Generations Community Church

The earth takes roughly 24 hours to rotate on its axis. And the earth takes roughly 365 days to circle the sun. These facts are constant and unchanging (as it is with time). You cannot store up time for later. And when you kill time, it doesn't come back from the dead. In Psalm 90, we have a Psalm of lament - from of all people - Moses, "the" man of God. So what can Moses tell us about how to live life well? And what does Moses know about God and how God works - in our lives - that is reason to hope?

The earth takes roughly 24 hours to rotate on its axis. And the earth takes roughly 365 days to circle the sun. These facts are constant and unchanging (as it is with time). You cannot store up time for later. And when you kill time, it doesn't come back from the dead. In Psalm 90, we have a Psalm of lament - from of all people - Moses, "the" man of God. So what can Moses tell us about how to live life well? And what does Moses know about God and how God works - in our lives - that is reason to hope?

In the famous Disney film "Frozen," Ella gives voice to a song that, at its core, is a song of lament. It's why Disney wouldn't allow Elsa to be the villain in the film. How could the character that sings that song BE the villain? Interestingly so, Americans (and the American church) don't know HOW to lament. Our spirituality is filled with victory chants, songs of praise, and hopes for deliverance. But isn't the journey to hope one that starts off by lament - by recognizing what is? In this message, Amanda Duke makes a case for why we should learn to lament.

In the famous Disney film "Frozen," Ella gives voice to a song that, at its core, is a song of lament. It's why Disney wouldn't allow Elsa to be the villain in the film. How could the character that sings that song BE the villain? Interestingly so, Americans (and the American church) don't know HOW to lament. Our spirituality is filled with victory chants, songs of praise, and hopes for deliverance. But isn't the journey to hope one that starts off by lament - by recognizing what is? In this message, Amanda Duke makes a case for why we should learn to lament.

Singing is amazing if you think about it. Somehow, we humans are able to push air up our throats over some sort of flexible fleshy membranes that vibrate a different speeds, changing the pitch of the sound we're producing (which we intuitively know how to do) all the while shaping our tongues, lips, and mouths to form words while making this happen. And the songs we sing over and over again (somehow) get lodged in our brains, hearts, and consciousness for the long haul. Maybe it's why parents, teachers, and religious leaders use MUSIC and SONGS to educate children. And maybe it's one reason God asks us to SING.

Singing is amazing if you think about it. Somehow, we humans are able to push air up our throats over some sort of flexible fleshy membranes that vibrate a different speeds, changing the pitch of the sound we're producing (which we intuitively know how to do) all the while shaping our tongues, lips, and mouths to form words while making this happen. And the songs we sing over and over again (somehow) get lodged in our brains, hearts, and consciousness for the long haul. Maybe it's why parents, teachers, and religious leaders use MUSIC and SONGS to educate children. And maybe it's one reason God asks us to SING.

Celtic Christians had a word to describe places where the boundary between heaven and earth had been collapsed. They called it "a thin place." Thin places are those places and spaces where it's EASIER to encounter God, EASIER to hear His voice, EASIER to sense the leading of God's Spirit. In this message, Max Vanderpool unpacks the broader meaning behind the Psalms of Ascent (Psalms 120-134) and why it matters that we regularly visit thin places.

Celtic Christians had a word to describe places where the boundary between heaven and earth had been collapsed. They called it "a thin place." Thin places are those places and spaces where it's EASIER to encounter God, EASIER to hear His voice, EASIER to sense the leading of God's Spirit. In this message, Max Vanderpool unpacks the broader meaning behind the Psalms of Ascent (Psalms 120-134) and why it matters that we regularly visit thin places.

People under the age of 18 are the most vulnerable, the most teachable, and have the potential to live the longest among any other age demographic. What we do (or don’t do) with and for people under the age of 18 impacts our future…impacts everything. In today's message, Pastor Max reminds us that we must pass the history and reality of our faith into the next generation. You might call it our next generation obligation.

People under the age of 18 are the most vulnerable, the most teachable, and have the potential to live the longest among any other age demographic. What we do (or don’t do) with and for people under the age of 18 impacts our future…impacts everything. In today's message, Pastor Max reminds us that we must pass the history and reality of our faith into the next generation. You might call it our next generation obligation.