Pasadena Mennonite Church

Tim talks about Elijah waiting in a cave for the presence of God, and Jesus on the mount of transfiguration. “I wonder if now, after this election, amid this pandemic, we find ourselves pausing to decompress, to take stock, though we are all surely processing it differently. Pauses can be helpful and necessary, chances to… Read more

What happens in this world matters very much. The Anabaptist way invests in helping to bring about God’s justice in this broken world. That can become an overwhelming burden — especially at times when it seems fruitless. Yet God is on a mission of transforming and redeeming this world, which started long before us and… Read more

Nov 1st — many of us are are distracted, exhausted, anxious, hopeful, emotional. We’re invested — not only in the election, but even more so in it’s aftermath. How do we hear God today? Micah was a mouthpiece for God during a time of turbulence and political unrest. On a national scale, the people of… Read more

In this time of change and upheaval, summer uprisings that brought cracks in law enforcement and culture to the forefront, and another difficult presidential race — the idea of delighting in law brings tension. What do the seemingly idealistic words of Psalm 1 say to us in such a moment? Frank Scoffield Nellessen sees Psalm… Read more

Do we know that God is a God of love AND of justice? Of compassion AND of holiness? Our images of God are snapshots. They guide us, but inevitably also distort our unapproachable God. They are necessary for us, but provisional and incomplete. Today’s passages features words like judgement, justice, and righteousness. If we’re scarred… Read more

On October 11, Bert Newton spoke to the parable of the wedding banquet from Matthew 22:1-14. In Bert’s words: Jesus tells a parable about a banquet of justice that the upper classes fail to attend. The result is the destruction of their city. In many ways the well-to-do and privileged and powerful of our society… Read more