadfast love.

Scott Clark
7 days ago9 min read


At the Dimming of the Day -- Genesis 28:10-19 (15th Sunday After Pentecost)
Over the breadth of Scripture, humanity encounters God, not only in the bright light of day, but when the shadows fall, and the world becomes still. At night, God keeps close, and we will not be left alone.

Scott Clark
Sep 2110 min read


Welcome Sinners, Tax Collectors, and Pharisees! -- Luke 15:1-10 (14th Sunday After Pentecost)
Jesus rejects the world’s separations and the “politics of disgust,” and insists that we welcome everyone to the table of community and shared power.

Scott Clark
Sep 1411 min read


A Time to Let Go, and a Time to Embrace -- Luke 14:15-23 (13th Sunday After Pentecost)
During “ordinary time” we walk with Jesus through the ordinary days of his life, just as he walks with us through the ordinary days of ours. Jesus invites us to see things as they are, to let go of attachments that hold us back, and to embrace the way of the cross that leads to life.

Scott Clark
Sep 711 min read


"Bless Thou the Handling of Our Hands" -- Luke 13:10-17 (12th Sunday After Pentecost)
In his healing hands, Jesus sets the whole world free. In the work of our hands, God’s handiwork can come to life, as well.

Scott Clark
Aug 3111 min read


"Looking for a Better Country" -- Hebrews 11:1-3, 8-16 (9th Sunday After Pentecost)
Hebrews 11 invites us to imagine the journey of the faithful down through the generations, and to imagine the better world the Spirit empowers us to create together.

Scott Clark
Aug 1010 min read


"Come, Jesus, Come" -- Revelation 22: 1-5, 16-21 (8th Sunday After Pentecost)
Revelation invites us to say Amen to God’s sovereignty in Jesus Christ, creating a new heaven and new earth, right now and forever. Amen – so be it in me, so be it in us. Come, Jesus, Come. Let today be the day.

Scott Clark
Aug 39 min read


The Wild Hope of Imagination -- Revelation 21:1-7, 15-24 (7th Sunday After Pentecost)
In the apocalyptic imagination, God gives us a wild and lively vision of a world to inhabit now. The old order of things has come to an end. Behold God’s new heaven and new earth. Live it now.

Scott Clark
Jul 2710 min read


On Being Lukewarm -- Revelation 3:7-22 (6th Sunday After Pentecost)
Power-over wants us to stay quiet and lukewarm. That's how power stays in power. In the complexity of life, God is near, encouraging and empowering us to stand where we know we ought to stand.

Scott Clark
Jul 2012 min read


Pause, Refresh, Reset -- Philippians 4:4-8 (5th Sunday After Pentecost)
At the midpoint of the year, we pause to refresh and reset, returning to the 7 spiritual practices that ground us in the new thing God is doing in every new day.

Scott Clark
Jul 138 min read


"The One upon the Throne" -- Revelation 1:4-8, 5:11-14 (4th Sunday After Pentecost)
The wild hope of our imagination finds its sure footing in Jesus Christ, the one who enters into the deep suffering of the world and is sovereign from there.

Scott Clark
Jul 69 min read


A Healing Imagination -- 2 Kings 5:1-14 (3rd Sunday After Pentecost)
God’s healing imagination comes to life in our collaboration and cooperation – inviting us to an economy of mutuality and a politics of compassion and freedom.

Scott Clark
Jun 2911 min read


Beyond the Cave -- 1 Kings 19:1-15 (3rd Sunday After Pentecost)
Beyond the caves and fear of domination, God empowers us to imagine and create a world better, brighter, and more beautiful than the struggle and suffering we are experiencing now.

Scott Clark
Jun 2211 min read


For All Those Who Are Far from Home -- Luke 15:11-32 (Trinity Sunday)
God is willing to re-order the world to welcome everyone who is far from home.

Scott Clark
Jun 1512 min read


What Does This Mean? -- John 14:8-10, 16-17, 25-27; Acts 2:1-21 (Rev. Dvera Hadden, preaching) (Pentecost Sunday)
Photo credit: Engin Akyurt, used with permission via Unsplash Our first reading from the Scriptures today comes from the 14th chapter of...

Scott Clark
Jun 87 min read


Baptized into Community -- Acts 2:42-47; 9:36-4;16:11-15 (6th Sunday of Easter)
We are baptized into counter-cultural community shaped by the values we experience in the life, death, and Resurrection of Jesus Christ.

Scott Clark
May 258 min read


"What Then Shall We Do?" -- Isaiah 61:1-4; Luke 3:10-14 (5th Sunday of Easter)
In bewildering times, empowered by the Spirit, “what we can do” is the steady work that flows out of our baptism.

Scott Clark
May 1811 min read


Who Then Are We? -- Acts 11:1-18 (4th Sunday of Easter)
In baptism, we enact what has always been true: God loves and welcomes everyone.

Scott Clark
May 118 min read


Unshrouded Hearts -- Isaiah 25:6-9; Luke 24:14-39 (Rev. Dvera Hadden, preaching; 3rd Sunday in Easter)
Photo credit: Simon Berger, used with permission vial Unsplash On this Communion Sunday in the Easter season, our scripture passages for...

Scott Clark
May 46 min read


Bright Sunday Surprises-- Luke 24:1-11; Matthew 15:30-38 (Rev. Dvera Hadden, preaching; 2nd Sunday of Easter)
Photo credit: Oscar Ivan Esquivel Arteaga, used with permission via Unsplash Bright Sunday, Holy Humor Sunday celebrates God’s and our...

Scott Clark
Apr 283 min read
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