Outsider to Evangelist: The “Woman at the Well”
Who is “the woman at the well”? An outsider for sure. Yet Jesus takes time to not only talk with her, but offer her his teaching. In doing so, he traverses boundaries of ethnicity, gender and social norms to create community. The “living water” he offers is transformational. This story will resonate with anyone who’s ever felt like an outsider, or seeks to participate in building truly inclusive, compassionate, life-sustaining community.
March 1: “Born Into Belonging”
Nicodemus seeks out Jesus and is invited to be born again by water and the spirit, into a new family and a new “center of gravity”.
He leaves unsettled.
By the end of the Gospel, we find him cradling the broken body of the one who invited him into new birth.
Born into belonging.
This is Lent’s ongoing invitation to us.
To “re-locate” ousrselves in Christ.
To re-center our lives not around nation, tribe, ideology, success, or even family — but around the love revealed in Jesus.
Feb.22: “The Long Road of Love”
Who are you when the distractions fall way? Lent asks us to slow down, create space and listen to the truth of our lives. Which voices do we listen to: the ones who tell us we are what we achieve and own, or do we listen to and trust the voice of love?
Greening Our Lives
Sermon for the 3rd Sunday of Lent - March 23, 2025
Scripture: Luke 13: 1-9
Allowing our hearts and spirits to be “tilled and turned” in order to experience new life and growth.
Feeling Our Way, Healing the Wounds
Sermon for the 2nd Sunday of Lent
Scripture: Luke 13: 31-35
Jesus laments over Jerusalem, which refuses to be gathered under God’s wing. How can the practice of lament and vulnerability keep us rooted in the hope of our faith and practice solidarity?