Does Jesus ask all of us to give up all of our wealth?

Paul Hanneman preaches on the feast of St. Francis and says, in part, "Jesus is bidding us look beyond the borders of our fields, whatever they might be, but on the borders of our lands and our homes and our bank accounts and investments."

Today we hear the story of Michael defeating the dragon. Today we tell ourselves again that the angels are stronger than the demons, that love is more powerful than hate.

A sermon on the "capable wife," or as Rachel Held Evans called her "The Woman of Valor," and the importance of understanding true greatness...

How do we think about the cross? The Rev. Susan Allison-Hatch makes a case to "love God, love your neighbor, and let the chips fall where they may."

“If our faith isn’t about bringing hope to those who have been left out, what good is it? If our religion doesn’t teach us to listen to, and stand with, the women who persistently cry for justice, how can we call it Christian? If our faith isn’t about bringing liberation, for all God’s people, what are we even doing?”

What if we learned to recognize and cultivate in ourselves and in our neighbors what is true, and loving, and good? Are we mature enough to imagine that kind of faith?

I'm with Solomon this morning. I think no one building, no one experience, no one scripture, no one community can ever fully capture God with Solomon. I simply pray that this building, this community, can point in a Godward direction with Solomon. I hope we can point to a God we will never fully capture with Solomon. I hope we will point to a God who is always bigger than our church.