A Lenten series inspired by Abiding: The Archbishop of Canterbury’s Lent Book 2013, by Ben Quash.

Moses journeys toward change.

Matthew 5.13-20, Micah 6:1–8

Jesus was an immigrant in Egypt seeking asylum as his family ran from a government bent on his death.

The American church is in division without a clear message of love for neighbor. Since the American Church hasn’t unified for peace, Buddhist monks were sent. John 1.29-42

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Places like Minneapolis that are under oppression from ICE and the government’s decision to withhold funding for social services programs that keep kids and seniors alive.

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In Africa, churches filled. They didn’t leave because it was ‘full’, they stayed because they would leave ‘filled’. Fellowship with God & their siblings in Christ was a gift they did not take lightly.

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Offer welcome to everyone you meet, because any of them could be an angel or Jesus in disguise. Zephaniah 3.14-20 and Luke 1.30-55

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Adapt to a model that provides services. Feed, clothe, hydrate, give voice for, and help in all the ways that the anti-empathy empire refuses to help. Isaiah 61.1-4, 8-11 & John 1.6-8, 19-28

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TikTok video by pastor.remif

TikTok video by pastor.remif

TikTok video by pastor.remif

TikTok video by pastor.remif

How can we make church feel like home to the community around us? Invite and welcome EVERYONE to come as they are. Jeremiah 33.14-16

If we are to understand what happened between Paradise lost and paradise regained we need to understand repentance. Luke 23:32-43

I would vote for those that want to serve and help our most vulnerable. The sick are not to blame when their healthcare disappears because of government spending cuts. Luke 21:5-19

Helping our neighbors means caring for our children through quality education programs.

We are here in this age to love and live, and then we are in God in the next age of resurrection, to love and live. Because to God and in God we are alive. Luke 20:27-38

Taking care of our neighbors means taking care of the seniors in our community.

Joy as resistance. Resistance to injustice. Giving like Zacchaeus did with gratitude for our salvation. Joy that hopefully makes the sting of our suffering hurt a little less. Luke 19.1-10

How nonprofits are gearing up, and what state leaders are doing to step upup