What if God’s grace is big enough for everyone? In Jesus’ parable of the Pharisee and the tax collector (Luke 18:9–14), we discover three surprising expressions of good news: There is room for everyone in the community of faith, God’s mercy is available to all who seek it, and the faithfulness of others helps make that grace possible for us.
Perhaps the story invites us to look beyond our assumptions about who deserves grace, to embrace our own need for it, and to recognize that generosity is one way we extend God’s love to others. Ultimately, God’s love is not a reward for the deserving but a gift freely offered to all. There is room for us all!
2 Nov 2026
Looking the Wrong Way
What if the questions we bring to God are the wrong ones entirely? In Matt Real's rich and searching exploration of the story of the rich young ruler in Mark 10, we are invited to consider whether our deepest spiritual anxieties are actually misdirected. The young man who runs to Jesus and falls on his knees is not a villain. He is earnest, devout, and by every outward measure, admirable. Yet Jesus sees something the man cannot see in himself: that his real problem is not a lack of religious achievement but a fixation on the wrong destination. He wants to secure eternity while missing the life that is right in front of him. The disciples make the same mistake from the other side, astonished that wealth cannot purchase a place in the kingdom, yet still fundamentally asking the same question: who gets in? This message challenges us to examine what clubs we are striving to join, what milestones we are waiting to reach before we feel we have truly arrived, and whether our pursuit of security, comfort, and status is quietly pulling us away from a richer and more connected life. Romans 8 reminds us that nothing in all of creation can separate us from the love of God, which means the love we are anxiously trying to earn is already ours. The invitation is not to strive harder but to look in a different direction altogether.
25 Oct 2026
Deliris and Moise Carrion-Joseph
Hear about the great work being done by Global Servants Deliris and Moise Carrion-Joseph. Deborah's House offers help, healing, and hope for victims of domestic violence in Tijuana, MX,. Another initiative in that region is to help migrants build a meaningful life in Mexico since the prospects of getting into the United States is dismal.
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