In spite of (or because of!) his blindness and poverty, Bartimaeus is the disciple that so many others in Mark's gospel aren't, because he abandons all he is and owns and follows Jesus on the road to the cross. Readings and sermon were delivered by Pastor...
The economy of this world runs on money, but the economy of the kingdom runs on grace. So Jesus gives us a new way to think, act, feel, and relate to others about money. Readings and sermon were delivered by Pastor Aaron Mueller. Order of service: Twenty-first Sunday...
We all need something to trust in – something that we can rely on when the chips are down. We also need hope – the belief that things are going to work out – in order to stay sane and committed in our daily lives. Chuck and Aaron talk about faith and hope, what they...
The one thing many of us lack is that we don't lack anything, but Jesus wants us to lose all those things so we can enjoy only him. Readings and sermon were delivered by Pastor Aaron Mueller. Order of service: Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost, Oct 10, 2021...
Jesus' teaching on divorce in Mark 10 gives us some deep insights into what marriage should be, and can be, if Jesus is in fact Lord of the universe. Readings and sermon were delivered by Pastor Aaron Mueller. Order of service: Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost,...
Many non-Christians see Christians as hypocritical – people who do not live up to their own stated standards. But this isn’t a particularly Christian problem, it’s a human problem: no one lives up to the goals and ideals of their own ideology. When non-Christians...
There is a narrowness and a broadness to Christianity. The narrowness is that anybody who is not for Jesus is not with Jesus; the broadness is that anyone who gives a cup of water to someone because they belong to the Messiah will not lose their reward. Readings and...
Jesus predicts his impending death three times in Mark's gospel, all three times the disciples respond by arguing and fighting for power. But if Jesus' death is the way he brings about his kingdom, then his people must embrace suffering and give up aspirations...
When the disciples fell into the all-too-common trap of believing that the power of God's mission was theirs, the mission Jesus had put them on inevitably failed; but when we trust Jesus to do his own mission, and trust him to bring us along with him, the mission...
When do we, and when do we not, obey the government authorities? How do we make decisions about personal behaviors that aren't explicitly addressed in Scripture? Romans 13 and 14 give us Paul's direction on how to navigate these tense questions. Readings and...
