The Lost Craft of Hard Conversations

1/29/2023 -

The world feels more polarized and disconnected than ever! People know how to disagree with each other, but we’ve lost the art of maintaining connection that can survive conflict. How do we have hard conversations in a productive way with people we care about? How do we have relationship-building connections with people we’d like to be closer with? In this series, we’ll explore the many complex conflicts that David had, as a soldier, rebel, and king. We’ll see how he navigated them with tact and skill (sometimes), and we’ll gain insights that help us turn our own conflicts into opportunities for growth and connection!

The First Domino

1/1/2023 -

Each new year begins with a fresh hope for a clean slate for the coming year. But, year after year those hopes are usually dashed within weeks. In this series, we will look at how to set into motion real, lasting change.

Christmas

12/24/2022 -

Only Human

11/27/2022 -

Compared to a God of infinite ability, it seems like limitations are a defining factor of the human experience. We spend a good deal of effort in life trying to overcome the impediments of our humanity; but what if, in doing so, we’re actually overwriting the parts of life that give it meaning? Instead of viewing our humanity as fundamentally flawed, what if we were created to embrace our limits in order to truly thrive?

All Ways – Always

10/30/2022 -

The world can be an inhospitable, threatening place: Wars, refugees, political instability & civil unrest joined with the traumas of our pasts and our crippling fears over the future. In this series we’ll learn to embrace the promises and presence of God, who is always with us, so that we can live with a sense of peace and safety, no matter how turbulent life may be.

Some Assembly Required

9/18/2022 -

There’s an old proverb: “If you want to go fast, go alone; but if you want to go far; go together.” In our culture, we idealize the myth of the self-made individual. But, in fact, we never actually accomplish anything lasting in isolation. We were designed to work best, together. And God gave us a setting for gathering—The Church! But, because the Church is a broken community, made up of broken people, many have begun to wonder what’s the point in gathering as an “assembly of believers” very often, if at all. In this series, we’ll look at the struggles of the early church, as revealed in the book of 1st Peter, to see why assembling together might still be worth it!