John 6:1–15

This moment is not the first time a large crowd has gathered at the foot of the mountain to hear from God and to eat miraculous bread. And Jesus wonders if Philip remembers the story.

Mark 6:1–13

Do you remember when you heard your call?

Ephesians 3:14–21

We have to say goodbye to who we have been in order to become who we will be. And if we do not have a solid anchor, we can feel like an entirely different person is walking away from that change.

Where do you put down your roots?

Ephesians 2:11–22

There are so many walls we build between ourselves. Our identities, our jobs, our origins. So often they become not attributes but walls. Us, not them. In, not out.

But difference doesn’t have to mean division. We are all made in the image of God. We are all loved, unfathomably and unconditionally, by God.

2 Samuel 6:1–5, 12b–19

And so the throne itself comes to ascend the holy mountain, surrounded by fanfares and joyful music, while all around dancers leap and twirl—the dance of all creation made visible as the people gather to celebrate God’s glorious reign.

1 Samuel 17:55–18:5

We know the feeling when suddenly, we look up and our spouse, parent, best friend is doing something wildly out of character that we have never seen before. Who are you?!?

1 Samuel 16:1–13

We talk a lot in church about sheep and shepherds. You’ll hear how sheep are helpless and need a protector. Or how they’re smelly and need someone to love them without judgment. You’ll hear how easily they wander away, how quickly they follow the masses, how much they need someone to guide them in the right direction.

We don’t often talk about shepherds in the same way.

1 Samuel 8:4–20

How often do we make our problems worse in the very act of trying to solve them?