1st Sunday After Epiphany

Relational Affirmation

By Esau Oreso | January 9, 2023 |

I love introductions — whether they happen in between two people or in front of large groups. I love them because the things people share during an introduction reflect what they believe is important in the moment. Our introductions say a lot about how we understand ourselves and our audience.

Baptized Into the Human Experience

By Gideon Ochieng | January 7, 2022 |

I have known Susan for over 14 years. She’s a pastor here in Nairobi with a reputation for speaking her mind. Susan is passionate about working with youth and vulnerable women in our community. The locals see her as an advocate for the rights of the most vulnerable in society. Among her best friends is a group of reforming, hard core criminals.

Almost Drowning

By Joel Aguilar | January 8, 2021 |

I was baptized into an Evangelical church when I was seven years old and it was a terrible experience. My dad was the pastor of our church, so I was…

Baptism

By Kris Rocke | January 11, 2019 |

Baptism is an initiation into our most sacred vocation—to become fully human and know ourselves loved by God. No moral system, no matter how good, can produce this vocation. We become human, not through morality, but by receiving and giving mercy.

A New Year’s Rest-olution

By Joel Van Dyke | January 5, 2018 |

John the Baptist appears in the wilderness preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins and we are told that the “whole” Judean countryside and “all” the people of Jerusalem went out to him. It seems John has become quite the successful, suburban mega-church pastor with a huge commuter congregation. But he is clear that his show is not the best in town.

Baptismal Blessing

By Kris Rocke | January 9, 2015 |

Perhaps the greatest of all the miracles is not that God loves us, but that God actually likes us.