Rev. Ron Bartlow continues our series "Telling the Truth" by reflecting on change. Change is inevitable, and all change is loss. God speaks of new wine and new wineskins, of grace that cannot be confined to what once was. Jesus describes an alternative to the norms of society - the Beloved Kingdom of God - but we have to choose it. On the mountain of transfiguration, the disciples glimpsed God's glory shining through Jesus Christ. But it takes work to follow Jesus and pursue the Kin-dom alternative. We ask God to transform us so that we may listen, follow, and give ourselves in love.
Rev. Ron Bartlow continues our series "Telling the Truth" by reflecting on change. Change is inevitable, and all change is loss. God speaks of new wine and new wineskins, of grace that cannot be confined to what once was. Jesus describes an alternative to the norms of society - the Beloved Kingdom of God - but we have to choose it. We strive to be the good soil, ready to hear God's word, to understand it, and to bear fruit for this Kingdom.
Rev. Ron Bartlow continues our series "Telling the Truth" by reflecting on change. Change is inevitable, and all change is loss. God speaks of new wine and new wineskins, of grace that cannot be confined to what once was. We ask God to do a new thing in us, for the sake of the world.
Rev. Ron Bartlow continues our series "Telling the Truth" by reflecting on the current strife in our nation. The voices of hate and incivility are loud. If our nation is to survive and flourish, we must reclaim a common spirit - one that has been expressed throughout our history.
Rev. Ron Bartlow continues our series "Telling the Truth" by remembering Martin Luther King Jr. and the day set aside to remember what he worked for. Racism is wrong, but yet it is still all around us. We continue to challenge racism in all its forms.
Rev. Ron Bartlow introduces the series "Telling the Truth" by linking author Walter Brueggemann's idea that the prophetic role of the church is to "tell the truth in a society that lives in illusion, grieve in a society that practices denial, and express hope in a society that lives in despair" with the wisdom from television character Ted Lasso and feminist Gloria Steinhem, that "the truth will set you free, but first it will really piss you off."