Christmas, the birth of Christ, is coming this year as it always does. What might it mean for us to prepare space for the way of the Lord this Advent season?

Advent is a liminal season marked by waiting and longing. We are good at believing in Christmas, but what does it mean to believe in Advent? How can we best live in this Advent season?

How do we experience God despite our limited perspectives? How can we try to avoid taking spiritual shortcuts in suffering?

Jeremiah's anger rages against God and the leaders who pretend everything is alright. In this teaching, we consider what B.B. King's "The Thrill is Gone" may teach us about the story of God through Jeremiah. What might God be inviting us into as we pull up, tear, down, or deconstruct?

What are we allowing to shape our view of reality? When is exile a necessary end to a destructive world view? 

Jeremiah calls Israel on their idolatrous worship of things that cannot bear ultimate status. What if Jeremiah is not only talking to the Israelites, but also to us?

Jeremiah 8-9 introduces "tears" as a new character in the story. Grief and lament is often a polarizing posture for the church. But what if the people of God became known as those with whom people can best sit with in grief?

Is it possible that we have confused political ideologies for healthy theology? How does Jeremiah help us become aware of the ways we might use religion as a righteous coverup? 

Jeremiah paints broad strokes about the reality of the world. He invites God's people to remember and ask for the ancient path of faith in the midst of the tourist traps distracting them along the way. What is along the ancient path that draws you back?

What if deconstruction isn't an end to faith but a necessary part of faith? Discover how Jeremiah's prophetic call equips us to both deconstruct and reconstruct in a complex culture.