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When we arrive at Easter every year we know the story and repeat the rituals, often without rediscovering the breathtaking reality of God’s love. On a recent Sunday my worship experience was energized by new joy as the choir sang an unfamiliar anthem based on

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Jesus’ arrest and Peter’s denial (3-13-16 Formations)

March 4, 2016

author: Ken Satterfield

How do you deal with failure? Are you devastated, consumed with guilt and the sense that your life will carry a negative burden and the future will never be better? Do you blame failure on circumstances or someone else? Or, do you find a way

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The Last Supper (3-6-16 Formations)

February 26, 2016

author: Ken Satterfield

When you celebrate the Lord’s Supper, consider that Passover in Jerusalem when Jesus was preparing to die for us. The disciples were not paying attention. They were thinking about themselves. Jesus did not condemn them or turn them away. Instead, he opened his heart to

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Compassionate and merciful (2-28-16 Formations)

February 19, 2016

author: Ken Satterfield

There is a common image, even in the modern church, that the Old Testament presents God as judgmental, wrathful, just waiting to punish us when we step out of line. The idea of grace, while appearing lovely on the written page, offers all kinds of

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The Ten Commandments (2-21-16 Formations)

February 12, 2016

author: Ken Satterfield

Erase that picture of Charlton Heston standing on a mountaintop with a stone slab engraved with the Ten Commandments held high over his head. Those ten crucial laws for living are so much more than a Hollywood production. They are the foundation defining what it

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God’s chosen fast (2-14-16 Formations)

February 5, 2016

author: Ken Satterfield

When I was a kid the only time I heard the word “fast” was from Catholic friends sometime around Easter. They talked about giving up chocolate or movies until after Easter. Made no sense to me! But Isaiah’s words are faith underlined, in capital letters,

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Sing, barren woman (2-7-16 Formations)

January 29, 2016

author: Ken Satterfield

Reading the prophets from Israel’s most volatile and tragic period of history uncomfortably reminds me of our tumultuous world. Our world resembles the eighth century BC when Judah and Israel were on the brink of collapse and exile.

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Blow the trumpet in Zion (1-31-16 Formations)

January 22, 2016

author: Ken Satterfield

What do you expect from God? The answer to that question depends on how you see God.

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The sermon in Nazareth (1-24-16 Formations)

January 15, 2016

author: Ken Satterfield

Luke meticulously lays the foundation that Jesus is God’s promised Messiah, pointing to an angelic revelation to both Mary and Zechariah, the heavenly hosts revealing to lowly shepherds that this “promised one” is born in a humble animal shed in Bethlehem, the startling affirmation of

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The miracle in Cana (1-17-16 Formations)

January 8, 2016

author: Ken Satterfield

Written roughly 70 years after the crucifixion, John approaches the story of Jesus unlike Matthew, Mark or Luke. John does not deal with the genealogy, birth, baptism, temptation or ascension of Jesus. John does not report Jesus’ parables, but carefully follows a theme of Jesus’

The crucifixion in Luke

Jesus’ arrest and Peter’s denial (3-13-16 Formations)

The Last Supper (3-6-16 Formations)

Compassionate and merciful (2-28-16 Formations)

The Ten Commandments (2-21-16 Formations)

God’s chosen fast (2-14-16 Formations)

Sing, barren woman (2-7-16 Formations)

Blow the trumpet in Zion (1-31-16 Formations)

The sermon in Nazareth (1-24-16 Formations)

The miracle in Cana (1-17-16 Formations)

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