As the New Year begins, how are you feeling? For many of us, life feels overwhelming -- so many personal challenges coupled with deep worry about what's happening in our nation and world. Do you need a reset? On Sunday we're going to talk about why we should have hope and, even more importantly, how to have hope in times like these.
Nothing tests us or frustrates us quite as much as having to wait for something, especially when we're going through a time of great challenge and have no idea when it will end. So what does the Bible have to say about that? What should we do when it feels like God is silent?
The Bible and science both tell us that there's something we can do to dramatically increase our happiness. On Sunday we'll talk about what that is, and how to do it, as we continue our intensive study of the New Testament book of Colossians.
What do we do when the chaos of life and the 24-hour news cycle make us feel like we can't go on? What can we learn from the Scriptures about being still and listening for God's voice? Divine presence often comes in the most unexpected ways. How can we train ourselves to hear from God? […]
Sometimes we spend so much time talking to God -- telling God what to do, telling God what we want to know -- that God can't get a word in edgewise. What if God wanted to say something to us that we wouldn't think to ask? Would we be able to hear it? This Sunday […]
Life is constantly challenging us to the core of our being. We experience weakness, despair, darkness, and trouble all around. Sometimes the journey can feel pretty grim. What then? How do we, as people of faith, find joy, hope, and strength when the world around us presses against us? This Sunday we’ll explore a Bible […]
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 […]
In this fall season, everywhere we look we see dried up leaves fallen to the ground. Are there places in your personal life that feel like dried up leaves. The Biblical term for that feeling is “dry bones.” This Sunday we’ll study a passage of scripture that tells us how to stir up those dry-bone […]
You’ve heard it all before – in the Bible, in articles, and in news stories: an attitude of gratitude is critical to our wellbeing even when we think there’s not much to be grateful for. But why? Why is gratitude so important, and how can we get better at it? We’ll explore those questions this […]
This Sunday we continue our new sermon series “From the Cradle to the Grave: Lessons from the Life of Mary.” In this second installment, we’ll explore a POWERFULLY UPLIFTING LESSON we can learn from the incredibly difficult circumstances surrounding the birth of Jesus.
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 […]
Life is chalked full of disasters – moral failure, job loss, divorce, injustice, bankruptcy, serious illness, death of a dream, death of a loved one. Nothing can be harder on us – or our faith – than when disaster strikes. So this Sunday we will consider what happens with faith meets disaster. How can/should faith […]
