We need to recognize the presence of God’s Spirit in every other person. True faith is not insisting on one’s own claims but having a deep relationship with God that allows for compassion and the acceptance of diversity, and that leaves room for all.

God answers us personally, with what we truly need, in ways often beyond our understanding, and answers finally with a call to be in mission for God.

The glory of God is revealed in the wonder of the created world around us.

In the face of disasters, we need to trust that God is yet at work according to God’s good purpose.

Labor Day focuses on work and we will be considering what “work” we do to be part of God’s Kingdom.

Biblical people journeyed from anarchy (the period of the Judges) through authoritarianism (the period of the kings) through subservience (the period of being dominated by empires) to genuine freedom in Jesus Christ. Freedom is not simply being able to do what you want; it is being able to find