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Lent Week 1 : We Are All In Exile, Exile Is All Around Us

by Nikayla Reize on March 5, 2020 with No Comments

Exile is a powerful word. It conjures up images of isolation, wandering, rejection, even death. Exile means being plucked out of your homeland and displaced into the unknown. You’re cut off from God – isolated – outside. Without a Temple … Read More

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Fallen is Virgin Israel – the Assyrian Exile

by Nikayla Reize on February 18, 2020 with No Comments

Read Amos 5:18-25 and 2 Kings 17 Woe to you who long     for the day of the Lord! Why do you long for the day of the Lord?     That day will be darkness, not light. 19 It will be as though a man fled … Read More

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YOUR NEW PASTOR IS A FEMALE : WHAT DO YOU SAY TO YOUR CONCERNED RELATIVES?

by Nikayla Reize on December 31, 2019 with 5 Comments

If your family is like mine, it’s a beautifully diverse mix of people who represent political and theological views from all across the spectrum. You go home for the holidays and are excited to announce at your family gathering that … Read More

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Esther Ch. 6 – Holy Insomnia and The Center Of The Story

by Nikayla Reize on December 31, 2019 with No Comments

Read: Esther 5:8-6:1 This story begins with Esther making a bold approach. She summons the King to her banquet! Bold move, but I respect it! And while he’s at the banquet, he offers her up to half of his kingdom. … Read More

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Esther Ch. 5 – Innocent As A Dove, Shrewd As A Serpent

by Nikayla Reize on December 31, 2019 with No Comments

Read: Esther 5:1-7 I Thought We’d Start With A Light Salad, And Then See How We Feel After That *This post features a personal story from a member of our congregation* Esther lives in a complex and dangerous world, and … Read More

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Esther Ch. 2 – Vashti Says No!

by Nikayla Reize on December 29, 2019 with No Comments

This is what happened during the time of Xerxes,[b]: 2 At that time King Xerxes reigned from his royal throne in the citadel of Susa, 3 and in the third year of his reign he gave a banquet for all his nobles and officials. The … Read More

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