Some of us have been taught not to be angry. Some of us have anger issues. And most of us have a fraught relationship with anger. So let’s look at it head on this week.
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Guided by a the wise and insightful words of Joy Harjo, we dive into grief, hope, and understanding.
Read MoreRepentance and other aspects of our faith almost universally taught to be individual acts. But then we miss out on the corporate nature of them.
Read MoreOften people think that God is angry just like God is loving. But there’s a huge difference.
Read MoreThere’s a better way to think about repentance - and the strange thing is, it’s totally biblical
Read MoreToday we reflect on Indigenous People's Day and what that might mean for our faith.
Read MoreThis is a prayer for all those who face stormy sees today in their world or in their insides.
Read MoreIt’s so very hard to rise up out of a current crisis to gain the perspective from God’s work in the past, or to try to find hope for the future. Today’s prayer can be a resource.
Read MoreJonah actually didn’t pray for God to deliver him from the belly of the fish. Nope. What Jonah did do in that nasty, smelly, dark and dank space was to thank God for the fish!
Read MoreJonah cried out in his despair while in the belly of the whale, and he felt the freedom to blame God for it. It can be helpful to look at those ‘negative’ feelings towards God when we feel cut-off.
Read MoreSometimes it takes us a while to turn our attention back to God. Jonah took a LOOOOOONG time to reconnect… and yet God was waiting and gracious, not judging or angry.
Read MoreBefore being thrown into the flames, three young Jewish men give us some keen insight into God’s approach to miracles.
Read MoreThe question, “Do you believe in miracles?” can be such a set up for a debate… but Jesus turns it into a referendum on our way of life.
Read MoreChurches often talk about ‘drawing close to God’ but that’s such a hard phrase to define. What does it mean to you?
Read MoreOften the very miracles that we are so desperate for lead to less dependence on God and less love for God. It seems that isn’t the way it’s supposed to be.
Read MoreToday’s devotional is a personal reflection from one of the co-pastors about embracing people of other religions.
Read MoreThe early church leader James gives us a profound insight into moving away from some of the false binaries that many of us have believed in.
Read MoreThe story of Jonah invites us to rethink out defensiveness when others point out our hypocrisy.
Read MoreInstead of the good-bad binary way of thinking about ourselves or others, if we start with the imago dei (the image of God) with everyone (including ourselves!) then the conversations go differently… and a lot better.
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