Advent #2: We are looking at a series of events leading up to the birth of Jesus, and how all along the way, it was a series of holy interruptions. Of God breaking into the lives of normal people and giving them a choice to maintain the status quo or interrupt it for something greater.

Advent Hope: The beauty of advent is that we don’t just look back at Jesus's birth and remember the night hope was born. We don’t just cling to history. In advent hope, we look forward to a day when Jesus himself makes all things new again.

Reset Your Mind #7: Our culture and major religions of the world encourage a performance-based system. What you do, and how you act, determine whether you are good. Earn this, earn that.

What did Jesus teach? What do we need to do to be right with God? Is it our good deeds? Acts of service? Spoiler: it's neither of those.

Reset Your Mind #6: Are your old ways of thinking still finding their way into your life? Are you looking for peace and stability in Jesus-less substitutes? You want to follow the Jesus way but still find yourself looking for spirituality in places other than Him. Jesus wants to reset the way you think.

Reset Your Mind #4: Jesus never said, “Come to me, all of you who have it all together and figured out."

He said, “Come to me, all of you who are weary and carry heavy burdens.” Are you feeling burdened? weary? discouraged?

Bring it to Jesus.

Guest Doug Balzer speaks on the matter of overcoming shame in the believer’s life. Shame is a huge barrier to spiritual and relational growth. Shame and guilt are related but are different. Many believers experience freedom from guilt but shame still lingers. Why is that?

Reset Your Mind #3: The great theologian and thinker Jackie Chan once said, "The key to winning the battle for your mind is where you put your focus."

What do you think? Is he right? Let's talk about it.

Reset Your Mind #2: What if genuinely knowing ourselves begins by looking at God and noticing how God is looking at us?

Let's talk about it.

Reset Your Mind #1: Does the news cycle get you down? Is your social feed full of anxiety? Does it feel like life is just one frustration after another?

It might be time to reset the way you think about yourself, God, and the world we live in. Let's talk about it.

Bill Finnemore's boots have been on the ground in Ukraine and is our main contact helping us assist refugees. Listen as he joins us to talk about what to do when our friends come under fire.