In your mind’s eye, what does “the good life” look like?  What are the essential ingredients that make life meaningful?  This week Jesus is going to tell us what he thinks about that, as we come to the fourth installment in our sermon series called “The Parables of Jesus: Eight Critical Life Lessons.”

Deep in their belly, ships have flood walls.  If a ship springs a leak, doors can be closed that contain the flood waters to a compartment, minimizing damage.  Often we live our faith like that – compartmentalizing our lives, letting God into certain areas, but not others.  This Sunday we’ll explore an example of what […]

As we move toward Thanksgiving, we’ll continue to explore how we can grow our sense of gratitude.  This week we’ll study the amazing spiritual and scientific connection between gratitude and generosity – and how these two impulses can powerfully reinforce each other.  Learn something important!

Got any financial stress?  Ever wonder why you work hard, earn a paycheck, but there never seems to be enough?  Are finances a source of frustration in your life?  This Sunday we continue our sermon series called “Getting Myself Together” by take a look at four bedrock Biblical principles that can help us find financial […]

Did you know that there’s an Old Testament book that appears in the Bible of half the world’s Christians that was written by someone named Jesus?  (Not the Jesus we know, but a great teacher who shared the same name and lived 200 years before our Jesus.)  This Sunday we’ll study that ancient book, taking special note […]

This Sunday, as we continue our sermon series on “My Ordinary Life,” we’ll imagine it’s Friday – pay day! – which raises the question: What role should money play in the life of a deeply spiritual person?  How should I balance my need for money – and the stuff money can buy – with my […]