Scripture: Romans 8: 12-25 (NRSV) Salvation is not about Jesus and me. It is so much bigger. It’s about you and me, and all creation being delivered from decay. Jesus makes us not only a...

Scripture: Acts 12:6-17 (NRSV) The book of the Acts of the Apostles could more accurately be described as the Acts of Jesus and the Spirit in the Apostles. And this story of continues of the...

Scripture: John 6:1-15 (NRSV) Jesus may have been an amazing carpenter, but his arithmetic was off–thankfully. The Messiah’s math doesn’t add up in our human thinking. Jesus’ geometry is not zero-based, which means the more you give the less...

Scripture: Luke 10:25-37 (NRSV) Rev. Norm Bagaas is our guest preacher this Sunday. (There is no transcript for this sermon. Please enjoy listening.)  

Scripture: Mark 2:18-22 (NRSV) Jesus went against the grain and against the flow of society and religion. Jesus would not and could not be confined, constricted, or contained by the old order and the old systems...

Scripture: Matthew 5: 1-12 (NRSV) Blessed are the depressed. Wait…what??!! The Beatitudes kick off the Sermon on the Mount–the most famous spiritual teaching ever delivered. Jesus turns what is deemed blessed on its head. To...