1st Sunday in Lent – Street Psalms

It is Written

By Scott Dewey | February 25, 2023 |

“God hates,” men told her. Many men in fact, many times. Because they were religious, she believed them, because she wished to believe in God. The men held the sacred writings, copied from goat skins to gilded pages to church multimedia screens.

Get Away from Here

By Gideon Ochieng | March 14, 2022 |

This week, as we continue on the Lenten journey, we see Jesus determined to carry on with his mission to the end. The path ahead of him is dangerous, but he is prepared to pay the price. Some of his enemies know that Jesus does not easily change his mind. He is casting out demons and healing the sick. The good he does is threatening to bring down the entire system.

No Buyer’s Remorse

By Jenna Smith | March 4, 2022 |

This Sunday, we find ourselves at the start of lent. The spiritual sobriety of this season feels very reflective of the sobriety of Jesus’ actions during his temptation in the desert.

Remember our Baptism

By Lina Thompson | February 19, 2021 |

Alimentando El Pueblo (Feeding El Pueblo) is a food distribution initiative that specifically caters to the Latinx community in my area. This idea came from within the heart of the community…

Setting Out From Where You Are

By Joel Van Dyke | February 28, 2020 |

After an encounter with the shadowlands of Ash Wednesday, we now sit silently in front of an opened curtain, revealing the five-week theater that is the Valley of Lent. The Gospel narrative for the first Sunday of Lent is that of the desert temptation.

Into the Wilderness

By Lina Thompson | February 16, 2018 |

One of my brothers was a college football All-American. He broke and set many conference and national records. He was a Heisman trophy candidate his senior year, and the third pick in the first NFL draft. This was in the late 1970’s—well before social media. But for what it was, there was quite a bit of media attention that surrounded him.

Wilderness Wander – Setting out from where you are

By Joel Van Dyke | March 3, 2017 |

“Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.” Matthew 4:1-11 After an encounter with the shadowlands of Ash Wednesday two days ago,…

Symbolic Universe

By Kris Rocke | February 12, 2016 |

Friend and mentor, Dave Hillis, president of Leadership Foundations, tells the story from his days as a camp counselor when he was asked to lead a seminar for urban youth.…

Bread, Temple, and Crown: a Lenten Invitation

By Joel Van Dyke | February 20, 2015 |

Traveling with courage.