Forest Hills Mennonite Church

Jesus practices and models an extravagant generosity. How can we better pattern our lives after his? 

The incarnation means that Jesus steps into all of the messiness of human existence—including our politics. What can we learn from how navigates the political complexities of his day? 

Jesus spends his time proclaiming the Kingdom of God, doing good, and telling stories. How can we learning from Jesus, the great storyteller?

Given the painful and violent history between Christians and Jews, some people find it surprising to be reminded that Jesus was Jewish. What can we learn about faithful discipleship by recognizing Jesus' Jewishness? 

While it's difficult to understand in modernity, Jesus' mighty deeds (healings, exorcisms, surprising interactions with nature) are one of the least disputed facts about Jesus' life and ministry. How do we reenter his world separated by 2,000 years? 

At the beginning of Jesus ministry, no one would of recognized him as "God," and he didn't seem to have a clear claim to the title "Messiah." How would his contemporaries have made sense of him? Perhaps the way he seemed to understand himself: as a prophet. 

"'Among all God's actions," according to Isaac the Syrian, "there is none which is not entirely a matter of mercy, love, and compassion: this constitutes the beginning and the end of his dealings with us." Before Jesus has said or done anything, God declares Jesus to be beloved—and reveals the love he has for all creation. 

Luke, more than any other canonical Gospel author, gives us a glimpse into Jesus' childhood and adolescence. What we see there confounds our understanding of divinity and ordinary humanity alike.