The Parish

the consequence of goodness | Aaron Holbrough

When you challenge the status quo....when you expose what others would rather ignore....when you call people back to the heart of God, opposition often follows.

peace making | Jan Hux

We sow the seeds of peace when we speak graciously, share generously and love deferentially

undivided | Aaron Holbrough

Have you ever felt that your life is spread too thin, with so many things competing for your attention, and loyalty. That shallow life is robbing us of not just seeing ourselves more clearly, but in seeing God more easily.  Spirituality has always insisted that the sacred is found in the depths, not merely at the surface.

mercy, mercy! | Jan Hux

Mercy-we need it more than we think...and we need to give it more than we think we do.

eat and breathe justice | Aaron Holbrough

What if we could find satisfaction in working towards justice, not just in the experience of justice, It would mean planting trees of whose fruit we might never get a chance to eat.

choosing to be meek | Jan Hux

When Jesus pronounces blessing on those who are meek he isn't addressing those who are weak and ineffectual but rather those who may have power and privilege but choose to hold them in reserve.

the constellation of grief | Aaron Holbrough

Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted... both troubles and intrigues me, if this is a promise, it doesn’t seem to work the way we think promises work.

when empty is full (poor in spirit) | Jan Hux

Jesus isn’t looking for religious rule-keepers with their noses deep in their bibles, he is looking for followers. Followers who know they aren’t good at it yet, so know they need to stick close and watch what Jesus does.
 

GOLD in these HILLS | Intro | Aaron Holbrough

A lot of things in this life can seem like an uphill battle. It can feel at times like these mountains-and God are working against us.  Jesus will have us pause to consider that there might be Gold in these hills.

Not the end of the story | Jan Hux

Death, burial and resurrection - it is a story that captivates us; it is theology that grounds us and it is metaphor that shapes our lives.

IT'S EASTER | CHECK AGAIN | Aaron Holbrough

We often discover joy in places where happiness could not survive.

good FRIDAY | Aaron Holbrough

This is one of those stories were we are watching people who don’t fully understand what they are seeing. And if we’re honest… neither do we.

reLENTless week six | After the Parade | Steve Kennedy

What if the answer was as close as your next breath, you just have to breathe it in.

reLENTless | A Village Between Them | Aaron Holbrough

Two questions. Two answers. On opposite sides of the same road...one invitation remains.

reLENTless | You can Have it All | Jan Hux

Satan was offering a deal that sounded too good to refuse but Jesus knew enough to read the fine print!

reLENTless | Spiritual Rummage Sale | Aaron Holbrough

Faith isn't made real when God shows up, it is made real when you realize God never left.

reLENTless | Stones to Bread | Jan Hux

The tempter offers Jesus a convenient plan for dealing with his uncomfortable wilderness time. But, it seems some lessons can only be learned when we are in the desert and we are hungry.

reLENTless | Where the wild things are | Aaron Holbrough

What we become on the journey can matter as much as what we hope to find at the end.