Tag: progressivechristianity
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Becoming Sanctuary
Dec 21, 2025Luke 1:26-56 In the wake of last week’s violence at Bondi, the story of Elizabeth and Mary calls us to pause, rather than rush to solutions. For it is often in the watching, in the waiting, in the quiet courage of simply being, that God’s work of deep and tender healing begins to…
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Holy Wild
Dec 7, 2025Matthew 3:1-12 Forget the Christmas cookies and cozy nostalgia—Advent summons us into the wilderness where God turns the world, and us, upside down. John the Baptist shows up wild-eyed, camel-clad, and unfiltered, calling us to a turning that actually changes us. If you’re feeling stuck, suffocated, or too comfortable, the wilderness may be…
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A Meeting at the Margins
Nov 23, 2025Luke 23:33-43 In a world bent on seeing red, we’re invited to see the way God truly sees us — and I mean all of us — beloved and holy. On this Christ the King Sunday, true power is revealed not from a throne or a crown looking down, but from the cross. Here, Christ’s…
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Be Still
Nov 16, 2025Luke 21:5-19 What if the biggest threat in our modern world was not polarizing politics, waging wars or the cost-of-living? What if it was in the inability to be still? Through stories of remembrance, the rubble of Luke’s world, and the wisdom of the mystics, we discover the still point where God and…
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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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God the Verb
June 22, 20251 Kings 19:1-15a We often think of God as a noun but what if God is more like a verb—restless, reconciling, and fiercely alive—moving through the world and shaping the Church not as a building or institution, but as a people on the way? From Elijah’s whisper to Christ’s resurrection, God’s action calls…
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The Story in Our Flesh
June 8, 2025Acts 2:1-21 The story of God isn’t something we just tell — but something written into our very flesh. Pentecost invites us to trace the wild thread from Sinai to the upper room, from law to love, from breath to Spirit — a story still catching fire in our lungs today. Because the church isn’t…
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Becoming God’s Home
May 25, 2025John 14:23-29 What if home isn’t a place, but a presence? John invites us to explore Jesus’ promise to make his dwelling within us — not in temples or buildings, but in bodies becoming courtyards of grace. Resurrection, it turns out, isn’t somewhere we go; it’s something that unfolds within time, space, in you and…
by Rev Alisha 