What creates chaos in your life? Bishop Wallace-Padgett says "We need someone bigger than ourselves to handle the situation" when chaos occurs. Our Mid-Week Checkpoint uses scripture, thoughts, questions, and a prayer to help us think through Sunday's sermon. To view this week's checkpoint (December 19), click here.

Gaudete Sunday (the third Sunday of Advent) focuses on joy. Where do you find joy? Our Mid-Week Checkpoint uses scripture, thoughts, questions, and a prayer to help us think through Sunday's sermon. To view this week's checkpoint (December 5), click here: files.constantcontact.com/852830ca001/43974aff-6905-4072-b34b-d4b30e619b08.pdf

Sometimes we feel like we are in a wasteland -- a place of desolation or a place that needs to be healed, rebuilt, or cleansed. T. S. Eliot describes it as "a heap of broken images." But there is hope!  Our Mid-Week Checkpoint uses scripture, thoughts, questions, and a prayer to help us think through Sunday's sermon. To view this week's checkpoint (November 28), click here.

Before Advent begins, it's important to celebrate Christ as King of the Earth and consider the Kingdom of God -- a Kingdom full of hope and expectation. God the King meets us in the darkness and calls us to light. Our Mid-Week Checkpoint uses scripture, thoughts, questions, and a prayer to help us think through Sunday's sermon. To view this week's checkpoint (November 21), click here.

“There’s something about valuing people not because they value you, but because you can see God in them.” (Bill Johnson, senior leader of Bethel Church in Redding, California). How do you value others? How do you see God in the stranger or in the people closest to you? Our Mid-Week Checkpoint uses scripture, thoughts, questions, and a prayer to help us think through Sunday's sermon. To view this week's checkpoint (November 14), click here.

We say we “love” a lot of things; for example, chocolate, the weather, or a person. St. Bernard of Clairvaux said, “What we love we shall grow to resemble.” That’s pretty convicting! God invites us to love as he loves. How can we respond to that invitation? Our Mid-Week Checkpoint uses scripture, thoughts, questions, and a prayer to help us think through Sunday's sermon. To view this week's checkpoint (November 7), click here.

Are you rich or poor? What's the difference between the two? How do God's perspective, and our perspectives, compare? What does it really mean to be generous with our money?  Our Mid-Week Checkpoint uses scripture, thoughts, questions, and a prayer to help us think through Sunday's sermon. To view this week's checkpoint (October 31), click here.

How do you feel about time? We typically think of time in a measurable way but God's time offers so much more! This Mid-Week Checkpoint uses scripture, thoughts, questions, and a prayer to help us think through Sunday's sermon. To view this week's checkpoint (October 24), click here.