01/13/2019 – Refresh 2019 – Part Two – Discipleship Matthew 22:15-22. What is discipleship? It must be more than a love for the scriptures for surely nobody loved the scriptures more than the Pharisees.

01/06/2019 – Refresh 2019 – Part One – Kingdom Matthew 22:15-22. When the Pharisees tried to trap Jesus with a question about taxes paid to Caesar, Jesus brilliantly turned the tables on them.

12/24/2018 – Christmas Eve 2018 – The Inn Keeper Luke 2:7. A closer look at the one who is remembered for saying, "There is no room for you here at the inn."

12/23/2018 – The Star – Part Three – The Star of Kokhba Matthew 2:1-2; 22:15-22; 20:25-28; Luke 19:41-44. In the Jewish story, there were many "stars" who claimed to be the Messiah. But there is only one story that still commands our attention 2000 years...

12/16/2018 – The Star – Part 2 – Julius' Star Luke 2:1-21. Luke’s Christmas story is one that proclaims good news, a savior, and the arrival of peace. Caesar Augustus had already been making the same proclamations for fifty years about himself ... which makes the...

12/2/2018 – The Star – Part 1 – A Star Arises from Jacob Matthew 2:1-12. Matthew's Gospel tells us that a star rose in the East at the birth of Jesus. In our world, this is often viewed as a quaint miracle, but what did it mean in a world in which every king believed...

11/25/2018 – Thankful – Part 2 – The Father Luke 15:11-32. In this Thanksgiving week filled with the joy and messiness of family and friends, we reflect on the messy and beautiful love of the father in the story of the Prodigal Son.

11/18/2018 – Thankful – Part 1 – The Order of Good Cheer Philippians 1:1-11. Paul writes to the church at Philippi with such joy and thankfulness. On this Sunday, we gathered and shared some stories of thankfulness for our little church from within our faith...