March 8, 2026 – Belonging
Prepare In John 4:5–42, Jesus travels through Samaria and stops at Jacob’s well. The location is important because Jews and Samaritans shared ancestral roots, but had centuries of religious and ethnic conflict. They worshiped the same God but disagreed about...
March 1, 2026 – Born from Above, Already Loved
Prepare As a Pharisee, Nicodemus would have been respected and educated, one you would go to with questions and hope for answers. And yet, he came to Jesus under the cover of night, confused about the teachings he’s heard and...
February 22, 2026 – The Knowledge of Good: God’s Answer to Shame
Prepare If last week’s text was weird, this text (Genesis 2:15-17; 3:1-7), commonly called the fall , has baggage. It is the story of the original sin, which we all inherit. So maybe it’s a story about our baggage, but...
February 15, 2026 – It is Good to Be Here
Prepare To begin, let’s admit that the Transfiguration is a weird story. We’ve got heroes from the Bible’s past. There are voices from heaven. People faint from fear. Jesus transfigures, whatever that actually means. This story is just weird. There...
February 8, 2026 – Salt, Light, and the Life of Discipleship
Prepare As Jesus continues his Sermon on the Mount, he shifts his focus from God’s character and wide blessing to the character of disciples. He proclaims they “are the salt of the earth” and “the light of the world” and...