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 […]

On Sunday Pastor Jeff concludes our sermon series on "Women Who Shaped Our Faith -- Six Powerful Gospel Stories."  In Sunday's Gospel passage, we will encounter a woman who finally found what she had always been looking for -- the secret to deep satisfaction in life.

Which force is more powerful in your life -- God or fear?  Often when God is calling us forward in life, beckoning us to make an important life transition, fear freezes us in place.  On Sunday, we'll explore a scripture passage that offers insight into how we can conquer fear and move more boldly into the […]

Facing the truth about our shortcomings can be painful.  So we avoid it.  But by doing so, we end up trapped, unable to grow and make progress.  What's the solution?  In this week's Gospel story, Jesus shows us how to find a healthy balance between self-denial and self-love.  This is the fifth installment in our sermon series on "Women […]

This Sunday we continue our sermon series on "Women Who Shaped Our Faith -- Six Powerful Gospel Stories."  In this week's Gospel story, we'll encounter a woman who deliberately broke a sacred religious rule in the presence of Jesus.  She did what was strictly forbidden.  How would Jesus respond?  And what can we learn from his example?  This sermon is critical for […]

This Sunday we continue our sermon series on "Women Who Shaped Our Faith -- Six Powerful Gospel Stories."  In this week's Gospel story, we'll encounter a woman who actually changed Jesus' mind and, in the process, changed the course of his ministry and all subsequent history.   From her example, we'll learn several vital life lessons.

Last week we began a new sermon series called "Women Who Shaped Our Faith -- Six Powerful Gospel Stories."  This week we'll study a Gospel story that you've probably heard many times before, but have never realized the full implications of.  Guided by the writings of theologian Helen Bruch Pearson, we're going to learn something new and powerful from […]

On Sunday Pastor Jeff kicks off a new sermon series called "Women Who Shaped Our Faith -- Six Powerful Gospel Stories."  We begin this Sunday with a story about an unnamed woman who did something so amazing, Jesus said what she did would be remembered down through the ages throughout human history.  Do you know […]

Jesus calls us, his followers, to come together, live together, and serve together in church community.  In one of his most famous prayers shortly before his crucifixion, Jesus prayed that we who follow him down through the ages would live, work, and serve together in unity "as one."  The early Christians did that with amazing […]

What if God wanted to say something to you, but you weren't able to hear it?  Or you heard it, but misconstrued it?  Last Sunday we celebrated Easter.  This Sunday we'll look at something that happened to Simon Peter soon after the resurrection of Jesus that rocked his world.  God said something unbelievable to Peter, and he almost […]

Easter is not just about something incredible and wonderful that happened two thousand years ago.  It's also about you and me in the here-and-now.  So on Sunday we'll explore how Jesus' resurrection enables us to embrace a new way of living, a new way of dying, and a new way of seeing eternity.  Join us […]

This Sunday we will celebrate Palm Sunday and also wrap up our sermon series on the life of Joseph.  What does Joseph have to do with Palm Sunday?  Actually, quite a lot.  The final episode in the life of Joseph is an amazing foreshadowing of what Jesus himself eventually did at the end of his […]