Vincent & Grace Hsu The current crisis has forced our lives into a “new normal.” Though some have found good things in the forced pause, change isn’t always welcome and can sometimes cause resentment. How does looking outside of ourselves and to the work and sacrifice of others change this perspective? How might we be […]

A Pause to Love Speaker: Jeff Cinquemani God knew when he created us that we were never meant to be constant workers, or doers, or even creators. In a sense, the seventh day is ironic.  God does create something, even by not creating anything at all.  After six days of full-on production, he stops, and […]

Everything we’ve read and heard from the time we were small is now challenged by what we’ve been dubbing “The New Normal.”  How do we pick up the pieces and make sense of our lives when the pieces don’t seem to fit any longer?

During a time of crisis and pain, faith communities should be those places of refuge where we find our greatest strength and stability. These types of communities can provide warmth, acceptance, and belonging. However, at other times they can be the very thing that causes us to feel alone, lost, and sometimes even threatened or […]

Matters of Prayer Colossians 4:2-6 We are challenged to “devote” ourselves to prayer. Paul makes some prayer requests, too, and gives some counsel to live wisely. How much in our lives is affected by Jesus’ words, “You have not because you ask not?”

Colossians 3:1-17 Paul gives guidance on living as a new creature in Christ. We put away, put to death, the sinful earthly things in us—and live free of all that. Even to the removal of the normal distinctions of Jew and Gentile. And there’s a good bit of directive about relationships as a Free New […]

Jesus Christ is Supreme Colossians 1:15-23 Here is one of the great doxologies, great words of praise of Jesus Christ. What Paul says here is almost mind-blowing: the work of God in Christ making peace for and with fallen humanity. We are reminded of how much salvation is not our work, but that of God […]

Colossians 1:1-14 By extension, we may think of Paul’s conversation about his prayers for the Colossians as prayers for us. However, are the things he says and praises about the Colossians true about us? How will it impact us to think about the content of this prayer and what we might want for one another […]

Whole Life Church Easter Service – Social Distancing and Socially Distant by Greg Creek and Andy McDonald

FINDING HOPE: Psalm 62: 5-6 How do you move towards hope?  In our current world with all that is going on, there can easily be a move to cynicism. Christians are called to be people of faith and faith, exercised well, leads to hope – a change in direction from cynicism. How can we make […]