In the thirteenth chapter of Mathew Jesus offers seven parables. It is worth noting that Jesus taught by telling stories. Stories and images can animate our imagination and arouse our curiosity. A story invites the listener to participate more deeply than when a teacher merely TELLS you something. For the next seven weeks we will sit with Jesus by the lake and explore these stories about the spiritual dimension. This weekend Dr. Jim Keck will give a sermon on the Parable of the net.

In the thirteenth chapter of Mathew Jesus offers seven parables. It is worth noting that Jesus taught by telling stories. Stories and images can animate our imagination and arouse our curiosity. A story invites the listener to participate more deeply than when a teacher merely TELLS you something. For the next seven weeks we will sit with Jesus by the lake and explore these stories about the spiritual dimension. This weekend Dr. Jim Keck will give a sermon on the Parable of the pearl.

In the thirteenth chapter of Mathew Jesus offers seven parables. It is worth noting that Jesus taught by telling stories. Stories and images can animate our imagination and arouse our curiosity. A story invites the listener to participate more deeply than when a teacher merely TELLS you something. For the next seven weeks we will sit with Jesus by the lake and explore these stories about the spiritual dimension. This weekend Dr. Jim Keck will give a sermon on the Parable of the hidden treasure.

In the thirteenth chapter of Mathew Jesus offers seven parables. It is worth noting that Jesus taught by telling stories. Stories and images can animate our imagination and arouse our curiosity. A story invites the listener to participate more deeply than when a teacher merely TELLS you something. For the next seven weeks we will sit with Jesus by the lake and explore these stories about the spiritual dimension. This weekend Dr. Jim Keck will give a sermon on the Parable of yeast.

In the thirteenth chapter of Mathew Jesus offers seven parables. It is worth noting that Jesus taught by telling stories. Stories and images can animate our imagination and arouse our curiosity. A story invites the listener to participate more deeply than when a teacher merely TELLS you something. For the next seven weeks we will sit with Jesus by the lake and explore these stories about the spiritual dimension. This weekend Dr. Jim Keck will give a sermon on the Parable of the Mustard Seed.

Sunday Digital Service In the thirteenth chapter of Mathew Jesus offers seven parables. It is worth noting that Jesus taught by telling stories. Stories and images can animate our imagination and arouse our curiosity. A story invites the listener to participate more deeply than when a teacher merely TELLS you something. For the next seven weeks we will sit with Jesus by the lake and explore these stories about the spiritual dimension. This weekend Dr. Jim Keck will give a sermon on the Parable of the Wheat and the Tares.

In the thirteenth chapter of Mathew Jesus offers seven parables. It is worth noting that Jesus taught by telling stories. Stories and images can animate our imagination and arouse our curiosity. A story invites the listener to participate more deeply than when a teacher merely TELLS you something. For the next seven weeks we will sit with Jesus by the lake and explore these stories about the spiritual dimension. This weekend in our physical services, Dr. Jim Keck will offer a sermon on the great Parable of the Sower.

Surprisingly, UFOs are now very much back in the conversation and next month there will even be a congressional report. Mainstream outlets like Scientific American are calling for greater study of some unexplained sightings. This week, Dr. Jim Keck will explore some of the similarities between reports about extraordinary spiritual experiences - like Acts 2 - and the flurry of recent unidentified flying objects. How are we to approach such mysterious phenomenon? Come to church this week for a spiritual adventure!

People refer to their “spiritual journey.” In fact, “journey” may be the most common metaphor used to talk about our spiritual lives. This weekend Dr. Jim Keck will explore the power and shortcomings of this metaphor. Religious language is necessarily metaphorical - there is no escaping metaphor - but the key is choosing fruitful metaphors. But I am only speaking metaphorically :)

In this sermon on John 8 Dr. Jim Keck will propose that the word “sin” is central to the Christian faith but has become problematic by endless misusage. The church has called some things “sin” that are not sin - like playing cards, dancing or being gay. And so it has lost credibility. But it is essential that the church be able to speak to the existential reality of an imperfect humanity. This sermon will suggest that it would clarify our understanding if every time we see the word “sin” in our tradition we transpose it in our minds to “self-centeredness” and that our Christ desires to move us from selfishness to being other centered.