Abundance//Scarcity
God creates the world in lavish abundance. More than enough for everyone. But something has gone wrong. As we look around, we so often believe in the myth of scarcity, and conclude there is just not enough to go around. And so instead of receiving the lavish gifts of God, we find ourselves grabbing, taking, clinging, competing, and making our own way. And yet, in the midst of our perceived deficit, God continues to generously give - bread in the wilderness, children to the barren, home to exiles, a future to those without one, abundant Sunday life out of Friday’s death. What if we as a people might grow to see all of this life through the eyes of Jesus, assuming abundance and that there is ‘enough’? It might just change everything for us.
February 4 - “God, the Generous Host of the World” (Psalm 104 & Luke 12:22-34)
February 11 - “In the Beginning…Abundance!” (Genesis 1:1-2:2)
February 18 (Lent 1) - “The Seed of Scarcity” (Genesis 3:1-7)
February 25 (Lent 2) - “The Master Class in Scarcity” (Genesis 47:13-21 & Exodus 1:6-14)
March 3 (Lent 3) - “What Scarcity Does to Us” (Exodus 20:17 & Deuteronomy 5:21)
March 10 (Lent 4) - “Abundance in the Wilderness” (Exodus 16:2-5, 14-20)
March 17 (Lent 5) - “Working Always, Never Stopping, and Sabbath Abundance” (Deuteronomy 5:12-15)
March 24 (Palm/Passion) - “The End of Scarcity is Violence” (Matthew 27:11-50)
March 31 (Easter) - “Resurrection Super-Abundance” (Matthew 28:1-15)