The Kingdom of Heaven is like... Mustard Seed and Yeast

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For the last six months we participated in Jesus’ life, death, and resurrection, which culminated in theological concepts such as ascension, pentecost, and trinity. Now, for the next six months, the church calendar invites us to intentionally exist in a season known as “Ordinary Time.” During this season of the church we are invited to grow and to cultivate life in the world. To use Jesus’ language, we are invited to participate in a kingdom like heaven. But what exactly is a kingdom like heaven? This series will observe several parables in the book of Matthew in which Jesus likens—rather than defines—a kingdom called “heaven” to the complexity and mystery of human activity such as scattering seed, resting in trees, finding treasure, and casting nets. By exploring these parables it is our sincere hope to encourage a community that more fully embodies a kingdom like heaven, which gestures toward the mystery of God and life of Christ in this world.

The Kingdom of Heaven is like... Scattering Seeds

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For the last six months we participated in Jesus’ life, death, and resurrection, which culminated in theological concepts such as ascension, pentecost, and trinity. Now, for the next six months, the church calendar invites us to intentionally exist in a season known as “Ordinary Time.” During this season of the church we are invited to grow and to cultivate life in the world. To use Jesus’ language, we are invited to participate in a kingdom like heaven. But what exactly is a kingdom like heaven? This series will observe several parables in the book of Matthew in which Jesus likens—rather than defines—a kingdom called “heaven” to the complexity and mystery of human activity such as scattering seed, resting in trees, finding treasure, and casting nets. By exploring these parables it is our sincere hope to encourage a community that more fully embodies a kingdom like heaven, which gestures toward the mystery of God and life of Christ in this world.

The Kingdom of Heaven

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For the last six months we participated in Jesus’ life, death, and resurrection, which culminated in theological concepts such as ascension, pentecost, and trinity. Now, for the next six months, the church calendar invites us to intentionally exist in a season known as “Ordinary Time.” During this season of the church we are invited to grow and to cultivate life in the world. To use Jesus’ language, we are invited to participate in a kingdom like heaven. But what exactly is a kingdom like heaven? This series will observe several parables in the book of Matthew in which Jesus likens—rather than defines—a kingdom called “heaven” to the complexity and mystery of human activity such as scattering seed, resting in trees, finding treasure, and casting nets. By exploring these parables it is our sincere hope to encourage a community that more fully embodies a kingdom like heaven, which gestures toward the mystery of God and life of Christ in this world.

Trinity Sunday

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Today, the first Sunday after Pentecost, we celebrate Trinity Sunday, a feast day the universal Church has commemorated since 1334 A.D. In one sense, every Sunday is a festival of the Trinity because the whole Trinity is at work in every moment, brooding over chaos and calling forth life, catching creation up into the dance of renewal and transformation. Co-equal, self-giving, mutually loving, the ancient picture of the Trinity as a dancing circle, perichoresis, invites all humanity into the all-inclusive feast of belonging.

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