“DTR,” our new sermon series, is all about exploring relationship dynamics. We’ll hear from our diverse teaching team: T. C. Moore, Osheta Moore, Emily Morrison, and Der Lor, on a wide range of relationships: family, friendships, marriage, and more. We’ll dig into the scriptures, drawing from lived experience and trusted scholarship, to find wisdom on…
On Friday during prayers, 50 Muslim worshippers in two mosques were murdered in a mass shooting and act of terrorism in Christchurch, New Zealand. These worshippers, ranging in age from over 70 to under 4, were gunned down by high-powered assault rifles and shotguns. 50 human beings, women and men, elders and toddlers. The one…
Lent is the forty-day season of reflection and preparation for the death and resurrection of Jesus, which are commemorated on Good Friday (April 19th) and Easter Sunday (April 21st). It is a time of repentance, of considering Christ’s sufferings and rethinking how we are all called to take up our crosses. During this time many…
Many who read the calling of Jesus’ first disciples tend to gloss over it. At first glance, these accounts appear trivial in comparison to Jesus’ overall ministry of healing and inclusion of the marginalized, his crucifixion, resurrection, and ascension. But either the calling of Jesus’ first disciples tells us nothing…or it tells us something. Let’s…
Election seasons in the twenty-first century have become increasingly fraught times for Americans who profess to be disciples of Jesus. American partisan politics has gotten more and more polarizing and it’s difficult for Christians to find where they belong. It’s very tempting for Christians to become members of partisan political groups and adopt unswerving loyalty…