In the second message in this series, Pastor Fran picks up Paul's statement that the Israelites were "baptized" in the wilderness cloud and as they passed through the Red Sea, drawing out powerful themes to help us understand the freedom we have because of Jesus and the difference an awareness of the Holy Spirit can make.

In this first message in this new series, Pastor Fran tells the story of God calling Abraham and from it shares insights into taking a transforming journey with Christ.

This morning Leslie Zurita interviews Pastor Fran and asks the hard questions about where a church that wants to do this journey more like Jesus might land, in terms of how it relates to people who are gay, trans, etc. There's a lot of vulnerability in this conversation, and you need to hear it.

Pastor Fran interviews our friends Alton and Kyle about the stories of their lives, their life together, and their journey with Jesus-- Don't miss it!

In this second week of the series, Pastor Fran interviews two sets of parents who raised gay children. This is a good conversation about the pain that can be involved in growing up as an LGBTQ child, about the pain parents endure, and about how Christians and churches have navigated these things.

Pastor Fran teaches through the 6 passages usually quoted in the debates Christians have about gay relationships. What if the Bible doesn't say what we've been told it does about these things?

In the third and last message of this series, Pastor Fran shares his conviction that BEAUTY is the missing component of modern Christian thinking and theology, and that when we begin to take beauty seriously again, and the beauty of God himself revealed in Christ, we will be set free from versions of Christianity built on cold doctrine or angry politics, and we will be drawn to the God who promised to make us good, whole, and free like himself.

In this message Pastor Fran again addresses the two groups into which American Christianity is dividing, and using the question Peter asked Jesus (To whom would we go?) to ask both groups crucial questions through which we might again find an authentic and life giving faith centered in Jesus,

In this series Pastor Fran unpacks why so many people are deconstructing/reimagining their faith, and why many are giving up on Christianity altogether.  In this message he helps us understand that while Jesus is good, just, merciful, and beautiful, much of what we have attached to Jesus, much we were told we HAD to believe as Christians is not. 

In this last sermon of the series, Pastor Larry Alicz explores how our gratitude for people actually changes our relationships with them and helps lead us to the joys of connection we have always longed for.