It’s a familiar refrain, isn’t it, the promise that God will make Abraham the father of many nations? It’s one of those tenets of our faith that slides off the tongue...

On the first Sunday of Lent, Pastor Lewis reached out for something she expected to find on her bedside table, but it wasn’t there. Waking more fully, she reminded herself that...

Taking Lent seriously feels daunting. If we haven’t figured out by Ash Wednesday how we want to approach the season, we may “all or nothing” it; or we might set the...

Here at the beginning of Lent, we begin to ponder the commitment we have made to follow Jesus Christ, most of us seeking some deeper learning or choosing some stricter discipline....

After the flood, Noah and his family heard from God. After shock and grief and struggle, after being quartered—quarantined—with their closest relatives and all the animals they could gather on a...

A group of seminarians, mostly commuter students glad to catch up with one another, chatted on their way into worship on a Wednesday morning in February. The sun shone on their...

Psalm 51 asks for God’s assistance in heart renewal. This psalm is ascribed to King David and associated with the aftermath of his affair with Bathsheba and his plot against her...

With Lent just days away, we have a decision to make. Will we give up chocolate or yarn-buying, or take a sabbatical from social media? We might take on a practice...

Earlier this week we reflected on Elisha receiving the mantle of Elijah and our formation in Christian community. Jesus shaped the lives of his disciples as they followed him along dusty...

Jesus takes Peter, James, and John and leads them up a mountain. There they witness a dazzling light and the ancestors, Moses and Elijah, talking with Jesus. What do we make...