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Never Enough

As we move through life, we often find ourselves feeling like we don’t have enough of what we need to meet the challenges before us.  Maybe it’s a death or divorce or illness or financial stress or tension at work or conflict with family, etc., etc.  How should we respond when it  feels like there […]

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The Good Life

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.”

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Game of Thrones

This Sunday Pastor Jeff resumes our sermon series on the Old Testament book of Daniel, as we explore a vivid story about a king who went mad and lost his throne, only to recover it again.  Why should we care?  Because there’s so much we learn from that king’s experience about how to find our […]

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What It Looks Like To Partner With God

Imagine Jesus walking up to you and saying, "I need your help.  Will you partner with me?"  What would it look like?  What would it entail?   Actually, partnering with God is less about what we do than how we do it.  This week we'll explore what that means, as we continue our study of Second […]

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The Very Hungry Caterpillar

If there’s only one sermon you ever hear, make sure it’s this one.  Last Sunday we explored the first half of Jesus’ encounter with the woman at the well in Samaria.  We saw how Jesus shattered all kinds of social barriers to engage the Samaritan woman in the single longest dialogue anyone ever had with […]

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Top Of The World

It can be hard to find contentment in our lives.  We’re overwhelmed, overloaded, and exhausted by what happens in everyday life.  We want more time, but only to “catch up” on what we’re already doing — rushing, planning, worrying, and rushing some more.  Everything can suffer.  Contentment and joy evaporate.  How do we get some […]

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What Made Jesus Laugh?

As we continue our quest to experience Jesus at a deeper level, this Sunday we’ll explore the single happiest moment in Jesus’ life recorded in the Gospels.  What was it that made Jesus so happy?  Join us Sunday to find out!  Remember to spring your clock forward one hour on Saturday night!

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Happy New Year

This Sunday we launch into a New Year’s sermon series called “Getting Myself Together.”  In this series, we’ll explore a whole variety of practical issues like relationships, finances, body care, mental blocks, and spiritual malnutrition.  On Sunday, we’ll begin by looking inside ourselves and asking how we’re doing and reminding ourselves how to find core […]

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Fear That There Won’t Be Enough

Will there be enough time tomorrow to get everything done?  Will there be enough money to pay the bills – and eventually retire?  Do you have enough talent to succeed, or enough personality to be popular?  Everywhere we turn in life, we face the temptation to worry that there won’t be enough.  This Sunday we’ll […]

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