| For God so loved the world…Even if you have a very cursory knowledge of the bible, you likely know the start of John 3:16. Listen as Pastor Kate explores what it means to be loved by God and what our response should be. |
Accompanying Scripture:
Psalm 139:13-18, John 2:13-25
| This week, we hear the story of how Jesus cleanses the Temple in Jerusalem and speaks to the leaders about the Temple being destroyed. The leaders are confused about what he means by the Temple destruction and ask questions. Where do we turn when we cannot do things as we desire? What if we cannot do things as we did before? Listen as Intern Pastor Jennie considers how we look at our understanding of community. |
Accompanying Scripture:
Psalm 127:1-2, John 2:13-25
| This week, we hear again the story of Jesus’s first miracle, turning water into wine at the wedding of Cana. As the story unfolds, Jesus’s mother tells him, “They have no wine,” as she implores him to do something about it. But what if it’s not at all about the wine, but rather that they have no joy? Because when the wine runs out, so does the party, and the joy of a wedding feast ends. They have no joy. This past year has been one in which we may have pleaded this very thing to Jesus many times, beginning a year ago today. “We have no joy,” because we witnessed an insurrection at the Capitol, violating a place many in our community work or have worked. We have no joy because of the pain and grief that weighed on multiple Capitol Police Officers, some even paying the ultimate cost. We have no joy because in the months afterward, we have continued to sway from plan to plan amid the uncertainty of an ongoing pandemic and the desire to return to life together. Listen as Pastor Kate considers how as we plead with Jesus that we have no joy, Jesus provides an answer. |
Accompanying Scripture:
Psalm 104:14-16, John 2:1-11
This week, we are in John where Jesus is calling his first disciples and tells them to “come and see” what he is doing. They are asked to have faith and think about what they believe. What does it mean for us to believe? We are continued to be called to come and see what God is doing in our lives and those around us. Listen as Intern Pastor Jennie explores what it means to follow and see what God is doing for us.
Accompanying Scripture:
Psalm 66:1-5, John 1:35-51
This week we are in the gospel of John, discussing how God is coming into the world to physically be with the people. But it can be difficult sometimes to see where God is with the people and also where God is with us. What does it look like to see God among us and for God to be with us? Listen as Intern Pastor Jennie explores where and how we can see God here with us.
Accompanying Scripture:
Psalm 130:5-8, John 1:1-18
Many of us had expected, or at the very least hoped, this holiday season would be more normal. Instead, we’re worried about another variant of covid and thinking through more precautions – experiencing once again a holiday season with further complications. Listen as Pastor Kate considers God’s promises in an unexpected situation, when hope and expectations were dashed and the world was not as people thought it should be.
Accompanying Scripture:
Isaiah 55:1-13, John 4:13-14
This week, we hear from Ezekiel about an experience a prophet has about prophesying to bring dry bones to life. It seems fantastical and hard to imagine. What does it look like to find life among things that seem lifeless and dry? Listen as Intern Pastor Jennie explores how to find life among death and hard times.
Accompanying Scripture:
Ezekiel 37:1-14, John 11:25-26
This week we hear from Jeremiah as the people are in Babylon, where God tells them to live their lives there in their new home. Their life in Israel isn’t the same, and they should continue in their life in Babylon. Listen as Pastor Kate explores what it looks like to live life in a new way.
Accompanying Scripture:
Jeremiah 29:1, 4-14, John 14:27
This week we hear from Isaiah about how there will be peace to come after the destruction of Israel by the Assyrians. The people were not sure about what lay ahead of them. Isaiah brought promises that hope and peace will come through a child. Listen as Intern Pastor Jennie considers what it means to have hope in unknown times.
Accompanying Scripture:
Isaiah 9:1-7, John 8: 12
Do as I say, not as I do. How many of us have heard this line from either parents or others as they try to coax us into doing something they aren’t? And when we hear it, it can sound disingenuous – like why wouldn’t you be doing this if it’s what should be done? This week we hear God’s call to the people to do as they say, that is to not only worship God with their lips and sacrifices, but then to worship by creating justice in the rest of their lives. Listen as Pastor Kate explores how this is also God’s call in our lives – to do as we say when we pray for peace and justice.
Accompanying Scripture:
Amos 1:1-2; 5:14-15, 21-24, John 7: 37-38
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