Tag: christ
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The Fire of Freedom
Nov 9, 2025Luke 20:27-40 What if resurrection isn’t just about life after death, but about liberation from everything that keeps us bound — now and forever? Luke 20 invites us to see resurrection not as a theory to defend, but as a fire to live by — the same flame that burned before Moses and…
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Empty Hands, Full Hearts
July 6, 2025Luke 10:1-11, 16-20 In a world where peace is often twisted by power, consumerism, and fear, Jesus calls us to a radically different kind of peace—one that is received, shared, and disruptive. Sent out like the 72, we enter lives with empty hands, listening hearts, and courage to witness the inherent dignity and…
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The Tectonic Hum of God
June 29, 20252 Kings 2:1-2, 6-14 In a world of seismic change, we’re called to set our face toward God’s Kingdom, letting go of the past and stepping into the new life Christ offers. But some things do not change: young and old alike are seeking truth, community, and the Spirit of God, and Jesus…
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The Liberation of Letting Go
March 9, 2025Luke 4:1-13 In the season of Lent we are invited to let go, to enter a kind of mini-death in order to embody and become true vessels of liberation. It’s the paradox of the cross we get to explore for 40 days and 40 nights, of entering the dark night of the soul,…
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Caught-up in Christ
Feb 9, 2025Luke 5: 1-11 Too often in progressive churches we deny ourselves the feeling of the ecstatic – of what it might mean to follow Christ. Simon Peter shows us how letting ourselves be consumed by Christ’s beauty and abundance has the capacity to change everything.
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Pentecost
There was a timeWhen all were mutewhen darkness fellwhen all was not wellIt was cold without lightand the darkness of night covered the spaces, the whispers and traces of hope we did not know. But with one blowone wild windone sparka fire set light to our flesh, our spirit, igniting the dark Igniting the liethat…
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Walking on Water
The past few weeks I have been wrestling with my path, purpose and passion. During a time of fear and uncertainty, where most people are locked in, I still have a job and can leave the house, speak with other people face-to-face, three days a week. It’s glorious…. well, not really, it’s still a job.…
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A Name for All of it.
I amI am all of existencefluttering, frolicking, finding rest in this freedomof body, of spaceof connection to placeI am I amnowhere else but hereThere are no ifs and butsbecause I amthe only place I could ever bein your arms, my arms,rocked gently in cradle by Land and by SeaI amnowhere else but here. I amfalling…
by Rev Alisha 