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Seeing

Date: October 28, 2018
Scripture: Mark 10:46-52
Preacher: Rev. Beth Neel

Believe me when I tell you that if you Google “how many people did Jesus heal in Mark’s gospel” you will be directed to websites that you’ve never heard of and that might espouse a theology or an understanding of the Bible that you’ve never even imagined. Better to read the gospel through and count … read

Audacious

Date: October 21, 2018
Scripture: Mark 10:35-45
Preacher: Rev. Gregg Neel

The One Thing

Date: October 14, 2018
Scripture: Mark 10:17-31
Preacher: Rev. Beth Neel

So often we like to think that we can cut out a story from the gospel and plunk it down in the middle of right here, right now, and assume that the transfer will go well.We pretend that Jesus’ teachings are so universal that what he said back then was really meant for us. But … read

Justice and Joy

Date: October 7, 2018
Scripture: Isaiah 25:6-10
Preacher: Rev. Beth Neel

Last night in Portland, hundreds of children went to bed hungry. Last night across these United States of America, hundreds of thousands of children went to bed hungry. Right now, in Yemen, five million children are at risk of famine. While it is World Communion Sunday today, and while you and I and Christians around … read

For and Against and With

Date: September 30, 2018
Scripture: Mark 9:38-50
Preacher: Rev. Beth Neel

For and Against and With Mark 9:38-50 This seems like the wrong week to speak about being in community with those we disagree with. The confirmation hearing for Judge Kavanaugh has unearthed, once again, the deep divisions among us: divisions along the lines of gender, along the lines of use of power, along the lines … read

A Time to Keep Silence, and a Time to Speak

Date: September 23, 2018
Scripture: Mark 9:30-37
Preacher: Rev. Beth Neel

A while back I heard a scholar say that the gospel of Mark can be understood as a circular thing. The gospel begins with the adult Jesus in Galilee, starting his ministry, and it ends with an angel in the empty tomb telling the women to go back to Galilee and the risen Jesus will … read

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