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...
Placing the Ladder
Some say we live in hopeless times. People go looking for hope in all kinds of places – emotional support, financial stability, you name it. But true hope comes from knowing Jesus. In this message,...
Roots and Branches
In this worship gathering, we hear a message based on Romans 11.1-24 that helps us understand how we need to witness to the Jewish people, humbly, and to keep growing in our faith. You can...
The Door is Open
What do escape rooms, “Let’s Make A Deal”, and Romans 10 have in common? In this service, we learn just that! Enjoy the piano music up to 7:14. The message begins at 12:54, but can...
Stumbling Block
In Romans 9.30-10.4, we see how the apostle Paul explained to the mostly Gentile church in Rome in the first century how the people of Israel had missed the point of their pursuit of God....