Crossings Knoxville

What do we need to change, starting with ourselves? How can we live more aware of how little time we might have left? What can we start doing today?

Molly’s second annual “bird teaching” explored Luke 13:31-15 where Jesus identifies as a mother hen. While this is intended to be a warm and comforting metaphor, the implications of what a mother hen can’t do in the face of dangerous foxes is important to consider.

Lent is a season to contemplate our mortality and the fragility of our ideals and faith. It is a time to be in the Wilderness. Do we have a faith equipped for the disorientation of Lent and Wilderness times? How can we move from scarcity to trust in abundance? How can we be moved to worship a weak, powerless God who denies dominating power and instead allows divine power to be put

This teaching is for the mystic. For those who are drawn to a more mysterious and enchanted faith and spirituality. It’s also for those who find themselves wondering, “Will I ever have a meaningful spiritual experience again?

What would it look like if we took Jesus' teaching to love our enemies seriously? Is this practical or ethical in every situation? How can we create more spaces to share a table with those we disagree with? What common ground can we find to see the image of God in all people?Here is a link to the Heineken ad that was shown during the teaching: Worlds Apart

How do we answer the question “Who am I?” Are we what we do, what other people think, or what we have? How can we find a level identity when the world around us is so up and down?

On our 18th birthday as a faith community, we wondered together how God might be inviting us to push out into the deep end. To go places only gods were known to go. And to learn to find our place in the family of things with however many weeks we have left together.

How do we tell the truth at this moment? How can we move beyond rage and despair into an optimism that does good work in the world? What spaces of love, safety, and generosity can we build in our neighborhoods and workplaces?

How much of faith and/or God are we actually supposed to understand? How can we embrace a faith of both tears and joy? How can we learn to live into the fulfillment of Scriptures we don't fully understand?

What would it take to imagine God as a supportive, rejoicing partner? What if God’s primary concern for humanity is a restored and preserved dignity for all people? What would it take to believe that for yourself?