We are not sinful so much as we are distracted from our purpose. Just as Adam and Eve were.

Lent isn’t about imposing suffering on yourself. It’s about being willing to stop and take in whatever the world brings into our lives.

“You cling to certainty,” Jesus says, “but I’m here to make cracks in all you think you’re sure about.”

What is the point of our faith if it doesn’t change the world?

You make this place happen. This little part of the Body of Christ comes to life when you step into the gifts God gave you.

Whatever life you get, whatever joy is nurtured in your experience of faith, that’s what evangelism is about.

Our baptism is our call to bring justice to the nations, to live as the body of Christ in the world.

Grace is where the Jesus who would be crucified and resurrected meets Josh who ate and drank and laughed with friends.

The Word made flesh, arrives utterly helpless, completely dependent on the people around him for his survival.

Lainey Johnston teaches us a prayer: Be with me, Lord, when I am in trouble. Be with me, Lord, I pray.

Original sin does not live inside us, it is born through our choices. The great sins of our world were created choice by choice by choice.

What we do matters to God. We can frame it as harsh judgment, or we can frame it as God wanting life for us, and life abundant.

God took our sin and suffering and planted it in the ground, planted it in a womb. Gave it the quiet and darkness it needed to transform.

We are all “citizens with the saints” because of our baptism, adopted members of Christ’s royal family.

At its best, at its most loving, holding people accountable tells them that their presence and gifts are essential, that they belong.

When we refuse to give up on people, when we refuse to separate justice and love, we practice a greater love.

Jesus calls Zaccheus “a son of Abraham,” reminding the people that he is really one of them, too, and no longer an enemy.

Covenant is how we practice being with one another so that when conflict arises, we have a safe container in which to hold it.

We are all teachers. Because the way you live is a lesson to all who witness you.

Do the good thing now. Find joy now. Pray for the home you have now. Work for the thriving of the community you have now.