This week, as we continue with our series, "Entering the Passion" we invited to place ourselves in the crowd on the Temple steps listening to Jesus' teaching. Will we be moved and motivated by his words, gaining a faithful perspective for our lives, or go with the status quo?

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The banality of our everyday lives sometimes seems ludicrous in the face of such suffering around the world. In this week's episode, Pastor Russ looks at what we might do to reassess our own actions and make our own corner of the world (our “temples”) a more welcoming place for all people.

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In this episode Pastor Russ talks about Transfiguration Sunday and Jesus taking Peter, James, and John to the top of a mountain where he is transfigured before their eyes. Transfiguring moments are all about allowing ourselves to come back down off the mountain and begin doing the hard messy work of God, and allowing ourselves to be transformed in the midst of it.

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Jesus’ message of “Come and see” is an invitation for all of us to find ways to open ourselves up and see that church is not about us, but about those who are not here yet.

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The parade that is the Season of Lent has begun. Bystanders vied for position along the route. What risks are we willing to take? In this new worship series, Entering the Passion, Pastor Russ invites us to put ourselves in the individual frames of Jesus' final week and risk it all just as he risked it all for us.

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In this podcast Pastor Russ talks about the God who chooses to consider all within God’s circle. Pastor Russ talks about how Jesus chose to carry out God’s liberating justice and reign beginning God’s new creation through his baptism by John in Matthew 3:13-17. Those of us who choose to follow Jesus, through our baptism, are invited to continue this task of proclaiming and embodying God’s just and liberating reign to all of God's creation.

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Following the Signs, A story of Epiphany.

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In this episode, recorded on Christmas Eve, Pastor Russ shares how the manger became a place of care. God entered our world as an infant in need of care, yet invited those who needed to know they were cared about to come be a part of what God is doing in this world.

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