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 […]

So what does God really want from us?  Many of us have been taught that God’s love is conditioned on our good behavior.  So we end up doing everything we can to appear to be perfect in order to earn God’s love and feel good about ourselves, resulting in a life full of pressure, stress, […]

This week we begin a new sermon series based on Brené Brown’s bestselling book The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You’re Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are.  We’ll get started by looking at Brené’s first principle: authenticity. Sermon Reference (not included in the video): Video clip of Keala Settle singing “This Is Me” […]

If prayer is key to finding power for life, then it follows that the quality of your life will often depend on the quality of your prayers. Learning to pray effectively is critical. On Sunday, we’ll study a famous encounter between Abram and God and, in the process, learn four vital lessons for praying well.

This Sunday we’ll continue seeking insight for how to handle stress and distress in our own lives by looking at how Jesus handled the most stressful and distressing experience of his life – the Cross.  This Sunday we’ll focus on one particular fact – what happened to Jesus’ clothes when he was executed – and discover a wonderful […]