The God who calls us

 February 9, 2025

Jesus calls Peter and his fellow fishermen to push out their boat a little and then cast their nets into the deep.

In the same way, Jesus calls us.  Sometimes this call is for something small; other times for something that seems riskier and harder.

Peter laments this call of Jesus, saying that he is worn and the fish aren’t moving.  Peter doesn’t believe this his actions will make a difference.

In our lives and in our world today, we can also often feel like our actions will not make an impact.

But we are not called to figure it all out.  Instead, we are called to obey our call and let go of the results. 

This as it turns out…is also a challenge, not just for us, but for Jesus to take on.

Where is the love that is patient and kind?

February 2, 2025

Love is patient and love is kind.

Yet the people want to throw Jesus off a cliff (Luke 4:18-30)!  Where is the love?  Pastor Rob offers that the people in Jesus’ hometown do have love, it is just misguided and blinding. 

We struggle with this today as well as our love can be misguided and blinding.  Our love of one person or one group can block our loving another person or another group.   As humans, we have a strong inclination to love “us” and not “them.”

A reflection on Jesus’ patience and kindness toward our misguided love that finally breaks down the “us” and “them.”