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Our Father

Jesus tells us to refer to God Almighty as Father, which is incredibly generous, but also confusing because, unlike an earthly parent, how do we know what he’s like? Rather than project our feelings about our earthly parents onto God, in this series, we'll use the metanarrative of scripture, from Genesis to Revelation, to get a clearer portrait of our Father in Heaven, as he truly is. Along the way, we’ll also learn what truly great parenting looks like. 

Family Home

Sep 28, 2025

Many parents, especially as their families grow older, dream of creating what past generations had, a place where our family can come together and be together—at least for a little while. Although family reunions and multi-generational family vacations can be filled with pressure and conflict, how might this desire be an echo of our greater destiny? 

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Changing Relations

Sep 21, 2025

It’s hard to watch your kids grow up. It’s even harder to know how to stay in their lives yet allow your role to change. Over the course of a child’s life, good parents will function as caregivers, cops, coaches, and consultants. But what about God? Does this relationship with our ultimate parent change in similar ways? What would that even look like? 

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Emergency Contact

Sep 14, 2025

Some people have parents who they can easily call upon whenever they’re in trouble, while others would call every number in their phone before their parents’. Which kind of parent is God like? The kind who wants to be bothered, no matter what, even if you haven’t talked for a while? Or the kind who wants you to pull yourself up by your bootstraps?

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Freedom to Fail

Sep 7, 2025

Play is an important feature of learning, in part because low-stakes failures are necessary for us to actually grow! But what about when we’re talking about failures that feel high-stakes? How does a loving parent respond then? More, how does a perfect God deal with such imperfect children? 

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Clear Vision (Expectations)

Aug 24, 2025

Parenting can be hard. Not only do you need to hold on to a vision of the kinds of people you want your kids to be, but you have to help them get there! What makes this harder is that at some point, all kids will realize they’ve got autonomy and can do what they want. How do you help your vision for your kids become a reality? How does God manage sometimes out-of-control children like us? 

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A Twinkle in Your Father’s Eye

Aug 17, 2025

There are lots of reasons people choose to have children, and many of them are bad reasons. The reason someone brings a child into the world sets the stage for the rest of the relationship, which is one of the reasons why there are so many strained parent-child relationships! So, what does our Heavenly Father show us about the best reason to bring kids into the world? 

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