Joseph. Daniel. Noah. Moses. Even Jesus himself! Many of us learned of these heroes of the faith as cute, cartoonish characters—sort of a biblical Sesame Street. But few of us really learned the broader arc of the Bible's stories, and without this, we will struggle to apply these mysterious ancient texts to our modern lives.

Speaker: Pastor Scott Austin

Part of the series “Sunday School 2.0”

In our next WSMF message, Zachary Foster shares about his sobriety journey for National Alcohol & Drug Addiction Recovery Awareness Month.

Speaker: Zachary Foster

Part of the series “Work of the People (What's Saving My Faith): What's Saving My Faith”

Making healthy, thoughtful choices can help us protect fragile parts of us that require boundaries.  But what if those boundaries are crossed?  What if we outgrow these boundaries? Pastor Jae investigates how daily work can help us navigate a way out of circular mazes.

Speaker: Pastor Jae Newman

Part of the series “Do You Still Talk to Grandma?: When the Problematic People in Our Lives are the Ones We Love”

Many of us experience fractured relationships. No matter where blame belongs, we can often feel “lost” on what our complicated relationships can look like in the future.  Pastor Jae explores how accepting little losses every day can direct us to finding something unexpected.

Speaker: Pastor Jae Newman

Part of the series “Do You Still Talk to Grandma?: When the Problematic People in Our Lives are the Ones We Love”

One of the challenges of applying Jesus's teaching to our modern lives (such as trying to negotiate pain that comes from people we love) is that we struggle with who we are in his stories. We will investigate the Parable of the Good Samaritan, considering the possibility that for once, we are not the hero in the story.

Speaker: Pastor Scott Austin

Part of the series “Do You Still Talk to Grandma?: When the Problematic People in Our Lives are the Ones We Love”

Join us as author, speaker, and comedian Brit Barron kicks off our Do You Still Talk to Grandma series, where we’ll reflect on the difficult negotiation work of striving to find a way forward without allowing differences with family members to entrap us in Cancel Culture ideologies.

Speaker: Brit Barron

Part of the series “Do You Still Talk to Grandma?: When the Problematic People in Our Lives are the Ones We Love”

So much of our spiritual life revolves around believing in things that are not yet apparent to us.  Pastor Jae explores how through Abraham’s story we can glimpse God’s plan to move treasure from a garden to a city, and how we’re all part of the moving crew.

Speaker: Pastor Jae Newman

Part of the series “Ordinary Time: No holidays. No feast days. Just "normal."”

What the Bible really has to say about the meaning of our life on earth might surprise you.

Speaker: Pastor Scott Austin

Part of the series “Ordinary Time: No holidays. No feast days. Just "normal."”

Reading Scripture across cultures and millenia is not easy work.  Our own inner world can quickly become knotted as we seek simple answers to complex questions.  Pastor Jae focuses on Luke 11 as a way to point to the power of prayer as a way to navigate some discontinuities in our spirituality.

Speaker: Pastor Jae Newman

Part of the series “Ordinary Time: No holidays. No feast days. Just "normal."”

In a special Pride Month edition of "What's Saving My Faith," Penny Sterling shares about how action saved (and is saving) her faith.

Speaker: Penny Sterling

Part of the series “Work of the People (What's Saving My Faith): What's Saving My Faith”