"I Can Do It Myself!" April 14th, 2024 (Teacher: John Ray)
We all want to earn our way and no one likes the idea of being in debt forever. However, if we...
"Palm Sunday, different dictionary" March 24th 2024 (Teacher: John Ray)
Jesus shows us a radically different way to understand what it means to be a King and a Priest,...
"Nomo' FOMO" March 10th, 2024 (Teacher: John Ray)
Jesus really is the best choice, so we can choose, confess, and follow without fear of missing...
"Tuba Solos" March 3rd, 2024 (Teacher: John Ray)
The great enemy is death. Once death is “defeated”, then we are free to live (and die) with hope....
"Jesus is Better" February 25th 2024 (Teacher: John Ray)
Jesus is better and offers us a better way of living. This might not make logical or rational...
"Hold On" February 18th, 2024 (Teacher: John Ray)
We have been given everything we need not just to preserve but to flourish through our...
"Sabbath as Community" February 11th, 2024 (Teacher: John Ray)
Sabbath can’t truly be practiced alone. It takes a unique community and helps build and maintain...
"Sabbath as Telling Time" February 4th, 2024 (Teacher: John Ray)
God emphasizes God’s self in a specific time as opposed to a fixed geographical place. Our...
"Sabbath as Freedom" January 28th, 2024 (Teacher: Jennifer Acuff)
Practicing Sabbath can be an expression of freedom from the confines of our acquisitional and...
"Sabbath as Resistance" January 14th 2024 (Teacher: John Ray)
Sabbath is a way of signifying our allegiance to someone and something other than that of the...
"Sabbath as Witness" January 7th 2024 (Teacher: John Ray)
Sabbath teaches us to rest differently, for different reasons, from different meanings....
"Joy / 3rd Sunday of Advent" December 17th 2023 (Teacher: John Ray)
SUPRISE! IT'S JOY! Joy is complicated. Joy is a promise, a gift and in some ways the goal of our...
"Peace, man" 2nd Sunday of Advent, December 10th 2023 (Teacher: John Ray)
Peace has been proclaimed since the time people first came into conflict, but we still struggle...
"The Slow Revelation of Hope" (1st Sunday of Advent) December 3rd, 2023 (Teacher: Logan Wilton)
How do we receive the hope of Jesus’ life? How would we have heard the prophecies of the future...
"A Very Different Kind of King" November 26th, 2023 (Teacher: John Ray)
In a world clamoring for a king who will exert power, even violence on our behalf, following...
"Glory" November 19th, 2023 (Teacher: John Ray)
While a definitive definition of “the meaning of life” is impossible to give, one way of defining...
"Of Grace and Grit" November 12th, 2023 (Teacher: Jennifer Acuff)
God and God’s grace are fully accessible to us, but a healthy and constructive relationship...
"Faithful Frustration" November 5th, 2023 (Teacher: John Ray)
Our desire for absolute assurance is often frustrated by our interactions with God....
"Frustratingly Beautiful Truth" October 29th 2023 (Teacher: Shannon Barrowcliff)
The idea that God maintains agency within covenant can cause us to struggle. We all want a God we...
"Wrestling with Rest" October 15th 2023 (Teacher: Betty Wilton)
We need Sabbath rest. We were never and will never need to earn rest. Embracing Sabbath rest...
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