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11/03/2019 – Gratitude - Part One - The Myth of Happiness Philippians 4:4-13. Gratitude is central to the life of faith, but living a life of gratitude is not easy. Though we might think happiness is normal, unhappiness comes far more naturally to us. How can we...

10/27/2019 – The Spirit of the Disciplines - Part Eight - Servanthood John 13:1-17. When Jesus washed his disciples feet, he was putting two things on display for us. He was showing us the discipline of servanthood and its corresponding freedom: Freedom from the...

10/20/2019 – The Spirit of the Disciplines - Part Seven - Sabbath Rest Genesis 2:1-3; Exodus 20:8-11; Luke 10:38-42. Like many of the disciplines, the discipline of Sabbath Rest is a lost art. Abraham Joshua Heschel describes the Sabbath as "the day on which we learn...

10/13/2019 – The Spirit of the Disciplines - Part Six - Generosity. The Entrance into God's Kingdom Life Luke 3:1-14. When the crowds ask John the Baptist about how to enter God's Kingdom, his answer is tied almost exclusively to generosity. Perhaps we need to hear...

10/06/2019 – The Spirit of the Disciplines - Part Five - Community and Hospitality John 4:3-39. In centuries past, the idea of creating a habit or discipline of community was largely unheard of because it was unnecessary. Community was woven into the fabric of...

09/29/2019 – Special 5th Sunday Worship Celebration with special guest Dr. Donna Coltrane Battle John 4:3-30, 39-42. Dr. Donna Coltrane Battle spoke for our ongoing 5th-Sunday-Worship series on race, racial equity, and racial healing. She preached on the story of the...

09/22/2019 – The Spirit of the Disciplines - Part Four - Worship Psalm 84 and 88. If the Psalms are at all to instruct us on our worship, could it be that our modern expression of worship is out of balance? Perhaps even toxic?

09/15/2019 – The Spirit of the Disciplines - Part Three - Scripture Matthew 5:17-20. In the Jewish world that Jesus grew up in, there was an understanding that scripture had many "faces" to it, and it needed to be turned over and over again if there is any hope to...

09/08/2019 – The Spirit of the Disciplines - Part Two - Solitude and Silence Mark 1:35; Luke 5:16; Matthew 14:23; Matthew 14:13; Luke 6:12-31. Solitude was a practice that Jesus engaged in regularly. For Christ, it seems the benefits of solitude were far greater than...