Companions on the Way -- Genesis 18:1-10; Matthew 20:1-16 (17th Sunday After Pentecost)
As we accompany each other, God creates a world of welcome, where everyone is seen as fully human and everyone has enough.
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Scott Clark
- Sep 17
- 10 min
A People on the Move -- Lev. 19:1-4, 33-37; Matthew 2:23-33 (16th Sunday After Pentecost)
In a world of people on the move, God insists that we love and shelter the stranger.
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Scott Clark
- Sep 10
- 10 min
"A Place for You Here" -- Romans 12:9-21 (15th Sunday After Pentecost)
In the Body of Christ, love comes to life – as we love with integrity, share in the deep need of the world, and practice hospitality.
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Scott Clark
- Sep 3
- 8 min
A Good Day's Work -- Matthew 14:13-21 (14th Sunday After Pentecost; Labor Day Weekend)
Jesus invites us in to work healing and feeding, bringing to life a world of possibility.
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Scott Clark
- Aug 27
- 9 min
Singing the Songbook of Life -- Psalm 1 (13th Sunday After Pentecost)
The Psalms take us on a journey through the whole of life – and what we find – again and again – everywhere we look – is the goodness of God
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Scott Clark
- Aug 20
- 9 min
And What About Those Angry Psalms? -- Psalm 109 (11th Sunday After Pentecost)
God – in God’s goodness and steadfast love – stands with the poor, the vulnerable, and the oppressed, in the place of deepest need. In our a
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Scott Clark
- Aug 6
- 9 min
"My God, My God, Why Have You Forsaken Me?"- Psalm 22, Matt. 27:45-54 (10th Sunday After Pentecost)
From the cross, Jesus cries out in the lament of the psalms, and brings us into a new song for a new creation and a brave new world.
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Scott Clark
- Jul 30
- 9 min
So Help Me God -- Psalms 56 and 103 (8th Sunday After Pentecost)
When we pray out of our pain, God is listening, and God is for us.
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Scott Clark
- Jul 16
- 10 min
"Sing a New Song" -- Psalms of Praise -- Psalms 146-150 (7th Sunday After Pentecost)
We praise to name and acknowledge God’s goodness in the world. “We praise God in order to see the world as God does,” and then to say “Yes!”
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Scott Clark
- Jul 9
- 10 min
Do We Really Want to Be Known? -- Psalm 139 (6th Sunday After Pentecost)
God searches us, knows us, and loves us still. God creates us, challenges us, recreates us – always in love.
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Scott Clark
- Jul 3
- 9 min
The Psalms and the Nations -- Psalm 72 (5th Sunday After Pentecost)
God insists that public power be used for the well-being of the poor, the vulnerable, and the marginalized.
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Scott Clark
- Jun 25
- 10 min
The Songs We Know by Heart -- Psalms 121 & 23 (Pride Sunday; 4th Sunday After Pentecost)
In the Psalms, we sing our life to God, and God sings our life with us – every distress into deliverance, every lament into liberation.
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Scott Clark
- Jun 18
- 11 min
Psalms of Liberation -- Psalms 137 and 126 (Juneteenth & the 3rd Sunday After Pentecost)
In psalms of liberation, we remember, hope, and move forward into God’s ongoing, liberating work in the world.
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Scott Clark
- May 28
- 8 min
Everyone. Everywhere. All the Time -- Acts 2:1-21 (Pentecost Sunday)
At Pentecost, with the gift of the Spirit, this becomes clear: What God has been doing in Christ – God is now doing in us.
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Scott Clark
- May 22
- 10 min
In Every Bit of Creation -- Acts 17:22-31 (7th Sunday of Easter)
Christ’s resurrection life is present in every bit of creation, which means that every bit of creation gets to be free.
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Scott Clark
- May 7
- 9 min
In the Worst of Times -- Acts 7:55-60 (5th Sunday of Easter)
Facing violence and death, Stephen fixes his gaze on the life we find in the Risen Christ stronger than any power that can do us harm.
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Scott Clark
- Apr 30
- 11 min
"Share Everything" -- Acts 2:42-47 (4th Sunday of Easter)
In Resurrection, Jesus shares life with us, and invites us to share everything in life-giving community.
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Scott Clark
- Apr 23
- 11 min
In the Walking, Talking, and Breaking of Bread -- Luke 24:13-35 (3rd Sunday of Easter)
On the Road to Emmaus, in the walking, talking, and breaking of bread – they experience the Risen Christ and the power of Resurrection.
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Scott Clark
- Apr 9
- 9 min
The End Is Not the End -- John 20:1-18 (Easter Sunday)
In Resurrection, Jesus opens up a brand new day where everything that lies ahead is life.
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Scott Clark
- Apr 6
- 6 min
"Will You Let Me Be Your Servant?" -- John 13:1-17, 31b-35 (Maundy Thursday)
Kneeling at their feet, with the touch of his hands, Jesus shows us what it is to be fully human
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