People of every nation, tribe, and language, get along and rejoice in John’s inspiring vision of the future. What makes this possible, and how can this revelation bring hope to our present? Join us as we continue the series The End. And The Beginning.

The story is bookended by belonging and connection and wholeness. How do we live in the middle of the story in light of this hope? Join us as we continue to explore The End. And The Beginning.

Each person sees things from a different vantage point based on when, and where, we were born and what we’ve experienced. It’s part of the reason we argue about the best path forward as a society or who’s turn it is to do the dishes. Understanding the limits of our perspective can be freeing as we seek a connect to the one who is and who was and who is to come. Join us as we pursue a new point of reference.

It can be scary when something ends, even when its something we wouldn’t describe as good or helpful. In the first letter to the Corinthians, Paul is writing to new christians about accepting the end of their old way of viewing realty and the startling revelation of a new one. The resurrection of Jesus, the Christ, he argues, is the hinge upon which the door to this new paradigm is swung open. Join us as we wonder, celebrate and worship together in light of this new reality.

Confrontation is a part of life. How we engage and avoid it greatly affects the way our lives unfold. Join us this Palm Sunday as we see Jesus' mounting confrontation with the power of Jerusalem itself and what this moment can teach us as his followers.

If we find the necessary courage to ask for what we need, confessing what we have tried to do on our own that has hurt or harmed ourselves and others, a newness can open up to us. This newness is filled with togetherness, wholeness and hope. It is a place in step with the work of God. Join us as we conclude our series Failing at Sin!

What keeps us from returning to God when our bad decisions have caught up with us and we’ve “sobered up”? Why won’t we go “home” when that’s exactly what we want to do? Jesus answers these questions with a story. Join us as we immerse ourselves in the spiritual genius of Jesus’ parable about coming home. Part of the series Failing at Sin.

The story of Jesus washing the disciples’ feet is often read, but not lived. Foot washing isn’t a common practice across Christianity, despite Jesus’ explicit command to wash one another’s feet. What does it mean to live a life answering “the Jesus ask” of washing one another’s feet and how can that show up in our Lenten practices? What does it mean that Jesus asked his disciples to love one another, even when he knew the response wouldn’t meet his needs? This week we reflect on our own ability to answer The Jesus Ask, by reflecting on our own ability to ask for what we need.

When we talk about sin we are also talking about others expectations and what they think about our actions. What does God think of us when we stray from the path?

Do the ends justify the means? Jesus was tempted to think so during a pivotal moment in his life - the beginning of his public ministry. As we gather for the first Sunday of Lent we wrestle with the powerful pull of three temptations Christ faced in the desert. We will confront how their meanings and message shape our personal and public worlds and how we can resist turning stone to bread.