Month: June 2018

 We are continuing our sermon series, Jesus Unfiltered. Very often our own filters will tame the teachings of Jesus. We may think of him as docile, mild, and compassionate. There are certainly times when he is all of those things, but he can also be direct, angry, and passionate. We don’t follow a sugar coated… Continue reading June 24, 2018 – Jesus Unfiltered: Through the Storm

by Lynn Stein   Last week I planted my garden with the help of my son, Kevin, who was here visiting from Phoenix.  Other than patio tomatoes, Kevin has never had a real garden, so he was eager to see how it was done.  I think the whole experience was anticlimactic to him because he… Continue reading June 17, 2018 – Growing God’s Garden: “Seed It, Feed It, and Weed It!”

 We are continuing our summer sermon series, Jesus Unfiltered. The title comes from the idea of filtering photos. In my younger days, we took pictures on film. We would take a dozen picture or more of the same people of things in the hope that at least one would be okay. If you went to… Continue reading June 10, 2018 – Jesus Unfiltered: Out of Our Minds

 We are beginning our summer sermon series, Jesus Unfiltered. We will be traveling with Jesus through the gospels of Mark and John. We will be starting in Mark toward the end of chapter 2. Mark is the shortest of the gospels, so it moves through the narrative quickly. There is no birth narrative like in… Continue reading June 3, 2018 – Jesus Unfiltered: Restoration, Liberation and Life