This Sunday we’re going to explore an aspect of the Christmas story that’s often glossed over because it challenges how we think about ourselves and our world. It might even shock you. Yet it goes to the very heart of the meaning of Christmas – and the heart of what it means to be a […]
Let’s face it, life is full of waiting – so much so, we can’t live well until we learn to wait well. So, on Sunday we’re going to take a look at how our ancestors in the faith waited patiently for the coming of the Messiah and ask what we can learn from them about […]
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!
As we move toward Thanksgiving, we’ll spend the next few weeks exploring how we can grow our sense of gratitude. This week we’ll study a single Bible verse that has the power to completely change how you see life, but you’ve probably never heard before. Learn something new!
As election results come in, it looks like a split decision – divided government – a nation divided down the middle. Across the spectrum, people are feeling anxious, frustrated, and even angry. What now? On Sunday we’ll look at three key spiritual principles that can ground us and guide us in times like these. Join […]
This Sunday, November 1st, is All Saints Day. We’ll wrap up our sermon series on saints by celebrating everyday saints that we encounter in our own lives. We’ll explore the common traits that most saintly people share and, in the process, learn how we can come closer to living into their example.
We’re in a sermon series where we’re learning about some of the great saints of church history. This Sunday we’re going to take a look at the life of someone who’s probably done more than anyone ever to open the church to LGBTQ people. We’ll ask what practical lessons we can learn from the life […]
This Sunday we’ll continue our sermon series about some of the great saints throughout church history by focusing on one of the most colorful and unlikely of all the saints. She only lived to be 19. Yet she accomplished something that no one thought possible, especially for a woman of her time. We’ll draw two […]
This Sunday Pastor Jeff will launch a new sermon series about some of the great saints throughout church history. This week we’ll start with the amazing life of St. Francis, learning a bit about him and drawing insights for how we can live more fully and follow Jesus more closely.
We all live with a keen sense of our failures. Time and again, we mess up. How does a healthy spiritual person address that? This Sunday we’ll explore a three-fold pattern of wholeness embedded in the Old Testament and reflected in the highest holy day on the Jewish calendar – Yom Kippur. Join us Sunday […]
This week we’ll begin a brief, three-week sermon series about the Jewish High Holy Days. Our focus on Sunday will be Rosh ha-Shana, the Jewish New Year – which Jews around the world will be celebrating on Sunday! As we explore the meaning of Rosh ha-Shana, each of us will be challenged to examine how […]
Last week we talked about how “loving our neighbor as ourselves” requires a willingness to listen deeply, especially when our neighbor’s life experience differs from our own. This week we’ll get a chance to practice that. Pastor Jeff will do an interview sermon with Jamie Burier. He and his wife are fairly new to LifeJourney. Jamie […]
