Life is crazy, constantly knocking us around, full of melt down moments. Have you ever known somebody who seemed to float above it all? No matter what happened, their serenity was unperturbed. How did they do it? Because their life is anchored in certain great spiritual truths. What are those truths? And how can we internalize […]
We live in a land of plenty, which makes our nation a magnet for immigrants. Jesus said, “To whom much is given, of them shall much be required.” But we can’t save the whole world, so how much is enough? That’s the question we’ll wrestle with this Sunday, as we come to the third installment […]
This Sunday, for the second installment in our sermon series called “The Bible & Justice: What Love Looks Like in Public,” we will be challenged to think deeply about what Jesus would want us to do – individually and as a congregation – to respond to the huge surge in hate being directed at transgender […]
This Sunday Pastor Jeff begins a new sermon series called “The Bible & Justice: What Love Looks Like in Public.” The goal of this series is NOT for one person (Pastor Jeff) to tell everybody what their detailed policy positions should be, but rather to identify core biblical values relevant to contemporary justice issues (like […]
Before the fireworks start, and whatever else you have planned for Sunday July 4, don’t miss morning worship! Sunday’s sermon will explore what it really means to love our country. You might be surprised what the Bible has to say.
Sometimes we encounter a person – or a faction of people – who do such bad things we can hardly keep ourselves from hating them, or at least burning with anger toward them. In those times, what should we do? Surely God doesn’t want us to just look the other way while they do bad […]
It's a powerful, primal, scary word that lies at the center of so much of what's wrong with our world -- and what can go wrong inside each of us. What is it about yourself that you "hate"? What is it about others that tempts you to lash out in a rage of venomous thoughts […]
Are you tempted to despair at the state of political affairs in our nation? At one time or another, every single one of us is bound to feel that way. So what should we do? In Bible times, our ancestors in faith faced political challenges beyond our wildest imagination. This Sunday we’ll look to their […]
