An Opportunity for Faith
On Sunday, we explored a parable of Jesus about our “need to pray always and not to lose heart” (Luke 18:1). On the theme of prayer, enjoy this guest reflection by recently-moved and much missed member, Shawn Blythe. As always, Shawn’s insights are, well, highly insightful! I worry – a lot. I worry about things that I feel that I shouldn’t worry about. Then I worry about the fact that I worry about things that I feel I shouldn’t worry about. At the
The God of the Exodus
A blog by Rebecca DeLucia. I (Rebecca) have vivid memories of being ten years old and going with my Sunday School class to see The Prince of Egypt. I remember the candy, the smell of the movie theatre popcorn, one of the best soundtrack scores ever and the epic ice cream sundae bar my teacher had set up for us back at her house. But mostly, I remember gathering around her dining room table, eating mountains of ice cream and listening to her
Jesus Said Love
In our “Burning Hearts” 2026 bible reading plan, right now, we’re in the middle of Paul’s letter to the Ephesians – and it perfectly lines up with what Rebecca spoke about on Sunday, and, well, with the center of Jesus’ message to us: Love. On Sunday, Rebecca talked about the “greatest commandment”, per Jesus, to “love God” with all you’ve got (heart, soul, and mind), and the second that is 'like it', to “love your neighbor as yourself”. That just about sums it up
Why Judah?
In our “Burning Hearts” 2026 bible reading plan, right now, we’re wrapping up our selected readings from Genesis. What we are reading is wonderful and challenging and intriguing, but what pains me is what we’re not reading (for time’s sake): we’re skipping some amazing chapters! Though not part of the plan per se, if you’re able, I encourage you to read the chapters we’re skipping as well. For instance, if you didn’t read the chapters we skipped, that means you missed most of the story of
The Stairway to Heaven
Right now in our 2026 bible reading plan, we’re going through selected readings from the book of Genesis. The stories are all amazing. But they are also difficult. When we’re reading Genesis, we have to remember that we are reading literature from thousands of years ago from a totally different culture, worldview, language, and society – and – it’s literature that is written to be heard and pondered over repeatedly over the course of a lifetime. Just like following Jesus, It is