Series: Nine Stories of Fear and Desire  

One: A Desire to be Good

The Enneagram is a model of nine distinct personality types that describes how understanding our basic fears and desires can aid our personal growth. In this series, we will use this model as a jumping-off point as we explore nine corresponding stories in the Bible that can help us understand how we move in the world and what God wants to reveal to us along the way.

Isaiah 6:1-8

Series: Christ and our Crises

The Crisis of Disillusionment

We all walk through life with a set of expectations about how the world ought to work. This can leave us sorely disappointed when the world fails to live up to its billing, as it’s bound to do. But the same can be said for ourselves—such high hopes! so much promise!—and then we find ourselves spinning when not even we can manage to keep things on track.

John 21:1-17

Series: Christ and our Crises

The Crisis of Doubt

What can we learn about doubt from the life of the apostle Thomas? When do our doubts become paralyzing rather than productive?

John 20:24-29

Series: Christ and Our Crises

The Crisis of Loss

One of the common experiences we’re all having these days is an accumulation of loss. Whether it’s hugging loved ones, leaving home to go to work, or even watching sports on TV, all of the ‘little losses’ in our lives are building up. And that’s to say nothing of the more significant losses we face in life—but there, too, we can expect to encounter Christ in the midst of our crisis.

John 20:11-18

Series: Christ and our Crises

The Crisis of Death

What we believe about death tends to inform how we experience the death of people in our lives, how we face our own death, and how we live in the meantime. As we observe the way that Jesus responded in the face of his own approaching death, we’re reminded that Christ comes to us in all of our crises—even death.

John 20:11-18

Series: At the Feet of Our Spiritual Mothers

Mother Teresa

While Christian faith certainly involves believing, at the end of the day it needs to be lived out. This month, we’ll consider how three women from different eras and different parts of the world applied the way of Jesus in the circumstances of their lives, raising important questions about how we will do the same in our own.

2 Corinthians 1:3-7

Series: At the Feet of Our Spiritual Mothers  

Harriet Tubman

While Christian faith certainly involves believing, at the end of the day it needs to be lived out. This month, we’ll consider how three women from different eras and different parts of the world applied the way of Jesus in the circumstances of their lives, raising important questions about how we will do the same in our own.

Philemon :1, 8-10, 12-16a

Series: At the Feet of Our Spiritual Mothers

Julian of Norwich

While Christian faith certainly involves believing, at the end of the day it needs to be lived out. This month, we’ll consider how three women from different eras and different parts of the world applied the way of Jesus in the circumstances of their lives, raising important questions about how we will do the same in our own.

Psalm 136

Series: A Christian Vision for Healthy Relationships and Sexuality

Expressing our Sexuality

Our sexuality is an important part of who we are. It’s also something most of us prefer to avoid talking about, especially in church! But as we take the risk of exploring this spicy topic, we uncover a positive vision of sex that will help us honour our bodies and those of the people around us. [Note: This message is rated ‘PG’]

Song of Songs 7:1-8a

Forming Healthy Relationships

We can experience true community in a variety of places, including families, friendships, and in committed relationships such as Christian marriage. It is in our life-giving relationships with one another that we most clearly reflect the image of God.

Genesis 2:4-7, 15-22