October is here, and it feels like fall is finally settling in. September gave us the opportunity to spend several weeks talking about prayer together in worship: what prayer is, what it is not, and s...  Read More

Leader: We arrive fully into this moment, Holy One. We open to sense your presence among us. We hear you say, People: “Love is the purpose.” Leader: We need you, Jesus, to help us. We come to you as...  Read More

Laura M. Altmann, 96, of Colorado Springs, Colorado, passed away on September 17, 2026....  Read More

Welcome back to our series on prayer. Today we continue our exploration of the prayer that Jesus taught his disciples by dwelling with the phrase, “Hallowed be thy name.” Devotion is time set apart (t...  Read More

Welcome back to our series on prayer. Today we begin to unpack the prayer that Jesus taught his disciples by looking closely at the significance of the first line. Abba is the Aramaic name for God tha...  Read More

Jesus had a rich prayer life. Whether it was public prayers and blessings or private prayers on the mountain or in the garden, praying was a deeply connecting practice for him. Sometimes prayer can be...  Read More

Prayer is one of the most familiar words in the Christian vocabulary—and yet, for many of us, it can also be one of the most difficult practices. We know that Christians are supposed to pray. We pray ...  Read More

After these things Jesus showed himself again to the disciples by the Sea of Tiberias, and he showed himself in this way. Gathered there together were Simon Peter, Thomas called the Twin Nathanael of ...  Read More

Jesus asks his disciples who people say he is, and Peter confesses him as the Messiah. Every age must answer the Jesus question anew, not only in doctrine but in lived allegiance. Which Jesus are we...  Read More

A Syrophoenician woman persists in asking Jesus to heal her daughter, and her bold faith is honored. Those outside the circle sometimes teach the insiders what mercy looks like. What might marginali...  Read More

So he told them this parable: “Which one of you, having a hundred sheep and losing one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness and go after the one that is lost until he finds it? An...  Read More

August is a strange, in-between month. Summer is still here. The days are still warm, the evenings still invite us outside, and there is still time for vacations, backyard gatherings, and a little mor...  Read More

Now as they went on their way, he entered a certain village where a woman named Martha welcomed him. She had a sister named Mary, who sat at Jesus’s feet and listened to what he was saying. But Martha...  Read More

An expert in the law stood up to test Jesus. “Teacher,” he said, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?” He said to him, “What is written in the law? What do you read there?” He answered, “You shall...  Read More

After this Jesus went to the other side of the Sea of Galilee, also called the Sea of Tiberias. A large crowd kept following him because they saw the signs that he was doing for the sick. Jesus went u...  Read More

Leader: Come and gather in worship as we hear once again the stories of Jesus and of how one of his disciples dared to step out in faith, but also had doubts. People: We come ready to follow Christ w...  Read More

On that day, when evening had come, he said to them, “Let us go across to the other side.” And leaving the crowd behind, they took him with them in the boat, just as he was. Other boats were with him....  Read More

After this he went out and saw a tax collector named Levi sitting at the tax-collection station, and he said to him, “Follow me.” And he got up, left everything, and followed him. Then Levi gave a gre...  Read More

A woman suffering for years touches Jesus’ cloak and is healed after being noticed and affirmed by him. Jesus notices the one everyone else has learned to ignore, restoring not only health but dignit...  Read More

The Celebration of Life Service for Rodger Erickson...  Read More

People bring children to Jesus, and he welcomes, blesses, and centers them in God’s kingdom. Jesus centers those the world overlooks and reminds the church that children matter now, not later. What ...  Read More

Leader: Tell us the stories of Jesus. We sing them in our hymns, pass them from generation to generation, and find our own lives within them. People: Today we gather to hear once again the old old st...  Read More

June has a way of scattering us. Some of us are in the mountains. Some are on the road. Some are hosting family. Some are finally resting. Some are simply trying to keep up with the beautiful chaos of...  Read More

When he returned to Capernaum after some days, it was reported that he was at home. So many gathered around that there was no longer room for them, not even in front of the door, and he was speaking t...  Read More