Gathered at the Door
I really appreciate the invitation from you all to be here as a guest preacher. It’s a bit odd to be asked to speak…usually everyone else is doing the talking –…
Preacher: Ben Rudeen Kreider
Power Belongs to God
God is speaking good news all around us. Which is why listening is so important to the life of faith…listening to God… and listening to those God might be speaking…
Search Me & Know Me
We’re all searching for something. When I ride my bike I love to search for random items strewn on the roadside. I’ve found lots of things this way. I’ve found…
Beginning as Beloved
Today is the celebration of Christ’s baptism. And yesterday in the church calendar was Epiphany, remembering the three wise men from the east who journeyed to offer gifts and see…
Magnifying the Mighty One
Each year in December the music streaming platform Spotify sends each account their Spotify Wrapped year-end report to click through. It’s exciting to get the news of the number of…
Wilderness Preparations
There are all sorts of ways that Mark could have begun to tell the story of the good news of Jesus. Each of the four gospels has its own take…
Waiting and Not Knowing
The Christian year turns on the axis of waiting and hoping in God. On this first Sunday of Advent, we as the church begin again by taking a posture of…
Lord, when did we see you?
I was jaded and cynical about academics by the time I finished high school. So the year after graduation I found myself in Albuquerque, New Mexico with Service Adventure, a…
What are we waiting for?
What are we waiting for? I sit in front of my glowing computer screen waiting and hoping that some word from God would be present in my heart and on…
Students of the Living God
Good teachers take us from where we are, to a place we couldn’t even quite imagine before we began the journey of learning. Sometimes the choice to be a learner,…