Events

You can trade in love for a bag of coins. And even then, even still, even now, Jesus will love you enough to wash your feet. If you hear nothing else in the gospel, hear this. —excerpt from the poem “If You Hear Nothing Else, Then Hear This” by Rev. Sarah A. Speed Art: "Flow"…

Judas betrays Jesus, and his emancipatory mission, with a kiss that signals to the authorities: he is the one you seek! … In the chaos of the moment, forgetting the nonviolence Jesus has modeled, his disciples ready their weapons. One even swings his sword and cuts off the ear of an arresting official. Immediately, Jesus…

When we backed Jesus into a corner, he loved and loved and loved again. In this war-torn world, we could do the same. We could ground the bomber planes, empty the gun cartridges, unclench our fists, soften our jaws. They say it can’t be done, but don’t believe them. In this war-torn world, we could…

“The good news is alive in the world. Do not be afraid. Go back to Galilee. Go back to Galilee where it all started. Go back to Galilee and celebrate like we did at the beginning when we were not afraid, when these words of liberation had not yet drawn the trappings of imperial execution.…