by Amy Norton-Benfield, April 24, 2025
This winter and spring we’ve been journeying through the Gospel of Luke as we trace Jesus’ life and ministry as it led him to, and ultimately beyond, the cross. During Lent we focused on exploring how God meets us “in between” extremes, such as between lost and found, righteousness and mercy, grief and hope. Our Bible story this week depicts another encounter with Jesus, this time in between the close of Jesus’ earthly ministry and the opening of the next chapter in the life of the church. Guest preacher (and United Parish member) Kate Baker-Carr writes, “The second Sunday of… Read More
by Kent French, April 17, 2025
This Lent (March 5-April 20), we’ve followed the Sanctified Art series “Everything in Between,” an invitation to navigate the polarities in our lives, like “faith & works” or “rest & growth,” or “grief & hope.” We will continue to follow Jesus’ ministry in the Gospel of Luke and imagine together where God can meet us “in between.” In it all we acknowledge complexity in our spiritual lives, that God shows up in shades of gray, rainbow hues and everywhere in between. One of my usual tropes is that our modern media is so good at proclaiming the bad news, the things… Read More
by Amy Norton-Benfield, April 10, 2025
This Lent (March 5-April 19), we follow the Sanctified Art series “Everything in Between,” an invitation to navigate the polarities in our lives, like “faith & works” or “rest & growth,” or “grief & hope.” We will continue to follow Jesus’ ministry in the Gospel of Luke and imagine together where God can meet us “in between.” In it all we acknowledge complexity in our spiritual lives, that God shows up in shades of gray, rainbow hues and everywhere in between. This Sunday, we mark the beginning of Holy Week with Palm Sunday, the day when we remember (and even sometimes re-enact)… Read More
by Amy Norton-Benfield, April 03, 2025
This Lent (March 5-April 19), we follow the Sanctified Art series “Everything in Between,” an invitation to navigate the polarities in our lives, like “faith & works” or “rest & growth,” or “grief & hope.” We will continue to follow Jesus’ ministry in the Gospel of Luke and imagine together where God can meet us “in between.” In it all we acknowledge complexity in our spiritual lives, that God shows up in shades of gray, rainbow hues and everywhere in between. If Zacchaeus’s story was set in 1940s France, he might have been cast as a collaborateur. In our modern era, he… Read More
