Belong. Behave. Believe.

Dr. Steve Lindsley(Acts 2: 1-21) Noted Christian historian Diana Butler Bass, who spoke at this church some number of years ago, has suggested that there are three specific questions that guide how someone enters into and becomes part of a community of faith.   Those...

Love First and All Else Will Follow

Rev. Rebecca Heilman-Campbell(John 14) Recently, Jodi and I had a good conversation with the parents at the weekday school about how to talk with their children about death. One parent struggled explaining to their child that that while Grammy is away in heaven, she...

The Grass is Greener Here

Dr. Steve Lindsley(Mark 6: 30-44) So the way Mark tells it,  the disciples had been out and about for a while, doing the discipling thing; and now they’re reporting back to Jesus on all they had done.  And as Jesus is listening to them, he picks up on something: his...

The Gate Swings Both Ways

Dr. Steve Lindsley(John 10: 1-10) If I’m honest, there are two things that I struggle with in our passage today. The first is something I struggle with a lot when reading John, and that is that Jesus is hard to get sometimes.  And I’m not alone – John himself...

Solidarity Costs Something

Rev. Rebecca Heilman-Campbell(John 20) The reality of a country burdened by systems of oppression that reduces the availability of medical treatment, clean water, or a safe environment meant I attended many funerals during my year in Zambia, Africa. Zambia is unique...

Shaking the Foundations

Dr. Steve Lindsley(Matthew 28: 1-10)Easter Sunday Every morning, it happened.  Every morning the sun would rise over the face of the earth, the light creeping across the ground.  Every day, dawn would make itself known all over again and greet another day, just like...