For some reason, Zacchaeus is drawn to Jesus. He can’t see him over the crowd because he is so short, so Zacchaeus climbs a tree. With the earnestness of a child, he wants to see Jesus, but Jesus is t...  Read More

Salvation is belonging....  Read More

As human beings, we like to think of ourselves and the world in absolute terms—good or bad, righteous or unrighteous, lost or found. We think the goal of religion is to change us from one to the other...  Read More

Who leaves 99 sheep to save 1? None of us would. But God DOES....  Read More

Martha doesn’t get enough credit. Jesus and his traveling disciples show up at her door, and she welcomes them. This was likely a group of at least 70 people. It was a huge undertaking, and Mary sits ...  Read More

For many of us, it’s easier to give help than to receive it. This explains why in the parable of the Good Samaritan, most of us identify with the characters in a position to offer help (the Levite, pr...  Read More

If needing help is shameful to you, then giving help to others will always come with a side of judgement and shame to them....  Read More

Our Lenten theme this year is Everything in Between: Meeting God in the Midst of Extremes. We will follow Jesus as he travels to Jerusalem in Luke, telling familiar stories that disrupt our understand...  Read More

The road to paradise starts when we tune into the voice of the one who knows us, loves us, and leads us home....  Read More

In Jesus’ Sermon on the Plain, he teaches us to love everyone without exception—even our enemies. That’s a lot easier said than done, and most of us dismiss this part of Jesus’ teaching as idealistic....  Read More

Assert the dignity of ALL in the face of violent retribution....  Read More

Welcome to Jesus’ Sermon on the Plain, lesser known than the Sermon on the Mount from Matthew’s Gospel. There Jesus plays the role of Moses, speaking a new law from the mountain. In Luke, Jesus comes ...  Read More