by Rev. Karen Kinney | May 18, 2025
It seems every time we put ourselves back into the early Christian church, specifically when we read the Book of Acts, things are complicated, struggles are real, and the need to define who is in or who is out is a matter of great importance. The question of how to...
by Rev. Karen Kinney | May 11, 2025
It’s important before we get into today’s passage from Acts to understand who Philip is and what his mission has become. If you recall last week, Stephen was one of seven men called to address a case of justice indifference that has caused a rift in an early...
by Rev. Karen Kinney | May 4, 2025
This morning, we are going to walk with Stephen, who has a short experience as a Greek leader in the early Jerusalem church. Some of you may know the story of Stephen because spoiler alert, he is one of the first martyrs (beyond Jesus) of the church – not killed by...
by Rev. Karen Kinney | Apr 20, 2025
Most Good Fridays over the past years, I have watched part of Franco Zeffirelli’s 1977 Jesus of Nazareth series, focused on the scenes from the Last Supper to the Crucifixion. Those scenes fill me with grief – how could the political and religious leaders of his day...
by Rev. Karen Kinney | Apr 6, 2025
Zacchaeus was a wee little man And a wee little man was heHe climbed up in a sycamore tree For the Lord he wanted to seeAnd when the Savior passed that way He looked up in the treeAnd said, ‘Zacchaeus, you come down! For I’m going to your house today!For...
by Rev. Karen Kinney | Mar 30, 2025
I want to set some context this morning. In the preceding chapter, Jesus has been healing on the Sabbath and telling a parable about a banquet at which the expected type of guests refuse to come, so the banquet thrower tells his servants to find the poor, the lame,...
