Month: March 2023

When Death Stares Us in the Face Lent Pastor Mitch Coggin March 26, 2023 Lent A As we come nearer to Holy Week, all the stories we have been reading about Jesus are coming to a climax. Jesus continues to face questions about who he is and from where his authority comes. In today’s story… Continue reading When Death Stares Us in the Face

Seeing Through The Muddy Details Lent Pastor Mitch Coggin March 19, 2023 Lent A Samuel had a long and faithful history as Israel’s prophet. God had led him to choose the first king of Israel, King Saul. But Saul turned his back on God and God rejected him as King. This, naturally, grieved Samuel and… Continue reading Seeing Through the Muddy Details

Who do We Think We Are? Lent Harold McNabb March 12, 2023 Lent A Come, let us sing for joy to the Lord; Let us shout aloud to the Rock of our salvation. Let us come before him with thanksgiving And extol him with music and song. That’s how Psalm 95 opens. It’s a song… Continue reading Who do we think we are?

We Journey by Stages Second Sunday of Lent Pastor Mitch Coggin March 05, 2023 Lent In her book, Speaking Of Sin, Barbara Brown Taylor wrestles with the difficult language used by the church, words like “sin,” “salvation,” and in today’s reading “born again.” I grew up in a community that used and thought we knew… Continue reading We Journey by Stages