Habakkuk reminds us that, when times are hard, we can look back to our ancestors and our own past to see that God always shows up. God has a track record with us. God can be found in the old covenant ways that our ancestors knew. We can go back and find courage to go forward in faith.

Pastor Michael continues our sermon series on Habakkuk, by looking at God's vision - a vision that understands tyrants come and go, anyone can become a tyrant, and that the righteous live by faith. In these treacherous days how might we continue to remember God's presence among us, and live the life of faithfulness that God calls us to?

Pastor Michael provides brief reflections on Habakkuk 2:2-4, to introduce a time of reflection for our community. He continues to track the conversation between Habakkuk and Yahweh, even as it arrives at the point of waiting. How does this section of Habakkuk model what it means to trust in God's word and God's promise, even when we are waiting for them to come to pass?

Pastor Erina continues our Lenten sermon series on "Habakkuk and the Blues" by following the trackable conversation between God and Habakkuk into dissonance. What do we do when God says and does things we don't expect or want? How might embracing dissonance be an expression of our faith, not our lack of it?

NOTE: During this sermon, Pastor Erina plays a 2 min video clip, which can be found here: https://youtu.be/meha_FCcHbo?si=dh_fr2kDvbn3cCzF

Pastor Michael kicks off our Lenten series by examining the first 4 verses of Habakkuk as the start of a conversation between God and the prophet- a conversation that begins with lament. How might the prophet Habakkuk guide us into relationship with a God who does not censor us? And what might it look like for us to embody this practice of lament- both in the sanctuary and in the streets?

Pastor Erina concludes our sermon series on our church values by contrasting a Trinitarian vision for a life of mutuality and sharing with our society's current movements toward authoritarianism. How does our Triune God provide us an antidote for a life of hoarding and hierarchy? What might it look like to embrace the truth that we were created to be co-creators?

Pastor Erina continues our sermon series on our church values by exploring our value for repair. In our throwaway culture, what might it look like to commit toward the hard and courageous work of repair? How might we live out God's commitment to the goodness of creation and the renewal of all things, together?

Pastor Michael continues our sermon series, exploring our church value for curiosity by reflecting on the interaction between Jesus and "Ally Legend" in Mark 14. He challenges us to move away from relationships based on judment and surveillance, to relationships marked by care and curiosity. How might we experience God drawing near to us as we draw near to God in curiosity?

Pastor Erina reflects on our church value for moving with expansiveness- following the movements of the Spirit in ways that stretch, surprise, and expand. As we witness all the ways that our society is moving towards contraction and restriction rather than expansiveness, how might we be a church that continues to stay soft? How might we be open to the "many ways" that God can work in a faith community?

Pastor Erina continues our sermon series on church values by reimagining what it means to be a community with roots, moving from an individual vision to a collective one. She shares some wisdom from the world of redwood forests, and names some of the connections our church has - to tradition, to scripture, to saints, to history, and to denominational bodies- that keep us supported and nourished as a community.