Forest Hills Mennonite Church

The Scandal of Divine Abundance

What if there's more to a posture of thankfulness than a single day each year? Javan Lapp invites us to consider God's words through the Prophet Jeremiah. 

Sweet Like Justice

If the universe isn't intrinsically just, then why do we humans have such an innate yearning for justice? And what does it mean to worship a God who is just? Let's explore how God's righteous justice—demonstrated most vividly through Christ—can inform and reshape our own sense of justice.

A Relaxing Thought

Is “karma” a relaxing thought? Psychological research has shown that many people have an intuitive sense that the universe is just: everyone, eventually, gets what they deserve. Good things happen to good people and bad things happen to bad people. Jesus, along with the New Testament writers, seems to confound this understanding, offering us a richer and ultimately more hopeful promise of justice that travels outside of karma. 

The Exchange Value

There's an amazing grace to be found we exchange our heavy burdens for Jesus' yoke, which is easy and light.

Trusting That and Trusting In

Audrey Kanagy explores Jesus' teachings on trust from the Gospel of Matthew

Eat this Scroll | Simply in Season

A healthy diet has a fair amount of seasonality to it: using fresh, local ingredients when they're in season. In the same way, encountering Scripture has a seasonal dimension.

Eat this Scroll | The Spice

Cultural appropriation, colonialism, and the rich diversity of Scripture... considered through the lens of chicken tikka masala.

Eat this Scroll | Rightly Divided

Scripture is saturated with the language of food. This week, we explore the hermeneutics of Jesus and Paul through pasta carbonara.