Today starts a short Christmas series based on the Dr. Suess story "How the Grinch Stole Christmas." We start by looking at some of the characters and asking questions associated with each of these characters. As we examine parallels to biblical people, the overarching question is "Who will you be this Christmas?

Life is filled with experiences of love gone wrong. It is constantly teaching us that it is safer and easier not to love. Yet, despite all of the pain love brings, we all crave it. That is because it also brings joy and peace, a sense of belonging and contentment. Love Changes Everything.

Welcome to the fourth week of the Offensive Parenting sermon series. In last week's sermon, we covered the fear of consequences. But there comes a point when that fear is no longer effective. So this week covers the second and third filters - fear of disappointment and desire to please - that can be the next steps to offensively parent effectively.

One of the most powerful gifts you can give a child is the fear of the Lord, which starts with a healthy respect for mom and dad. This week in our Offensive Parenting series, we discuss what that looks like.

How do you know if you are being a good parent? If you are going to parent offensively, you have to have a game plan. Parents need to adapt and move and change. In this second week of the series called Offensive Parenting, the subject is 4 roles for offensive parenting.

Welcome to week one of a new series called Offensive Parenting. For the majority of us who enter into parenthood, our parenting style is a response to the way that our parents dealt with us. But what if we approached parenting differently? What if we forgot about history...? What if we approached parenting by looking at the way God parents us?

When do you feel most alive? In week 5 of the series titled "Finding Your Way Back to God," Pastor Pat discusses our Awakening to Life–following Jesus is the only way to truly live.

We are in our fourth week of the Finding Your Way Back To God sermon series. As we have followed the Prodigal Son in his journey, he has awakened to a longing for purpose and meaning, awakened to regret his actions, and awakened to a need for help. Today's awakening is to know that he is loved despite what he has done and where he has been.

Welcome to our third week in the series Finding Your Way Back To God. In the first two weeks, the discussion was on awakening to longing and to regret. This week, we awaken our need to ask God for help.

We are in week two of our series "Finding Your Way Back To God" based on the book of the same name. We want to help people find Him for the first time. And we want to help everyone follow well...no matter when you found Him. Last week we talked about our universal longing for love, purpose and meaning. This week we look at the prodigal son's second awakening - his "coming to his senses" moment.