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The Kingdom of Heaven is like … mustard seed which brings spice and shelter but is a weed. Yeast which enriches bread and food but makes it impure. Weeds and wheat growing in a field side by side. Today, we explore the pervasive, life-giving but very surprising Kingdom of Heaven.

Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount continues with one of his most famous sayings, “Do unto others as you would have done to you.” Imagine if we slowed down enough to ask if our actions and words were living into this teaching of Jesus. Living into this simple wisdom could change the world and our lives; […]

Rather than investing in the treasures of this world, Jesus urges us to invest our whole selves in connection with God through prayer. This is life in the Kingdom of Heaven. What treasures do you as a child of God, share with His kingdom?

While the world sees wealth and prestige as signs of God’s love and human worth, Jesus proclaims divine blessedness and love upon those struggling in body, mind, and spirit. Receiving this blessedness empowers us to shine God’s light in the world and strive for justice. Shine in God’s light and with those around you!

Filled with the Spirit in his baptism, Jesus is driven into the wilderness to face temptations to rely on his own strength, attaint his own power, and give his allegiance elsewhere. Just as he resists by relying on scripture and faith, we too are given strength through our baptism to lean on God and resist […]

Welcome and thank you for joining us! In the appearance and spirit of Elijah, John the Baptizer enacts repentance through baptism in the wilderness in order to prepare the people for the kingdom of God. To fulfill righteousness Jesus is also baptized and as the spirit descends on him it is announced that he is […]