Let the Gospel Lead.
Is it just me, or are we all just plain worn out? Most of us who are working from home are discovering (as my friend, Jorge Acevedo says) parts of
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Assume nothing.
When my daughter was seven or eight years old, I asked, “Claire Marie, why do you believe in Jesus?” She said, “Because you and daddy do.” I said, “Do you
Transformation: when Jesus gets hold of us
Today’s post is a celebration of lives transformed, as we at Mosaic also celebrate the opening of a new building and the expansion of several key ministries, including The Mosaic
The Gospel of Welcome
There are few phrases that evoke more warmth or comfort than this one: Welcome home. In that welcome, we experience all we need. We are safe. We are loved. We
ELCA: foreshadowing a UMC future?
In the United Methodist Church these days, it is all about “the plans.” Three have been recommended by the Commission on a Way Forward. I note them here for reference,
Act like who you are (a charge to graduates).
This week in worship, we let the last words of David to his son, Solomon in 1 Kings 2:1-12, inspire a charge to our graduates. Following is the heart of
What God looks like
Let’s talk about the nature of God. Elohim is the name used for God in Genesis 1:1, making his very name our earliest glimpse of the nature of God in
Jesus is a dangerous idea (or, why reciting the Apostles’ Creed is a subversive act)
Jesus is a dangerous idea. That was the answer Peter Hitchens gave at The Festival of Dangerous Ideas in Australia in 2014. They’d gotten their theme, I’m sure, from The
Haters gonna hate.
Let’s talk about hate. In the first few verses of the Bible, we meet our God in his trinitarian wholeness. The Father creates, the Son speaks, the Spirit hovers. This
God knows.
God knows. Do you get how profound that is? God knows everything. Your worst moment, your weakest decision, your blackest thought. God knows, and he still loves you. To say
The number one sin of the Church in America
Followers are funny. When the first followers of Jesus were sent out into the surrounding villages and towns to practice what they’d been modeled by Jesus himself, they were full
Before you serve communion today …
I was one of six kids, so I ate dinner every night at a table that sat eight people very tightly. To make matters more uncomfortable for me, I was
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