When Our Shelter is Torn Away

Lent calls us to an inward journey of reflection and an outward life shaped by that deep inner work. Thomas Keating reminds us, “Contemplation isn’t a cure for anxiety. It just lets you look at life a little differently. The dark places don’t go away when you step into silence — if anything, they rise to the surface.” As we follow Jesus on his journey toward Jerusalem, we witness his courage in confronting power and see his response of vulnerability and lament – the fierce, tender love of our Mothering God. We have much to mourn these days. Come, friends. Let’s journey together.

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March 16th, 2025

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When We Are Offered Shortcuts

While we often think of Satan’s temptations as earthly pleasures or frivolous desires, what Satan actually offers Christ are the very tools he could use to carry out the mission God gave him–feeding the hungry, ruling the nations, trusting in God. On their own, they are not bad things, these temptations. Yet Satan offers a shortcut to each of them, one that leads Jesus to skip the long walk of his own faith, one that takes him away from the people he is sent to, one that skips all the hard work of discipleship. In this scripture, Jesus shows us that true faithfulness says no to shortcuts and yes to walking in God’s paths. Rev. Mary Elyn Bahlert is preaching. Join us.

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March 9th, 2025

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The Pearl of Great Price

The parable of the pearl is one of Jesus’ shortest teachings. A merchant searches for pearls, finds the greatest particularly special pearl, and sells everything in order to have it. What is your “great pearl”? Biblical scholar Amy Jill-Levine asks the question, “Will we know what we truly want when we see it?” We take a closer look at this teaching and what it means for us today.

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March 2nd, 2025

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The Good Samaritan

This Sunday, we revisit the parable of the Good Samaritan through the ears of a first-century Jewish audience. While we often see ourselves as the Samaritan, called to care for others, biblical scholar Amy-Jill Levine reminds us that the original listeners would have heard something quite different. In antiquity, this was known as the parable of the man who fell among robbers—shifting the focus in surprising ways. Let’s listen anew and discover what this powerful story reveals for us today. Join us!

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February 23rd, 2025

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Lost Sheep, Lost Coin, Lost Son

In Short Stories by Jesus, Amy-Jill Levine examines the parables of the lost sheep, lost coin, and lost son (Luke 15:4–32) through a historical and Jewish lens. She challenges traditional Christian interpretations that frame these as simple stories of repentance and divine mercy.

The first two parables in Luke 15, one of one hundred and then one of ten is lost. Yet in the third parable there are only two sons and the father is convinced that the younger, the prodigal is the one who is lost and in many respects he is correct. However, he finds at the end of the parable that the son who is in fact “lost” is the elder. The father, with only two sons, was unable to count correctly.

The first two parables, fasting and rejoicing end the story. In the third parable, the fasting and rejoicing are left behind as the desperate father tries to make his family whole. Levine highlights in her book that perhaps the lesson we learn is our need to take count of those in our families, and in our communities of those who are missing. Who is missing? Who needs to be found? Join us.

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February 16th, 2025

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Sabbath as Rhythm

From the very beginning, God designed Sabbath as a rhythm of rest and renewal (Genesis 2:2-3). Just as God rested on the seventh day, we are invited to embrace a sacred pause to deeply ground our lives in God’s grace and love.  Ecclesiastes 3:1 reminds us that “there is a time for everything,” emphasizing the importance of balance between work and rest. Sabbath is not merely a day off but a rhythm of trust, worship, and renewal—a reminder that our identity is found in God, not just in what we do.  Join us.  Rev. Jeff Kunkel is preaching this Sunday.

The Short Stories by Jesus

Beginning in February and a part of April and May, we will embark on a study of the parables of Jesus as told in the Gospels. Each week will bring a parable that we might study, and especially examine in context. We will be guided in this series by the book Short Stories by Jesus: The Enigmatic Parables of a Controversial Rabbi by Amy-Jill Levine. Dr. Levine is University Professor of New Testament and Jewish Studies at Vanderbilt Divinity School in Nashville, TN and is the editor of The Jewish Annotated New Testament. Parables are stories that are not true, but convey truth. Parables do not have a single meaning. Amy Jill Levine invites us to listen to the parables anew by hearing them through the lens of Jesus’ earliest audience. Join us.

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February 9th, 2025

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Sabbath as Resistance