Throwing Your Weight Around
Concluding our series on the epidemic in the church of spiritual immaturity, based on Terry Wardle’s book, _Outrageous Love, Transforming Power_, we look at how Jesus has given all of his followers the authority to...
Plugging in the Lamp
As we continue our series on the epidemic of spiritual immaturity in the church, based on the book _Outrageous Love, Transforming Power_ by Terry Wardle, we get to the characteristic of empowerment, the idea that...
Giving Back
As we continue our series on the epidemic of spiritual immaturity in the church, based on the book _Outrageous Love, Transforming Power_ by Terry Wardle, we get to the characteristic of ministry, the idea that...
Broken
As we continue our series based on Terry Wardle’s book, _Outrageous Love, Transforming Power_, looking at the characteristics of Jesus that bring spiritual maturity, we come to the theme of brokenness. We all have brokenness,...
Let’s Get Intimate
In Terry Wardle’s book, Outrageous Love, Transforming Power, he notes 8 characteristics of Jesus’ life that, if we emulate them, we will find ourselves getting out of the epidemic of spiritual immaturity that characterizes the...
Know Whose You Are
In Terry Wardle’s book, Outrageous Love, Transforming Power, he talks about the crisis that exists in the church due to spiritual immaturity. (Get the book. It’s well worth the read, and is available from the...
Seven Meditations on Jesus’ Last Words from the Cross
In this Good Friday worship gathering, our intern, Christine, offered meditations on the seven last words of Jesus from the cross. You can watch the whole worship gathering here, or just the seven meditations, drawn...
Fulfill Your Calling
In a culture of celebrity, be a servant. That’s what the Palm Sunday story tells us, well illustrated by the apostle Paul’s words in 1 Corinthians 12.1-31a, in which he wrote to a dysfunctional church...
God Calling
If you follow Jesus, you’re a gifted person. The Bible tells us in a number of places that every follower of Jesus has at least one special ability, given by God, to serve him in...
Climbing the Ladder
“Teleoanticipation”: use that in a crossword puzzle this week. It was a new word to me, introduced to me by my spiritual director. In this worship gathering for the Fourth Sunday of Advent, we learn...