How do we nurture a listening disposition in a world whose very structures and rhythms create resistance to hearing? Between Jesus and Psalm 40, the answer is clear: We take a pickaxe and start clearing the field. February 19, 2017, Sunday Worship

February 12, 2017, Sunday Worship In a world that runs on conflict, many of us assume following Jesus means not having conflict. But the absence of conflict isn’t necessarily a sign of peace; often it’s a sign of superficiality. This teaching explores what is perhaps Jesus’ most practical instruction in all the gospels on how […]

In Luke chapter 18, a young prosperous Jewish official comes to Jesus seeking answers to life. What takes place next is a dynamic encounter in which a response from Jesus ultimately leads to this affluent ruler walking away sad. As we continue in this series of discipleship, what lessons can we learn from this story […]

January 22, 2016, Sunday Worship Maturing in Christ means learning to live a both/and life in an either/or world. This teaching explores how to stand in tension. It means learning to see tension as a creative force. It means moving outside your territory. It means seeing humans instead of issues, and it means judgement, of […]

January 8, 2017, Sunday Worship The disciples on the road to Emmaus are devastated. Their understanding of God can’t account for his crucifixion. We disciples on the road in the 21st Century are equally disillusioned and disappointed, unable to reconcile our understanding of God with the failure of Christendom and the increasing secularity of our […]