Throughout this series, "A Time to Embrace," we’ve been talking about embracing people.  Palm Sunday compels us to ask: “Will we embrace JESUS?”  The day that Jesus rode into Jerusalem on the back of ...  Read More

In Paul's letter to the Romans, he was writing to a young church deeply divided on ethnic grounds.  And those ethnic grounds also implied moral grounds.  In chapter 1, Paul sets the stage for his list...  Read More

The Church in the 19th century engaged an important debate.  That is, it was important to them.  The debate revolved around a literal reading of scripture that said human waste should be far from wher...  Read More

Here’s what stands out about radical hospitality: we let go of a need to shape people into our own image. We extend radical hospitality when we include people within a community without an expectation...  Read More

We are all born with an instinct to protect ourselves (and our communities) from those who are different from ourselves.  It's an instinct that all people have, not just the "unenlightened."  The firs...  Read More

Reflection questions from Pastor Aaron's message on 2/21/21.  Watch or listen at UPPC.org, UPPC.org/media, on Facebook @UPPChurch, or on YouTube at UPPC Media. What stirs or bothers you about the Chur...  Read More

The Third Way of Jesus is marked by the most important aspect of following Jesus: worship.  Psalm 95 invites us to worship: “Come, let us…”  But Covid-19 has been so deeply challenging because it has ...  Read More

The people who strove to build the Tower of Babel sinned.  But what was their sin?  Was it ambition?  Cooperation?  I found that story confusing for years because it seemed like they were doing someth...  Read More

Much of the stress of 2020, and the beginning of 2021, revolved around authority.  Authority to deal with Covid-19, the scope of police authority, and of course authority in Washington D.C. and the au...  Read More

Three ways of responding to enemies:Way 1: The Way of Power -- retaliation, violent oppositionWay 2: The Way of Passivity -- ignoring or fleeing from harmful actsThe Third Way: The Way of Jesus Christ...  Read More

Watch or listen to Aaron's weekly teaching on Facebook or UPPC.org.Colossians 1:15-23Question from today's teaching: 1) When religion and tradition are not centered in Jesus, they are unhealthy.  Have...  Read More

The UPPC Blog will continue to offer a resource for further learning about Sunday's teaching.  But rather than reading a summary of the message, please visit UPPC.org or UPPC.org/media to watch or lis...  Read More