What if God’s vision for the world isn’t simply salvation from something, but restoration and repair of all things?

In Leviticus 25, we encounter the ancient practice of Jubilee: a radical rhythm of Sabbath, debt forgiveness, freedom, restoration, and care for the land. Every fifty years, God’s people were called to reset: to release debts, restore land, free people, and begin again.

Jubilee reveals something about the character of God: restoration and repair is God’s desire for all creation.

That vision echoes through the prophets and into the ministry of Jesus. In Luke 4, Jesus announces that the “year of the Lord’s favor” has arrived. Jubilee is no longer simply an ancient practice; it becomes part of the mission of Jesus and, therefore, the calling of the church.

So where do we need restoration? Where are our communities exhausted, indebted, excluded, or broken? And how might we become people who participate in God’s work of repair?

As Jubilee people—as Jesus people, creatures and co-creators—what kind of world are we helping to create?

What do we do when the waters rise and God seems asleep?

In Luke 8, the disciples find themselves caught in a storm, terrified and convinced they are perishing. Jesus calms the wind and waves, but then asks them a question: “Where is your faith?”

Paired with Psalm 65, this story invites us to consider the chaos we face in our own lives, our communities, our nations, and our world. The God who calms the roaring seas is also the God who sends rain, nurtures the earth, and turns water from a symbol of chaos into a source of abundance and life.

Perhaps faith looks like we remembering where to place our trust, making space for breathless silence and wonder, and becoming co-creators of the abundant world God desires.

As we remember the waters of baptism, we are reminded that the waters that can frighten us can also become waters of new life.

In this opening sermon of our new series, Creature and Co-Creator, we explore the creation poem of Genesis 1 as a declaration of God's character. Rather than a story of violence or chaos, Genesis introduces us to a Creator who delights in beauty, makes space for life to flourish, and invites humanity to join in the ongoing work of creation.

From Bob Ross to Babylon, this message reminds us that we are both creatures who need Sabbath and co-creators called to cultivate a more hospitable world.

What happens when the place you expected to find relief becomes a place of disappointment?

In this message, Pastoral Resident Alicia Teet-Jeter explores how God meets us in seasons of uncertainty, transforms our bitterness into deeper trust, and reveals Godself as the Lord who heals.

How do we live as faithful wheat in a weedy world?

God is the gardener. Our calling isn't to root out every weed but to become faithful wheat ourselves.

Pastor Evan reflects on Jesus' parable of the wheat and the weeds.

In this message, we explore Galatians 5:13–15 alongside the complicated story of America's pursuit of liberty, asking how truthful memory, honest reflection, and Christ-shaped love can guide the way we use the freedom we've inherited.

Freedom without love consumes. Freedom with love transforms.

We discover Paul's declaration, not of independence, but of interdependence.

What does God require of us?

In this message from Micah 6:6–8, we explore the call to "do justice, love mercy, and walk humbly with God" alongside the powerful true story told in "Just Mercy." Drawing on the work of Bryan Stevenson and the Gospel's vision of justice, mercy, and restoration, we are challenged to consider how we treat the people society fears, forgets, and condemns.

In this week’s Sacred and the Screen, we explore Psalm 8 alongside Terrence Malick’s The Tree of Life. Beneath a sky full of stars, the psalmist wonders why the God who made the cosmos would care about us at all. The film asks a similar question through one family’s experience of beauty, suffering, love, and loss.

Together, Psalm 8, Job, Hebrews 2, and the story of Jesus lead us to a simple but profound hope: God is with us, and this is not the end. Even in a world marked by grief, we are invited to walk the way of grace, trusting that resurrection has the final word.

"Start fighting wolves before you know it everyone you don't understand is a wolf."

In this week's Sacred and the Screen message, we explore Jesus' encounter with the woman saved from stoning (John 8:2–11) alongside Knives Out: Wake Up Dead Man. Both stories challenge our instinct to judge, expose, and fight our enemies. Instead, we are invited into the difficult work of grace, repentance, and restoration.