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February 22, 2026 – Jesus, Son of God
Today, we begin our journey through Lent, where we will focus on some of the most central aspects of Jesus’ life and ministry—the essentials of who Jesus is and what he’s up to. Today, we find Jesus directly after his baptism, where the skies had opened, the Spirit descended, and the voice of God came
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February 15, 2026 – In The Light of Resurrection
Today we’re jumping ahead in Matthew from the Sermon on the Mount to the middle of Jesus’ ministry in towns all over the countryside—teaching and healing, preaching and wondering. We meet Jesus today in Caesarea Phillipi, just 6 days after Jesus’ first declaration that he would be killed and rise again. Matthew 17:1-9 Six days
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February 8, 2026 – Stay Salty
Last week, we heard from the prophet Micah. This week, we’re looking at a different prophet with a similar, but different message: Isaiah. The part of Isaiah we’re about to hear was likely written after the exile to Babylon. When the southern kingdom of Judah was overthrown in 687 BCE, Jerusalem was ransacked and the
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February 1, 2026 – What God Doesn’t Want From Us
We’re taking another slight detour this morning into the Old Testament. We’ve just heard the very beginning of Jesus’ sermon on the mount, the beatitudes – Jesus’ encouragement for a weary people, desperate for some hope. But we’re also going to flip back a few pages in our Bibles to hear from one of the
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January 25, 2026 – Jesus Went
We took a detour into John last week, but today we’re back in Matthew. To catch up to where we are right now, here’s what’s happened so far. Matthew starts with a genealogy, then a very short story about Jesus’ birth, followed by Herod’s slaughter of the innocents and a couple stories about young Jesus.
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January 18, 2026 – Come & See
After Jesus’ baptism, his public ministry really begins. But in John’s gospel, we don’t hear much from Jesus himself right off the bat – instead, we hear others proclaim who Jesus is and what Jesus is up to. As we listen to this passage from John’s gospel, I encourage you to pay attention to the
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January 11, 2026: Claimed and Called
Today is Baptism of the Lord Sunday, and because we’re spending this year in the gospel according to Matthew with the Lectionary, we’ll be hearing Matthew’s version of this story. It’s four whole verses long, and it’s squished in between two much more intense stories, so this is a ‘blink and you’ll miss it’ kind
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January 4, 2026 – Rerouting
Welcome to a new year, friends, of wondering and wandering, of learning our way through Scripture together. This morning, we’re in the gospel according to Matthew. Today, we’re celebrating the Feast of Epiphany, the day when the magi from the east encountered Jesus for the first time. Our nativity scenes are a little misleading on
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December 24, 2025: God With Us
I want to tell you a story about how I became known to an entire conference full of pastors as the ‘NO BOOKS’ lady. If you know me, this is hilarious, because I actually really love books. Back in 2021, four pastor friends and I were part of a continuing education program through Princeton Seminary.
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December 21, 2025: Love
Our second reading comes once again from the gospel of Matthew, but today we’re going back to the beginning – chapter 1. The first 17 verses of this gospel are a long list of names, spelling out Jesus’ genealogy from Abraham on down. We’re not going to read all of that out loud today (you’re