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This Sunday, we will visit the story of the upper room.  How Jesus responds and shows leadership is surprising to the disciples but is a clue to us about what might be required of us during this time.  Together we will see what response this invites of us as we move forward in the next few days and weeks. 
Scripture: Luke 22: 7-23 & John 13: 1-2a, 4-17
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As we continue Finding our Way to Jerusalem with Jesus, we this week encounter Jesus’ interaction with the money changers in the temple.   This interaction is about Jesus confronting a system of economics and privilege .  The religious authorities of Jesus day had been cooped by the Roman empire and Jesus, as one who identified with the poor and marginalized, ends up giving voice to that population in this excerpt from the passion story.  Together we will look at the parallels for today.
Scripture: Mark 11: 15- 19
Link to video shown during sermon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4K5fbQ1-zps&fbclid=IwAR1D0gYVLvT-ZDqzh88UkKMH3uri8af5yhSKR4Yl5awPIW_qLxyAVCYv-B8
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The highs of Palms Sunday get mixed in with the funny expletive from Jesus regarding a fig tree that has no fruit. It seems to me that this is all part of the building anxiety that Jesus is encountering in himself that he is not always able to put words to or that the disciples were unable to see.

As we come to the end of our lost and found series, we will look this week at both the Lost treasure and lost pearl parables that Jesus tells in Matthew’s gospel.  The short pithy nature of these parables is part of what forms the opinion of scholars that they are authentic to the historical Jesus.   That being said,  they are also a bit enigmatic which is both a blessing and a curse.   The good news is that they invite us in to conversation, reflection and challenge to walk a different path that enriches our life and the life of others.  
 
Scripture: Matthew 13: 44-46
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In the second week of our lost and found theme, we will encounter the story of the woman and her lost coin.  Like our story last week, the woman is eager to find what is lost.  We will work to uncover the secrets of this parable without falling into the trap of allegorizing.  This parable immediately follows last weeks parable in Luke and is part of a three parable cycle which ends with the prodigal son.
 
Scripture: Luke 15: 8-10
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As we begin the month of February, we enter into a new sermon series: The Lost and Found Parables. Each week we will focus on a different parable and see how it is that these enigmatic aphorism’s point us to larger truths about the unfolding realm of God. One of the greatest mistakes often made with the parables is to allegorize them and that has been the temptation of many including the Gospel writers themselves.  We will seek to find the lost meanings and recover the radical nature of the parables themselves. This week we begin with the Parable of the Lost Sheep. Come find out about the various layers of this story.
Scripture: Luke 15: 1-7, & Matthew 18: 1-5, 10-14
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