Denver Community Church

January 15, 2023: Nothing Wasted - Amanda Lum

As we read the Parable of the Sower in Luke, we might be tempted to make the story all about how to make sure our hearts are the right kind of soil? But what if Jesus is inviting us to ponder the mystery of a God who sows good seeds no matter the condition of the soil? 

January 8, 2023: The Tragedy of Loving Little - Michael Hidalgo

It seems to be a part of the human condition to avoid being wrong at all costs. This is first seen in the Garden of Eden when both the man and the woman pass off wrongdoing by blaming their actions on someone else. The tragedy in this is that in avoiding being wrong, we miss the opportunity to experience the grace of true forgiveness bestowed on us. In the end, we will only love little. 

December 24, 2022: The Extraordinary Ordinary

This Christmas Eve, we celebrate the birth of Jesus in the most ordinary of circumstances.

December 18, 2022: Kings and Other Things - Michael Hidalgo

In Matthew's Gospel, the author is not shy about who Jesus is born to be: the long expected king. The problem is, at the time that Christ was born, there was a whole crowd of others looking to claim the same title. Therefore, the declaration of the coming of a newborn king was not something to be taken lightly, but a dangerous and subversive statement.

December 11, 2022: A New Exodus - Bekah Stewart

This week, as we look at the reality of God deciding to inhabit human flesh, we’re left to wonder, what if the meaning of Christmas is one of liberation, one where our very bodies could be set free by the reality of the Divine Presence.

December 4, 2022: Go Back a Different Way - Michael Hidalgo

This week, we read in Matthew about what we commonly refer to as the story of the Magi, in which wise men, or kings, from the east see a star appear, and follow it to Bethlehem so that they might worship a newborn king. Their interaction with Herod in Jerusalem brings up the question, are we those more interested in questions and worship, or being right? And how might our worship leave us different than when we came?

November 26, 2022: Take Her Home - Michael Hidalgo

In our current context dreams are often seen as “weird” or “odd” or simply a complex web of thoughts our brains sort through at the end of the day - somehow deciding what to keep and what to delete. But the stories at the beginning of Matthew’s Gospel suggest a very different way of viewing and understanding dreams; to the extent that they are central the Christmas story. Somehow, this dream suggests that we may need to pay attention to more than what is in the tangible world.

November 20, 2022: You Were Expecting Me? - Amanda Lum

This week, in Luke chapter 7, we find John the Baptist in a moment of questioning. Imprisoned by Herod and facing death, the question arises: “Is Jesus indeed the Messiah? And if so, why doesn’t deliverance look the way I expected it might?”

November 11, 2022: A Tale of Two Crowds - Michael Hidalgo

This week we look at Luke 7:11-17 and engage how many of us find ourselves experiencing the death of something - a dream, a hope, a job, a relationship, a marriage a future. How often are we in the large crowd mourning? What would it be like to encounter another crowd with Jesus - one humming with life? It can feel cheap to promise life in the midst of death, but we must not forget even in the darkest moments there is something of a promise of resurrection.

November 6, 2022: Faith in the One Who Sees You

This week we find a Roman Centurion, someone who is about as far from being in Jesus' "in" group as you can possibly be, expressing his faith in Jesus.