He is the Maker of heaven and earth...

This week we’re looking at that prayer from Matthew 6 when Jesus teaches us to pray:

Give us today our daily bread. - Mark 6:10

All week we’ve been looking at how the scriptures teach that God looks at each human without favoritism - and how this pushes up against the exceptionalism embedded in Christian Nationalism.

This is one of my (Bill) all-time least favorite passages in the Bible.

History has proven again and again when the action of othering occurs, it is an act of alienation and rejection.

Charles Clay and Dave Neumann pointed out the historical context around Christian Nationalism as a political approach to uniting the church and the state.

Let's think about love not in relation to two people's relationship but as approach to the common good - in other words, politics.

In response to the invitation last Sunday to love our neighbors in practical ways, today we’re going to try something a little bit different and downright political.

Today we’re going to spend a moment reading and rereading a prayer from the book of Psalms.

These were the opening words of Jesus’s ministry in the book of Luke. Then he said, “These words are fulfilled today in your hearing.” That basically means, “This is what I’ve come to do.”

On Sunday, a practice was shared during the service that felt very timely and quite essential.

Jesus teaches us to pray “May your kingdom come on earth as it is in heaven” (Matthew 6:10). So what does God’s kingdom look like, and what might it look like for it to come to earth?

The first line of the Lord’s Prayer/Our Father is all about being grounded.

When reflecting on toxic relationships, I believe it to be about callousness and injustice.

Power and love were meant to go together.

Our last series was about the fruit of the Spirit and our new series is about politics. Perhaps this thoughtful reflection from Dave Neumann might help us tie them together….

Katy’s theme verse from the Camino was “I will sing a new song to Yahweh” (Psalm 40:3).

Often in the Psalms you hear the authors of these prayers talking to themselves.

The Rest Is Resistance framework also does not believe in the toxic idea that we are resting to recharge and rejuvenate so we can be prepared to give more output to capitalism.

In a world that values strength, it’s surprising to see an all-powerful God choose to be known for tenderness.