This week, Maplewood continues exploring the benefits of being obedient to Jesus. In Daniel 2, Pastor Joe explores the powerful combination of obedience to God and prayer. Don't miss this burger-busting message.

The book of Daniel will be our focus for the next several weeks at Maplewood. This week, Pastor Joe kicks off a new series that aims to help us understand the benefits of living in obedience to God. Obedience not only expresses our love for God and others, it helps us ascend to a new level of kingdom living, here on Earth.

Even though Mother Nature impacted our ability to get together again this week at Maplewood, we wanted to share a few thoughts to encourage and challenge you this week from God's Word. Why does an all powerful and all knowing God choose to partner with human beings to build His kingdom? Pastor Joe takes a stab at the answer by reflecting on Isaiah 62:1-5.

Have you ever wondered why Jesus had to be baptized? John the Baptist did. And he even asked Jesus for an answer--straight up. This week's Maplewood podcast is our "blizzard bag" edition. Winter weather canceled our weekly service, but Pastor Joe offers up some thoughts about Matthew 3 and the implications on the sacrament of baptism and our personal obedience to Jesus Christ.

To kick off the new year, Maplewood will be focusing on what it means to love God and love others. This week, Pastor Joe teaches from John 14, exploring the implications and relationship between love for Christ and obedience.

It's Christmas! This week wraps up its Thrill of Hope series focusing on the Christmas story in Luke 2. Pastor Joe explores the impact of the movement of Hope in our lives.

It's the second Sunday of Advent. This week, Pastor Joe explores Luke 3 as John the Baptist--a prophet--implores the people to "prepare the way of the Lord."

This week at Maplewood, we're celebrate the first Sunday of the Advent season. Advent is the time leading up to Christmas to prepare our hearts to receive the hope of Christmas. In this opening message, Pastor Joe explores "hope" through the lens of Luke 21. Are we hopefully about the coming again of Jesus? Or are we dreading it?

This week, we wrap up our series on "abiding in Christ." Pastor Joe explores misconceptions Christians often have regarding Jesus' command for His followers to be perfect. How can we achieve what feels like an unattainable standard such as perfection? The answer might be in learning how to do "pull ups" at the gym....

In our quest to find purpose and "staying power" in our lives, we need only to look to the Cross of Jesus for some answers. It's at the Cross Jesus comes looking for us; and it's only at the Cross where we will find him.