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July 15, 2018
The beheading of John (Mark 6) is violent, cruel...and frankly, senseless. What do we do this senseless story of lust, pride and violence? What do we do with the senseless parts of human history? What do we do with the senseless parts of our own story?
July 8, 2018Road Trip! Jesus sends out his disciples with some unusual packing instructions (Mark 6). As we travel during the summer -- and really as we journey through life -- Jesus also offers us some packing instructions.
July 1, 2018Jesus heals two dramatically different people (Mark 5), a beautiful reminder that Jesus loves all people. How do we live with this teaching to love all people in a political situation in our country right now that is filled with anger and fear? Not an easy answer, but Pastor Rob reflects on how we can move forward, ultimately commending us to a ministry of reconciliation: giving our fear and anger to the cross, not back to the world.
June 24, 2018
The storms of life happen, even to good people, even to people in the boat with Jesus (Mark 4). Pastor Rob talks about how we can prayerfully respond to the storms of life: prayers of "lament" (church word for complaint!). The story though does not end with a storm but with the peace that Christ's brings. Christ comes amid the storms of our life offering his peace.
June 17, 2018
When teaching parables (Mark 4) Jesus offers us some timeless truths -- easy to comprehend, but difficult to put into practice. Pastor Rob relates these timeless truths to the new logo for our church, which is based on the theme, Rooted and Growing.
In a nutshell, there is a timeless truth that we are called into service of our neighbor (represented by the stained-glass like image of the world). Yet, the most important timeless truth is that God's love is poured out for us in the cross of Christ, which stands at the center, as a free gift!
You can see the new logo here.
June 10, 2018Throughout Mark 3 people try to "tame" Jesus. They are wildly unsuccessful. And that is a very good thing.
June 3, 2018
Jesus loses his cool in Mark 2:23-3:6. Why? Because he sees the hardness of the human heart. 2,000 years later, we still struggle with our hearts being hardened. What about God's heart? ...and how does God deal with the hardness of our hearts?
