by Kristin Bloxham | Mar 23, 2026
A message from the series “You’re Invited to See the Power Struggle.” During the great majority of chapter 9 of John’s Gospel, Jesus is offstage. He shows up at the beginning and at the end, and the rest of the action is the other characters in the story trying to understand what he has done, figure out who he is, and decide what it all means. This is our life! We come from God and we go to God, and in between we turn to each other and the world around us to try and figure out w: During this season of Jesus’ identity being made known to the world, we gather this day to confess that we are still looking for a Messiah that will angrily vanquish our enemies instead of a Messiah who calls us to love one another.
by Kristin Bloxham | Mar 9, 2026
A message from the series “You’re Invited to See the Power Struggle.” We can only imagine the fear Peter must have felt. He had just been with Jesus and the other disciples when hundreds of soldiers and the temple police came with lanterns and torches and weapons to arrest Jesus in the dark of night. So it’s not surprising that now, waiting in the courtyard of the high priest with the police all around, Peter gives fear the upper hand and denies (three times) being one of Jesus’ disciples. But as the story will bear out, even when we are not faithful, Jesus remains faithful to the God he calls Father and to the world he came to save.
by Kristin Bloxham | Mar 2, 2026
A message from the series “You’re Invited to See the Power Struggle.” Jesus knows he is not long for this world. And in a radical act of love upending social customs, he takes on the form of a menial slave to wash the feet of his disciples – including Peter, who will deny being a follower of Jesus, and Judas, who will betray him. And then Jesus gives the explicit command: “You also ought to wash one another’s feet.” What does it look like in today’s world for us, as Jesus’ disciples, to demonstrate this kind of radical love?
by Kristin Bloxham | Feb 23, 2026
A message from the series “You’re Invited to See the Power Struggle.” “Your brother will rise again,” Jesus promises Martha, grieving the death of Lazarus. But as Martha, her sister, Mary, and all those gathered are about to discover, Jesus isn’t referring to the resurrection on the last day. He’s talking about resurrection in the present moment. The good news for us is that like Lazarus, we don’t have to wait for some time in the future to know the power of resurrection; Jesus’s invitation to be restored to new life is for each and every one of us, here and now.
by Kristin Bloxham | Feb 16, 2026
A message from the series “You’re Invited to Come and See.” During the great majority of chapter 9 of John’s Gospel, Jesus is offstage. He shows up at the beginning and at the end, and the rest of the action is the other characters in the story trying to understand what he has done, figure out who he is, and decide what it all means. This is our life! We come from God and we go to God, and in between we turn to each other and the world around us to try and figure out w: During this season of Jesus’ identity being made known to the world, we gather this day to confess that we are still looking for a Messiah that will angrily vanquish our enemies instead of a Messiah who calls us to love one another.
