Dayo Ajanaku concludes our "Passions of the People" series by sharing about the Enneagram as a framework for healing, growth, and self-actualization. She shares about her personal journey in discovering a God who fully knows and accepts her (as enneagram 1) and her hopes for all people to not only survive but to thrive as they come to know themselves better through the Enneagram.

Nancy James and Jonelle Crow share about aging as a source of blessing rather than just a burden. They reflect on their book club experience reading "The Gift of Years" by Joan Chittister and impart their personal explorations and wisdom around the realities of aging through their embodied experience.

Cindy Chan shares about her journey as an artist- what it means to feel God's pleasure as she creates and how she's come to embrace art as a means of fostering care and connection rather than capitalistic gain. She also shares some art pieces that hold significance to her journey.

Katie Joh shares her passion for the dignity of all families through her journey of becoming an advocate in the child welfare system, fighting for family preservation and reunification. She gives us glimpses of the ways our current system unfairly criminalizes and punishes families based on race and class, and shares how Isaiah's prophetic words in Isaiah 58 move her toward both anger and hope.

Matt Gustafson shares about how his experiences with community organizing, communal living, and community land trusts has expanded his imagination for land and housing. How might we begin to view housing and land as resources for building community and pursuing the common good, rather than accumulating personal wealth and profit?

Two physicians in our community, Dr. Miriam Lomelino and Dr. Teresa Ku-Borden, share a bit of their story, their work, and their passions with us in a joint interview, along with how they are trying to humanize healthcare, even as they face the Goliath of our health care system.

Church member Shanda Scherdin continues our "Passions of the People" series by sharing about her experience with neurodiversity, home education, and unschooling movements, and how these things intersect with her faith.

We kick off a special summer interview series called "Passions of the People," highlighting some of the gifts and passions of members of our community. Church elder Yehsong Kim shares about her journey toward becoming a therapist, and the ways that churches can provide healing and therapeutic community for those dealing with anxiety, depression, and perfectionism.

Brandi Miller preaches from the creation narrative, challenging interpretations of creation rooted in rigidity and hierarchy and inviting us to explore the "negative space" in the story. How might a fuller picture of the world God is creating invite us into greater expansiveness, creativity, and freedom?

Pastor Michael continues our "Expanding the Table" sermon series, preaching for Father's Day on the parable of the prodigal. How does the father in this story create new social imaginaries by rejecting the gender binary? How does this parable grant us a more expansive view of the revolutionary act of parenthood?