Restoration Is the Goal
Our Lent series on forgiveness jumps to the end goal of forgiveness, which is the restoration of God’s good. We heed St….
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Our Common Work
In this new season we read together 1 Corinthians 12.4-7, 1 Thessalonians 4.9-12, and 2 Thessalonians 3.6-13. What is our common work…
Read moreThe Apostle in Athens
When St. Paul was suddenly dropped off in Athens unattended, he explored the city and took note of what he saw. He…
Read moreThe Transfiguration
Luke 9.27-36 tells the story of Jesus being transformed in glory on top of a mountain. His disciples see him talking with…
Read moreJob and Lazarus
Rachel Tyrrell preaches on the goodness of God by weaving together the stories of Job and Lazarus. In the hardships we face…
Read moreThe Conversion of St. Peter
In Acts 10 we read what is often referred to as the conversion of Cornelius, a Roman centurion who as a Gentile…
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Rachel Tyrrell takes us into the story of Esther through Jesus’ famous saying, “The first shall be last, and the last shall…
Read moreThe Binding of Isaac
Years after God promised Abraham a son, Isaac was finally born. Abraham’s journey of faith was just beginning, though. God told Abraham…
Read moreCreation
We jump into the story of creation today from Hebrews 11.3 and Psalm 8. It’s common to wedge the Bible’s creation stories…
Read moreThe Exodus
The Exodus is God’s foundational act of salvation and liberation in the Hebrew scriptures. Starting from Stephen’s retelling of the story in…
Read moreThe Crucifixion
We’re continuing our series The Stories We Tell Ourselves, in which we survey stories from scripture that show us who God is, who…
Read moreThe Ascension
The ascension of Jesus gets overlooked, but it’s a critical story in the drama of salvation and essential to the church’s participation…
Read moreForgive Each Other
Today we consider one of the most basic–as well as one of the hardest–disciplines to practice in community: forgiveness. We look at…
Read morePray for One Another
We’re finally back after getting snowed out a couple weeks! We pick back up with our Build One Another Up series focusing on the…
Read moreLove One Another
After introducing our Building Up and Tearing Down series last week, today we examine the first and most central “one another” in…
Read moreEpiphany
Epiphany comes after the twelve days of Christmas, on which we celebrate the shining forth of the glory of God in Jesus….
Read moreHope for Our Community
Paul Militzer shares about his work as Executive Director of the Community Hope Center, and preaches a message of hope from what…
Read morePray for Rain
“Everything is meaningless” doesn’t sound like good news. In Ecclesiastes 1.2-11 we get a sense of the tiresome, circular nature of the…
Read moreWorking on the Other Half
When asked about the greatest commandment, Jesus said there were actually two: love God and love your neighbor. While many neglect the…
Read moreFinding God in All Things
Paul found God in Athens, but it took eyes of faith and a persistent love for his new neighbors. His speech to…
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