Life is a continual experience of acquisition and loss and when we experience loss it always leaves a mark. In order to be healthy and whole we need a way to process through our loss, to truly feel it and to experience all of the stages of grief. The Psalms serve us in this way, they liberate us to experience our loss and to move through it in a way that keeps our hearts alive. Life is a continual experience of acquisition and loss and when we experience loss it always leaves a mark. In order to be healthy and whole we need a way to process through our loss, to truly feel it and to experience all of the stages of grief. The Psalms serve us in this way, they liberate us to experience our loss and to move through it in a way that keeps our hearts alive.

The book of Psalms is more than just a simple book. With several different writers over nearly five centuries, the book of Psalms is a collection of all of those psalms that were deemed important for the spiritual health of the Hebrew people. As Aaron shows in this talk, they didn't leave anything off-limits or out of bounds, but chose instead to provide a language of complete and utter honesty before God. Within the Psalms we have many different words that encourage us and invite us to be honest before God and that help us to develop a sincere relationship with Him through whatever circumstances we might find ourselves living through.

Brian concludes our Rooted series by looking at an important theme: the Oaks of Righteousness. These trees were also known as the "strong ones" and are a symbol to us of what strength looks like and what we should aim to be. Yet, as Brian illustrates in his sermon, our path to becoming those "strong ones" is not one of working hard and becoming powerful, but of coming to God in our weakness. In fact, it is only when we embrace our need and acknowledge our weakness that we find that true strength in God.

When we're rooted in God's love, we share His heart. When we share His heart...

We talk about how God loves us quite a bit and for good reasons, but what do we actually mean when we're talking about God's love? Rabbi Gene talks about how much we need to be rooted in God's love and what the love of God actually looks like.

Roots serve as a great allegory for how we choose to grow: where you choose to get your joy determines how you grow. As Gabe develops our Rooted series, he outlines the powerful choice we have in what we choose to plant ourselves in.

Catch up with a great year here at Cornerstone and hear about where we think God is leading us.

We give occasional messages that highlight people in history who serve to encourage and inspire us to live godly lives and to shine light in dark times. 

This mother's day, Brian took the opportunity to highlight the importance of those who engage with the divine call to motherhood; whether that looks like having children or not. Brian takes a look at three key women in history who exemplified the amazing ways that mothers change the world by shaping souls.