John Chandler turned our attention toward hospitality as we continue our yearlong focus on our shared practices. Resources and links mentioned: The radical option is nothing more or less than for the church to be a way of life. — Rodney Clapp, A Peculiar People The original Christians, in short, were about creating and sustaining a unique culture — a … Read More →

Chris Morton shared from Psalm 4 about why some people can’t sleep, other people can, and what to do about it. There’s a great clip from The West Wing, but due to harsh language, we’ll just give you the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVgK5HKj3P4 Subscribe to the podcast via iTunes

John Chandler reflected on how the early believers became a community of resurrection, and how me might do the same. Resources and links mentioned: “You Made it Weird with Pete Holmes” podcast “I have come to feel that the primary reality of which we have to take account in seeking for a Christian impact on public life is the Christian … Read More →

He is risen! John Chandler talked about what is probably the first written record of the resurrection: 1 Corinthians 15:1-11. Resources and links mentioned: “The best place to begin is the one place in the entire New Testament where someone actually comes close to defining the word gospel. First Corinthians 15 is that place.” — Scot McKnight “The resurrection life … Read More →

April Karli invited us into Holy Week. Here is the quote she offered from Bread and Wine, by Shauna Niequist: We don’t come to the table to fight or to defend. We don’t come to prove or to conquer, to draw lines in the sand or to stir up trouble. We come to the table because our hunger brings us … Read More →

We were thankful to have our very own Brittany Gaddy preach from John 12:20-33. Quotes and links mentioned: Jesus’ death will be like sowing a seed into the ground. It will look like a tragedy, but it will be a triumph: the triumph of God’s self-giving love, the love that looks death itself in the face and defeats it by … Read More →

John Chandler walked us through a famous text, and an infamous text, from the Bible as we continue through Lent. Quotes and links mentioned: John 3:16: Where Is He Now? What we call “church” is too often a gathering of strangers who see the church as yet another “helping institution” to gratify further their individual desires. — Stanley Hauerwas and … Read More →

Our own Isaac Magos preached on Paul’s words from 1 Corinthians 1:18-31. Here’s the quote from Isaac’s grandmother: Have You Seen the Wind? BIBLE THOUGHT: “You hear its sound, but cannot tell where it comes from or where it is going” (John 3:8, NIV) What is it that makes a nature video so lifelike? Bright orange poppies bob in the … Read More →

John Chandler took us deeper into the Lenten season with words about disorientation and affliction. Resources and links mentioned: “Hope is a function of struggle.” — Brene Brown “Our tears baptize us, wash us, hydrate the ground at our feet, where we might NOW be able to let some amazing new plants grow. Succulents and those gorgeous crinkly crunkly poppies; … Read More →

Chris Morton invited us into the Lenten season with thoughts on how to properly engage shame or guilt. Shame is a focus on self, guilt is a focus on behavior. Shame is, “I am bad.’ Guilt is, ‘I did something bad.’  How many of you, if you did something that was hurtful to me, would be willing to say, ‘I’m … Read More →