The Messiah isn’t slow because he’s absent. He’s slow because he’s merciful…
Advent’s first cry is not ‘Silent Night,’ but ‘Stay awake.’…
This is Christ the King Sunday—and the throne is a cross…
Happy Harvest Thanksgiving to all who celebrate, too!
The promise isn’t that death won’t touch us. The promise is that death won’t have the last word…
If there’s room at the table for Zacchaeus, there’s room for you and me, too…
Last week, Jesus told a story about a widow and an unjust judge—showing us that God is just.
This week, he tells of a Pharisee and a tax collector—showing us that God is merciful.
God is not like the unjust judge. He doesn’t need to be worn down. He acts from love…
The gospel meets us where we unravel…
Owed nothing; given everything
…and yet there is one who has crossed it…
Hallelujah
Grace, it turned out, is bad at math
Unlike every other lord who demands everything and gives you nothing, this Lord has already given everything…
When you catch sight of the love that took the lowest seat for you—not to get anything from you, but to give everything for your sake—something in you begins to shift…
What better day than the Sabbath—the day that remembers God’s mighty and deliverance—for someone to rise?
The cross is where the full force of holy love confronted the world’s sin—and did not turn aside…
Listen to Pastor Chris Tuttle’s sermon at St. John’s Park Slope
The faith Jesus gives us frees us to give, stills our fears, and leaves tomorrow in God’s hands…
Christ didn’t wait for me to grow out of my self-concern.
He died for me in the middle of it.
And even though I return to it again and again—
he loves me still…
Jesus doesn’t tell these stories to explain away unanswered prayer. He tells them to anchor us in who God is—when the silence shakes our trust.