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A Lament
A Lament Newsletter Article from May 29, 2020 Let me say this at the onset. I don't know what to say. And I don't know what to do. Most often when I don't know what to pray, I don't pray. But in other moments (when something bigger than my ego is at play) I turn to...
Acts – Part Six – A Story of Two Freedoms
5/24/2020 – Acts – Part Six - A Story of Two Freedoms Acts 16:1-3, 16-36. The story of Paul and Silas's encounter with a young slave girl in Acts chapter sixteen is a story about two opposing freedoms. One is an impostor freedom that is only "free" by keeping others...
We Want to Hear From You
We Want to Hear From You How and when should we resume corporate worship? As our state enters into Phase Two of reopening, our leadership continues to have conversations about our eventual return to corporate worship. Of course, we have to adhere to what...
Acts – Part Five – Words
5/17/2020 – Acts – Part Five - Words Acts 13:14-43. Words are interesting and significant. In Acts 11-13, we encounter some important words that lead us to maybe the most important word - neighbor. To watch this message online, go...
Acts – Part Four – Peter and Cornelius (and Huckleberry Finn)
5/10/2020 – Acts – Part Four - Peter and Cornelius (and Huckleberry Finn) Acts 10. In the story of Peter and Cornelius, God challenges Peter to embrace a bigger, more generous, more expansive faith. In our fractured and divided world, perhaps it is important for us to...
Acts – Part Three – Stephen
5/3/2020 – Acts – Part Three - Stephen Part Three of our sermon series on the book of Acts. A look at the dramatic and powerful story of Stephen. To watch this message online, go to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtM8GjmQ3qc&t=2s
Acts – Part Two – Surprise Endings
4/26/2020 – Acts – Part Two - Surprise Endings Acts 4:23-37. When Luke concludes his dramatic story about Peter & John healing a crippled man, preaching an impromptu sermon before an astonished crowd, and getting arrested by the Temple leaders, he ends the story...
Acts – Part One – Why are you staring into the sky?
4/19/2020 – Acts – Part One - Why are you staring into the sky? Acts 1:1-11. The Ascension is a perplexing event, but one that is central to our faith. As we begin our series in Acts, we discuss this fascinating story and ask ourselves the same question the disciples...
Easter Sunday 2020 – See His Hands
4/12/2020 – Easter Worship 2020 - See His Hands John 20:19-29. After Jesus died, the disciples locked themselves behind closed doors and lived out their own "shelter in place" orders. They were afraid. The story has some interesting parallels to our own moment in time...
Just Mercy – Part Five – Stone Catchers
4/5/2020 – Just Mercy - Part Five - Stone Catchers Psalm 46. As we wrap up our Just Mercy series and celebrate Palm Sunday, we are reminded that as followers of Jesus we are not just called to repentance and compassion, but to be stone catchers as well. To watch this...
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