Dreaming Big with SMUM; Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost
“I don’t want the same people to come year after year after year for food and clothes. I want Alfonso to call me one morning as I am getting ready […]
Taken, Broken, Blessed and Given; Tenth Sunday after Pentecost
We explore how the broken spaces and moments allow God’s blessing in a way that we may not experience otherwise, as well as how we can turn this brokenness around […]
The Realm of Heaven is Like…; Ninth Sunday after Pentecost
“But Jesus goes on with the comparison to say that this mustard seed, the one that God’s realm is like, grows and grows. Birds come and nest there. This mustard […]
God is in This Place; Eighth Sunday after Pentecost
“What if we looked for the sacred all around us; what if we sought out these glimmers of the holy? When we’re broken and feel abandoned, when we know we’ve […]
Sowing with Wild Abandon; Seventh Sunday after Pentecost
“I wonder if Jesus is offering us this extravagant model to emulate, at least as much as he is trying to teach us to allow the Word to take root […]
Sharing Burdens; Sixth Sunday after Pentecost
“The yoke is like walking in someone else’s shoes, seeing the world through their eyes. We learn how we want to live through the good and the bad; the yoke […]
Suffering with Hagar in the Desert
“We aren’t expected to just get along with haters, even ones in our own families— We are expected to do our best to oppose them, while not letting that fight […]
Meet the Disciples: From Misfit to Martyrs
Who were the disciples and what does Christian tradition say about their destinies? How did the unremarkable twelve became an unstoppable force that turned the world upside down? Listen to the whole […]
The Whole Story
“The one who shows us the very heart of God pays attention, comes close, and truly encounters the people before him. He is fully present to them, each one, and […]
Beginning with Goodness
“We know all the ways we are broken – it’s easy to see rupture: in our systems, in our relationships, even within ourselves. It’s too easy to get stuck, caught […]