This past Sunday, we launched our new Fall sermon series, where we are addressing the question, “Does Faith in God make sense for thinking people today?” As we spend the next several weeks exploring this important topic, we want to recommend several books and other resources that you might find helpful as you explore this […]
Some of us love what we do. Others are deeply dissatisfied. A lot of us get burnt out by our work, and others find our jobs boring. Some experience both at the same time! And it seems nearly all of us struggle to figure out how to manage the responsibilities and demands of our work, […]
Kintsugi is a Japanese method for repairing broken ceramics with a special lacquer mixed with gold, silver, or platinum. The philosophy behind the technique is to recognize the history of the object and to visibly incorporate the repair into the new piece instead of disguising it. The process usually results in something more beautiful than […]
“The combination of justice and generosity captures the breadth of the Gospel. In the Gospel, God is making something right, restoring what was lost, acting justly. But He does it with great generosity. The Holy Spirit is forming us into the image of Christ for the sake of others. We will generously do justice— just […]
He made a way for us to come home I have begun to get a lot of requests for ‘additional reading’ in relation to our sermon series. Our small groups have been invigorating and the conversations after Sunday worship have been encouraging. We are attempting to tie up some of the loose ends that got […]
I love this story of Cain and Abel in Genesis 4. We started it last week and we will finish it on Sunday. I love that God comes to Cain and gently grabs him by the arm, looks him in the eyes, and says, Be careful. The anger you are cradling will destroy you. Sin […]
God the Father has reconciled His created but fallen world through the death of His Son, and renews it into a Kingdom of God by His Spirit. Herman Bavinck Creation. Fall. Redemption. Restoration. We each have our own story. Our story is what makes us, ‘us’. But ‘us’ is not the end of the story. […]
Since January 2013, we’ve been walking through Luke’s gospel, learning from Jesus what it means to follow him. In Epiphany, we studied chapters three through five as we considered the job description of a disciple that Jesus gives. During Lent, we looked at the examples of faith and faithfulness found in chapters six through nine. […]