Holiness is less about what we do or don’t do and more about letting God heal our brokenness and fully becoming who we were created to be.

God calls us to use the resources at our disposal to do things we never thought possible.

Evangelism is about making space for people to be aware of God’s presence, then getting out of the way to let God do incredible things.

Baptism is the church's sign that we all belong to God and have nothing to fear.

The epiphany of Emmanuel, “God with us” affirms and calls us to honor the sacred worth of every single human being.

Salvation allows us to live each day as if it is our first.

God chooses to operate on the margins of human kingdoms to show us that in God’s Kingdom, there are no insiders and outsiders.

God became a human being to show us that our bodies matter, that what we do in the material world has lasting consequences, and God’s life giving power has the last word

God chooses to defy our expectations both to get our attention and to remind us who is really in charge.

God has promised that the best days are not behind us, but in front of us.