Moses tells the people that the wisdom and way of God is accessible to them, it is right in their midst. Then he warns them that giving their hearts to false gods is what will lead them away from life and into misery.

Epiphany - Week Five

Feb 9th, 2020 27m 21s

Paul continues his contrast of world, human wisdom and the wisdom of God revealed in Jesus and given through the Spirit. He points to how he didn’t come to Corinth with impressive traits by worldly standards, only with the message of Jesus and

Epiphany - Week Three

Jan 26th, 2020 37m 24s

We start with a discussion about our recent change to using the lectionary as a guide for worship. We then discuss how the revelation of Jesus (Epiphany) as the true messiah leads to the call to leave everything else behind and follow him.

Using the Lectionary / Epiphany - Week Three

Jan 26th, 2020 37m 24s

Epiphany - Week Two

Jan 19th, 2020 26m 2s

Understanding the Spirit’s role in the life and ministry of Jesus is critical to understanding what it means to be followers of Jesus. We discuss what it means that the same power that raised Jesus from the dead has been given to us.

Epiphany - Week One

Jan 12th, 2020 33m 36s

We are prone to be self-protective, hoarding good things for ourselves, suspicious of people who are different than us. But the way of Jesus is inclusive, open to all who want to follow him. And his body is strengthened when it has a diversity

Christmastide - Week Two

Jan 5th, 2020 29m 41s

God became flesh and dwelt among us in Jesus. But people didn't recognize him or receive him. We like to think we wouldn’t make the same mistake. But it’s worth considering whether we recognize or want the REAL Jesus. Because all who do become

Christmastide - Week One

Dec 29th, 2019 26m 41s

The author of Hebrews points to the profound reality of Jesus being fully human, our brother, and sympathetic high priest. As we continue the Christmas season we meditate on the beautiful implications of Jesus’s humanness.

Advent - Week Four

Dec 22nd, 2019 33m

King Ahaz faces a threat in which he is encouraged to trust that God is with him and for him. God gives him a sign: a child with a miraculous birth whose name means “God with us”. Later, Matthew shows how Jesus’s birth is the ultimate fulfillme

Advent - Week Three

Dec 15th, 2019 25m 17s

Isaiah encourages the people of God to “Strengthen the feeble hands, steady the knees that give way; say to those with fearful hearts, “Be strong, do not fear; your God will come.””. For his part, he paints a hopeful picture of our approach to

Advent - Week Two

Dec 8th, 2019 26m 14s

Isaiah writes as Israel experiences a season of desolation, like a forest that has been cut down. But there is hope as a branch emerges from one of the stumps. The branch represents a child that will become king and establish his peaceful kingd

Advent - Week One

Dec 1st, 2019 25m 56s

We enter the Advent season of longing by looking at the promise of God in Isaiah that God will bring about a day when the nations come to worship him and beat their swords into plowshares. For unto us a child is born and he is the Prince of Pea

Individualism

Nov 24th, 2019 56m 35s

The world we live in prizes autonomy and personal freedom above all else. But we were created to live in relationship with others. We would do well to rediscover a sense of communal identity and a commitment to live for one another.

Tribalism

Nov 17th, 2019 33m 40s

When we have an us vs. them mentality we miss out on so much of what God would have for us. As we pursue Jesus we are meant to prioritize love, unity, and hospitality over exclusion.

Shame

Nov 10th, 2019 43m 23s

We see the emergence of shame in the first moments of the fall in Genesis 3. It is the feeling that there is something so wrong with us that we deserve to be rejected. As a result, we hide - from God, from one another, and from ourselves.

Pride

Nov 3rd, 2019 38m 10s

When we succumb to prideful arrogance we start to believe the lie that we are self-sufficient, that we don’t need anyone, even God. And when we live to defend our image and status it undermines our ability to receive God with humility and joy.

Cynicism

Oct 27th, 2019 52m 15s

Through life’s disappointments we can become skeptics, assuming the worst, apathetic, developing a self-protective armor of mocking and sarcasm. But this undermines our ability to experience the power and presence of God. How do we reclaim a jo

Jesus Calms the Storm

Oct 20th, 2019 29m 39s

What better picture of the trials of life than a storm at sea? The disciples show us that following Jesus doesn’t mean we are sheltered from the storms. But we are reminded that Jesus is with us in the midst of them.

Matthew 8:23-27

Oct 20th, 2019 29m 39s

Matthew 8:18-22

Oct 13th, 2019 27m 33s

If we place a caveat on our commitment to Jesus, or tell him that we’ll follow once we take care of something else, he will want to address whatever it is we are more committed to than him.

Not Looking Back

Oct 13th, 2019 27m 33s

If we place a caveat on our commitment to Jesus, or tell him that we’ll follow once we take care of something else, he will want to address whatever it is we are more committed to than him.

Matthew 8:1-17

Oct 6th, 2019 35m 26s

After the Sermon on the Mount we may be prone to think of the way of Jesus as some lofty philosophy and the kingdom as some imaginary idea. But Jesus descends the mount to ground it all in reality and show us what it looks like when the kingdom

Jesus Heals

Oct 6th, 2019 35m 26s

Firm Foundation

Sep 29th, 2019 40m 25s

Jesus uses imagery of a home being battered by a storm. Storms in life will come, will the foundation of our lives be strong enough to withstand? We’re told the only way to be sure is to build our lives on Jesus.