We wrongly believe that if we resist hard things, they go away. But as the old proverb says, "That which we resist persists." There's an Old Testament story about a prophet who resisted God's plan. Jonah is meant to be a Bizzaro Jesus. Called called Jesus to rescue people. Jesus obeyed. God called Jonah to preach his kindness to his enemies. Jonah resisted. His resistance did not stop God's kindness.

There are few things worse than going through life with limited options. Sin limits our options. It makes our worlds small. Sin tells us to stay hidden. Sin doesn't help us move toward God and others, but deeper into hiding. Confession is a tool God gives us to expand our options. Confession is telling the truth. In today's we talk about three essential elements to confession and how to experience being set free by the truth.

Too many of us learned that to belong among God's people we need to behave a certain way. What if that's not true?

It's easy for us to see that others are good for the world. But what about me? What about my ambition? What about my perspective? How can I be good for the world? Today Luke discusses how we can come to trust that what God put in me, is good for the world.

Information doesn't create the connected life. So what does?

Do we really have more time for connection? Life moves so fast. Don't we just need more "me time?" The connected life doesn't have to violate your nervous system. We can experience presence without pressure. But how?

Have you noticed that more and more people are growing comfortable being alone? In 2020 we were in a "loneliness epidemic." Today we've made peace being alone. We are hardwired for connection. What keeps us from experiencing the connected life? Find out

Many of us know what we do: we're a designer, a writer, a grandmother. Many of us know how to do what we do. But many of us rarely know why we do what we do. Grace gives us a new why.

We live in a transactional world. I give something therefore I get something of equal or greater value. In a transactional world, value is earned, not recognized. Relationships are conditional. Identity is fragile. What's God's answer to the problem of a transactional world? Christmas.

We all have a perspective of reality but it's not the full scale of what God is doing. In this message Janna Segovia helps us see lies that keep us from believing what God has and how that keeps us from joy.