Blessings of Home For the session to be discussed on July 30, 2017 Psalm 128 This psalm may offer a blessing of home, but it leads us to discuss the power of blessing in our faith. How might God use us to bless others, and how have we been shaped by offering...

To Be Known Is To Be Loved For the session to be discussed on July 23, 2017 Psalm 139:1-12, 23-24 We discuss the ways we like to hide from each other and from God... how being known is sometimes a frightening thing that we wish to avoid. What does it mean for God to...

Heartlight For the session to be discussed on July 16, 2017 Psalm 119:105-112 This familiar Psalm gives us a chance to discuss the ways "our path is lit" by faith in God. We look at how God's Word and more than words — light our path, as well as the role of memory and...

Celebrating Passion For the session to be discussed on July 9, 2017 Song of Songs 2:8-13 We rarely find ourselves in a session from Song of Songs, yet that is the selected passage for today. Song of Songs does not mention God and is full of erotic imagery. What is the...

Who is Tested? For the session to be discussed on July 2, 2017 Genesis 22:1-14 One of the most difficult texts in scripture is the story of the binding of Issac. How are we to interpret a text that deals with something as horrifying as child sacrifice? Why is this...

God Sees For the session to be discussed on June 25, 2017 Genesis 21:8-21 In today’s story we see see Abraham and Sarah perform a heinous act. This story does not appear in scripture to make what they did seem okay, but rather, it is in scripture to show us how God...

This is No Joke For the session to be discussed on June 18, 2017 Genesis 18:1-15 When elderlyAbraham and Sarah hear they are to have a child, Sarah reacts with understandable laughter. Where in our lives do we find God doing things that go beyond our expectations? How...

Be Humble For the session to be discussed on June 11, 2017 Psalm 8 Who are we that God is mindful of us? How is wonder a part of our faith experience? We discuss the value of being humble and still in the presence of God's care for us. Rabbi Seth Oppenheimer adds to...

Water, Water, Everywhere For the session to be discussed on June 4, 2017 John 7:37-39 This session is for Pentecost Sunday, which usually has us reading from Acts and discussing flames and wind. But today's text focuses on water. How might water reflect the work or...

Unity in Community For the session to be discussed on May 28, 2017 John 17:1-11 What does it mean to talk about unity, considering our many differences? How does a Christian community, full of diversity and varying ideas, find unity? As tough as it seems, Jesus calls...

The Unknown God For the session to be discussed on May 21, 2017 Acts 17:21-33 After all the centuries, the theologians and the philosophers, what do we know about God? After living in the community of faith, reading the scriptures, walking with God through good and...

Killing Stephen For the session to be discussed on May 14, 2017 Acts 7:55-60 The passage where Stephen is stoned by the community is a hard story to hear. Often we focus on the seemingly serene composure of Stephen, but what if we look instead for ourselves in that...