It’s hard to face uncertainty. It’s easier if we have a healthy perspective on it.
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Daily Devotional
God gave an incredible invitation to Mary. God is still giving invitations today. What will you do with yours?
Read MoreThis is a strange in-between week; we’re past Christmas but still headed towards New Years. How do you feel? What do you need? How do you handle these in-between times?
Read MoreJudy Kim reflects on the very real fears that we all have to face.
Read MoreToday is for those who, as the holiday festivities ramped up, up, up, felt heavier and heavier. Perhaps it’s grief or loneliness. We see you. God sees you. Sensory or social overload. Expectations you don’t feel you can meet. We see you. God sees you.
Read MoreOur friend Rev. Riana Shaw Robinson kicks us off here with reflections on what it meant for Jesus to take on flesh and blood… and how that led into the particular kind of song Mary sang.
Read MoreRebekah Martinek-Williams reflects on the unhelpful ways she heard the David & Bathsheba story growing up in church and wonders if there’s not a better way.
Read MoreChristmas means liberation from shame - what an enormous gift.
Read MoreIn looking for the arc of redemption of David--we have missed the horrible tragedy that is committed. One of God’s beloved children, Bathsheba, is brutally violated.
Read MoreContent Warning: Today’s devo addresses sexual violence.
Read MoreHave you ever stopped and allowed yourself to imagine God as grandmother? Let’s try a little devotional experiment. Pull to mind an image of the most amazing abuelita you know - strong, loving, persistent, wise. Keep her face in front of you mentally as you read this parable Jesus gave of how God is at work in the world.
Read MoreWhat do we learn from the Tamar story? One of our former pastors shares his perspective.
Read MoreThe story of Tamar is one usually just briefly mentioned as pastors focus on their “superstars” in the lineage of Jesus. But when you take some time with it, you realize Tamar is actually an incredibly relatable character in the Bible. Tamar had her family, laws, religion, tradition against her, but she figured out how to stand up for herself.
Read MoreDottie shares the strange reasons why the Tamar story is now her favorite Bible story
Read MoreThe Bible talks about sexuality without blushing. It’s just baked right into the stories… because it’s baked right in to being human.
Read MoreRahab was outside of God’s people… and yet still heard from God. Is there a way for you today, outside of standard religious ways, to hear from God?
Read MoreRahab didn’t just accidentally fall into being a hero. She knew what to say and how to act - she’d put in the time to prepare.
Read MoreRahab is often called “the prostitute” in the Bible and in church history. How do you think she would have felt about that label always being connected to her?
Read MoreThere’s a story about a woman who had been almost buried alive by the labels she’d been given… until she finds her own strength and Jesus, both.
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