God's Dinner Parties Thoughts on grace and hospitality. (The Rev. Joseph Lane)

Healing, Repentance, and the Kingdom (Wendy D. Cliff)

The Jesus of Passion (Wendy D. Cliff) "If I leave church and hear a voice that simply says, 'Boy, I feel good,' or 'I've checked something off my list today,' then I haven't encountered the fire Jesus said he brought."

Mary and Martha (The Rev. Joseph Lane) ". . . each one of us harbors within a bit of Mary and a bit of Martha, don’t we?"

Plumb Line (The Rev. Joseph Lane) "God was showing Amos and still shows us today, that what God the Master Builder has built, God has built well. Amos' vision of God with a plumb line is a story of promise and confidence, not of fear."

Perfect Affection (The Rev. Joseph Lane)

Elijah's Mantle (The Rev. Joseph Lane) "Can you think of someone, either someone still living or long gone, to whom you might say, “I want to inherit a double share of your spirit”?

Fed By God (The Rev. Joseph Lane) "What No Parking signs are posted along your part of the road of life that hinders you from resting under a broom tree and being fed by God?"

Loose Women? (The Rev. Joseph Lane) "[T]wo of our lessons [today] seem to be about 'loose women'. Seem to be, but that's not necessarily true. Maybe we should set the record straight."

Zarephath-- and Cornbread (The Rev. Joseph Lane)

Pentecost (The Rev. Joseph Lane)

Open Space (The Rev. Joseph Lane)

Gather By the River (The Rev. Joseph Lane) "Then there’s the river of the New Jerusalem we heard about today: 'The angel showed me the river of the water of life, bright as crystal, flowing from the throne of God.' You know, every time we gather as a community we gather on the shore of that river."

Something Got A-hold of Me (The Rev. Joseph Lane) "The proleptic sense of the Gospel refers to the feeling that, no matter how hard we try, no matter how good things get, no matter how much we actually do succeed, we're never, this side of Heaven, quite there yet. We cling to hope and we move closer but we're not quite there. The proleptic sense of the Gospel -- this desire to move forward -- is what keeps us engaged and full of hope. . . . It's pretty obvious that we're in such a place today as we find ourselves beginning our ministry together -- already but not yet."

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