Galileo Church

We seek and shelter spiritual refugees, rally health for all who come, and fortify every tender soul with the strength to follow Jesus into a life of world-changing service.

5860 I-20 service road Fort Worth, TX 76119 USA

(682) 760-1274

OUR MISSIONAL PRIORITIES:

1. We do justice for LGBTQ+ humans, and support the people who love them.

2. We do kindness for people with mental illness and in emotional distress, and celebrate neurodiversity.

3. We do beauty for our God-Who-Is-Beautiful.

4. We do real relationship, no bullshit, ever.

5. We do whatever it takes to share this good news with the world God still loves.

Trying to find us IRL?
Mail here: P.O. Box 668, Kennedale, TX 76060
Worship here: 5 pm CT Sundays; 5860 I-20 service road, Fort Worth 76119

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Jesus Brings the thunder: stories from the middle of Luke’s gospel

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For the first several weeks after Pentecost, we remembered Jesus at his badass best. These stories from the middle of Luke’s gospel span the range of his astonishing power – to heal, exorcise, raise the dead, calm the sea, and put people in their place with only his razor-sharp rhetoric. Bring it, Jesus. 

The primacy of relationship in Jesus’s healing work. The centurion has a slave he loves; the widow of Nain is bereft of her only son. Leave it to Jesus to give people back to each other. Luke 7:1-17. Psalm 30. 

Jesus loves a bad reputation. John the Baptist is in prison, and Jesus defends him. Plus, JC has a rep of his own: glutton, drunkard. Are people never satisfied?  Luke 7:18-35. Psalm 146

Nothing is too hard for Jesus. A storm at sea; a legion’s worth of demons; bring him your worst, most intractable problems. (Also: check out those badass women who are his financial backers. That’s just for free; every time we get in proximity of Luke 8 we gotta read this part.) Luke 8:1-3, 22-39. Psalms 42 and 43.

Jesus is easily misunderstood. His org doesn’t respect ambition; he’s not jealous of other people’s power; he’s not interested in retribution; he’s not interested in waiting for you. What does it all mean for those who want to be near him? Luke 9:43b–61. Psalm 77:1-2, 11-20.

Nothing pisses Jesus off like people throwing away their shot. He sends people out to make the reign of God crystal-clear, and some people just don’t get it. Jesus gets mad. (Note: the Revised Common Lectionary cuts out vv. 12-15. They don’t want us to see him getting so mad?) Luke 10:1-20. Psalm 66:1-9. 

Jesus wants you to see yourself as clearly as he does. The Very Religious Attorney, though, just can’t see that he could very well be the one in need of help. Thinks of himself as a helper, all the way. “Hm,” says Jesus, “that’s gonna be problematic.” Rev. Dr. Tish Duncan of TCU is preaching. Luke 10:25-37. Psalm 34:1-10. 

So many stories, so little time. “Lord, teach us to pray.” Snake/scorpion vs. fish/egg. Kingdom divided, exorcisms. Demons return to a swept house. A wicked generation, the Queen of the South. The eye is the lamp of the body. Pharisees are filthy. Unbearable burdens. Tensions escalate. Luke 11:1-13. Psalm 138.