Please join Pastor Andrea Steinkamp in a moment of prayer from the November 30, 2025 service.

Dear Friends,This Sunday marks the beginning of Advent, a season that starts not in bright lights and carols, but in the dark. It begins with tremors and shadows, with stars falling and the ground beneath us shifting.Guided by M...

Please join Pastor Lea Matthews in a moment of prayer from the November 23, 2025 service.

‘Lord, when was it that we saw you hungry and gave you food or thirsty and gave you something to drink?' Matthew 25:44It occurs to me that some of the most caring and...

At this season, church communities all around the world start thinking and planning about the coming year, and figuring out how to meet whatever new challenges or opportunities may await.  On November 23, Vicki Clark shares with the congre...

At this season, church communities all around the world start thinking and planning about the coming year, and figuring out how to meet whatever new challenges or opportunities may await.  On November 16, Jessica Tulloch shares with the co...

Please join seminary intern Sarah Patlan in a moment of prayer (from the November 16, 2025 service).

"When some were speaking about the temple, how it was adorned with beautiful stones ...Jesus said, 'As for these things that you see, the days will come when not one stone will be left upon another.'" Luke 21:5-6That's not a great lectionary te...

At this season, church communities all around the world start thinking and planning about the coming year, and figuring out how to meet whatever new challenges or opportunities may await.  On November 9, Hector Pagan and Nylee Pagan share ...

"Some Sadducees, those who say there is no resurrection, came to him and asked him a question…" - Luke 20:27-28Friends,Long before I was a pastor, I had a job that involved working alongside lawyers as they navigated lawsuits an...

Friends,I’ve been thinking quite a bit about silence lately - and wrestling with my yearning for it at a time when silencing seems to be the objective of so many authoritarian powers. Like most things, silence isn’t good or bad in and of...

Friends,Finally, the season has come! I’m not thinking of the lovely Autumn weather that has indeed shown up, after a sizzling September and a too hot early October. And I’m not talking about the election season, God knows.I’m s...

Dear Friends,So much of life depends on how we show up for one another, and just as importantly, how we allow others to show up for us. This week in worship, we’ll reflect on what it means to live that kind of mutual care: to lend what ...

"There is joy in the presence of the angels whenever one who is lost finds their way." - Luke 15:10Friends,This week's Gospel passage is all about joy, and the need to never give up on anyone. Jesus is always getting criticized fo...

Friends,Over the past several Sundays, I’ve been intrigued and inspired by the challenging Jesus we’ve encountered in Luke’s gospel. The Jesus who says he didn’t come to bring peace, but division (Luke 12:51). The rule-breaking Jesus (L...

Dear friends,This Sunday, we’ve got a seat saved just for you.We’ll hear one of Jesus’ dinner party stories—where the guest list gets flipped, the power dynamics get shaken up, and the table looks a whole lot more like the kin-d...

Please join Pastor Andrea Steinkamp in a moment of prayer (from the August 31, 2025 service).

"Should not this woman... be set free from what is binding her, even on the sabbath day?" Luke 10:16Jesus is always getting into trouble, often because of his somewhat casual approach to rules.I can relate to that. There was a bri...

Please join Pastor Andrea Steinkamp in a moment of prayer, from the August 17 service.

Jesus said, "I came to bring fire to the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled!" - Luke 12:49I'm back! Did you miss me? It was tempting, given the present political circumstances, to stay in Ireland, a place of relative...

Please join Pastor Sally Rausch in a moment of prayer, from the August 10, 2025 service.

"By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to set out for a place that he was to receive as an inheritance; and he set out, not knowing where he was going." – Hebrews 11:8Friends,Summer is peak travel season, and that’s no exce...