Life tends to come at us quickly.  Things tend to happen that we never anticipated.  We do our best to plan things out, but, for whatever reason, things can come crashing down around us.  If you can relate to this reality at all, you should know that Mary and Joseph, the parents of Jesus, have a lot in common with you!  You should know that the events surrounding the typical “peaceful manger scene”, were anything but peaceful!  Join us to see what lessons we can learn from their legendary journey.

We all have GIANTS in our lives that seem to appear out of nowhere. You wake up with a pay cheque and go to bed unemployed... GIANT. Out of the blue your landlord tells you that you need to start looking for a new place to live... GIANT. You’re in relatively good health, then your doctor informs you that you are now in a fight for your life against cancer... GIANT. The GIANTS in our lives always catch us off guard and most of the time we feel very under-prepared. But it doesn’t have to be that way. In this week's message, Pastor Simon unpacks the story of David vs. Goliath and explains how we can prepare to face the very real GIANTS in our own lives.

When certain moments happen in your life, do you chalk them up to just being random or an accident? Or is there something more to it? Is there a greater purpose? How do you make sense of certain moments in life? The lessons we will learn from the story of Esther will challenge us to rethink how we view these types of moments.

What do you do with the hurtful moments in your life:  the stabs in your back;  the pokes in your eye?  Do you curse them?  Do you dwell upon them?  Do you revisit and regurgitate them?  Do you wonder why God allowed them?  Today we are going to meet a man named Joseph - a man whose life was a roller coaster ride.  However, not only did Joseph survive, but he thrived along the way.  In today’s teaching, we are going to discover the life-changing secret to Joseph’s success.

Have you ever found yourself doubting God?  Have you ever found yourself wondering if God really cares or if God really knows what He is doing?  If so, you have a lot in common with a man named Abraham.  A man who, one day, faced a crisis at a level none of us could ever fathom.  And how Abraham responded to that crisis will serve as a life-changing lesson and example for us all.

What do Kurt Cobain, The Fast and the Furious, and Drake, all have in common? They all are leaning into the same underlying assumption about what truly makes you happy in life. In this message, Pastor Simon unpacks the difference between hedonic and eudaimonic happiness, and reveals the SECRET TO HAPPINESS according to a Biblical Worldview and why the grand order of importance is the most important thing about you.  

“Live your truth.”  It’s a modern-day proverb that we hear all the time.  Any claim can immediately be categorized as off limits to critique if the one making the claim simply utters these magic words: “It’s MY truth.”  Is that how truth works?  Can you have your own truth?  Can I have my own truth?  If my truth contradicts your truth, can both still be true?  This teaching provides you with the answer to that question (and more!).

Why is “believe in yourself” a really stupid proverb? Is self-belief or confidence wrong? No, not at all. However, in this message, we will learn that there is a line that can be crossed when it comes to believing in yourself. A line that has significant consequences.

“Follow your heart...” People say this all the time! And when they give us this advice, they sincerely think they are helping us. They sincerely think they are pointing us in the right direction. However, when you sit down and ponder this statement, you will soon discover that this is a recipe for disaster. During this teaching we are going to ponder this (really) stupid proverb. We will investigate the hidden assumptions behind it, the danger it brings, and how we can avoid the pitfalls it represents.

There is a difference between trimming a weed and uprooting a weed.  When you merely trim a weed, nothing has actually changed.  The weed is still there and in a short time, it will be visible once again.  If you want to get rid of a weed, you need to remove it by the root.  When it comes to recurring hurts and habits in our lives, we can often be guilty of trimming instead of uprooting.  In today’s teaching, we will discover two common “roots” of recurring issues in our lives.