In-Person & Livestream 11am Sundays In a world that is uncertain, seemingly hopeless and helpless, full of pain, injustice and betrayal, and a future that looks bleak, where is our hope? What anchors us? What keeps us going? Perhaps the better question is: who is our hope and who keeps us going? Jesus is our […]
In-Person & Livestream 11am Sundays It’s all about him – our Lord Jesus Christ, King Jesus! He is Lord of All and King of Kings. In him are all the promises of God to us. In him all the promises of God are Amen! He is the Center of the Center and the Canon of […]
In-Person & Livestream 11am Sundays God’s grace is not cheap. It is not passive. It is restful and fruitful. It is forgiving and exacting. It is clarifying, accepting, restorative and transformative in truth. It is inherently relational for the individual-in-community. It is a gift that keeps on giving. It is all these and more in […]
In-Person & Livestream 11am Sundays To understand the grace of God, and the movement of that grace in our lives, is to begin to understand the monumental importance of self-denial. Jesus instructs us to deny ourselves, pick up our cross daily, and follow him. To do so, we need to embrace his grace, and the […]
In-Person & Livestream 11am Sundays The world desperately needs the grace and truth of the Word – the Lord Jesus Christ. So, God has sent us to be his messengers of his Word/Jesus with courage. We are not all graced to be professional apologists, but we are all graced to serve as messengers by neighboring. […]
In-Person & Livestream 11am Sundays Life can be tough, especially for those who seek to participate in the life of Jesus. For many in certain parts of the world, life being tough include the real possibility of being killed for being a Christ-follower. Yet, we are called to face life with courage. God calls on […]
In-Person & Livestream 11am Sundays Do you find prayer challenging sometimes? Should we pray for people we don’t like? What about those who have hurt us or our loved ones? Or governments or people in authority that we disagree with? If we consider prayer as an opportunity, a gift, to join Jesus in affirming God’s […]
In-Person & Livestream 11am Sundays God’s mercy engenders transformation. It is the kind of gracious gift that doesn’t encourage “bad behavior.” It is an expression of God’s goodness manifested in justice that leads to repentance and transformation. Have you experienced God’s mercy? How does that reflect in your attitude towards others? Is mercy appropriate only […]
In-Person & Livestream 11am Sundays We cannot live faithful lives, lives of obedience to God in Jesus Christ through his Spirit outside of a listening prayer life. We cannot live as disciples and neighbors as faithful participants in Jesus’ life and mission of love without participating in his life of listening prayer. We live as […]
In-Person & Livestream 11am Sundays As the saying goes, we have two ears and one mouth so that we may listen twice as much as we speak. God speaks to us, do we listen? He speaks to us in love and for love. God’s complete, gracious communication of love to us and for us is […]