Our Brother, the Cosmic Christ

Psalm 26 | Hebrews 1:1-4, 2:5-12

Jeremy Richards

The bulk of Jesus’ ministry took place in the region of Lower Galilee, in the northern part of Israel with the town of Capernaum serving as a kind of home base. But over time, especially after being rejected in his home town of Nazareth, he began to push the boundaries of his ministry out further and further. On one occasion, he travelled with his disciples to the city of Caesarea Philippi, at the northernmost point of Israel.

The Problem with Petitionary Prayer

Psalm 124 | James 5:13-20

Jeremy Richards

This morning I’m going to attempt a rather tall order: to give something of a theology of petitionary prayer, though such an explanation will always be incomplete because prayer always, inevitably, holds an element of mystery. Petitionary prayer is, simply, prayer where we ask for things – everything from direction in life and success at work to healing from illness and reconciliation of relationships to liberation of the oppressed and equity for the disenfranchised.

Renewing Love of Neighbor Pt. 4: Common Ground

John 1:1-5, 14-18 | Colossians 1:15-20

Jeremy Richards

There are many things we’ve learned and continue to learn from the Covid-19 pandemic. One lesson that has struck us most forcibly, especially in our individualistic, Western culture, is just how connected we are to one another – how connected we are to our neighbors here in Portland and in the United States, but also to our neighbors around the globe. Covid went from being a mysterious sickness in a relatively unknown city in China, to overtaking much of Europe, to finally arriving on our shores and quickly shutting the United States down as well.