This Sunday we are kicking off a series called Vocation. Vocation isn't necessarily about paying the bills. It may involve a paycheck and it may not. Vocation comes from the Latin word for voice and it refers to more of a calling. It's that impulse we have toward purpose and the desire we have for our lives to matter. Now, if it just wasn't so hard to figure out. For the next several weeks we are going to be talking it through in the hopes that we can live into our vocation and find our place in God's good world.

Are you in the mood to hear some good news? Remember that? Good news? If there ever were a couple of weeks to convince us that it's a good idea to take regular breaks from social media-the last couple should do it. Well, one of the things this Sunday will be is an opportunity to hear some good news. We will get to hear from some of the organizations we will be serving with on Do Good Day later this month. These folks are doing some incredible work in the midlands and we can't wait for you to hear about it.

This Sunday we are wrapping up our time in the parables of Jesus with the one that is known as "The Parable of the Unforgiving Servant." Not only does it have a challenging word to us about forgiveness, but it also serves as a case study for one of the most common ways we misread Jesus' parables.

This Sunday we will get into the parable of the lost sheep. This parable is pretty well-known, but as usual there is more going on with it than we recognize at first. At the heart of it is the good news that being lost doesn't disqualify us from the love of God.

This Sunday we will unpack Jesus' most scandalous parable-the parable of the workers in the vineyard. This story is guaranteed to irritate us, challenge our conception of fair, and lead us to the heart of what makes the way of Jesus so liberating. Be sure to join us!

This weekend's parable will take us on a trip to hell. (Or something like it.) We will spend some time looking at what the Bible does and doesn't say about hell, and then we will unpack this poignant parable from Jesus. This one is sure to keep our attention and challenge us to take a good long look at how we are living.

All of us want to live fruitful lives. We long for God to do new things in us and through us. We want to live rich lives full of meaning and purpose, but that isn't always our experience though is it? Much of the time our lives feel a bit barren. In this Sunday's parable, Jesus digs up some of the things that get in the way and choke out the life that God wants for us.

f we aren't caught up in a fight that matters, we will get sucked into a bunch of fights that really don't matter. This Sunday we will honor our dads for Father's Day and hear an important word on what it means to "fight the good fight of the faith."

Parker Palmer once said, “There are moments, if I have eyes to see, that the life I am living is not the same as the life that wants to live in me.” If that is something you can relate to than be sure to join us this Sunday as we continue our time in the parables of Jesus. This week we will talk about you your bags of gold.