It's hard to pray for a miracle and not see it. Why does that happen so often? 

There could be a lot of answers to that question, but a very common one is because you, or your community, did not have enough faith. Is that true? Where does that come from?

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Why is judgment still something Jesus talked about, when the gospel is meant to be an act of grace? What do you think Jesus wants us to take away from his judgment parables? That it isn't grace? Or is there something else? 

Also, this happens to be my (Justin) longest sermon I've ever given. Sorry about that!

How can we have a Holy vision bigger than ourselves? One that even if we never see it we would say "If this ever happens, carry my bones there."

Jesus says the Kingdom of Heaven is like a treasure hidden in a field. If we stumbled into it, we would spend everything we had to buy the field and get the treasure. 

But, do we even know what the Kingdom of Heaven is? And what's the big deal about the field? Why not just take the treasure?

The parables of the mustard seed and the yeast tell us that the Kingdom comes through the small, seemingly insignificant things. What might this mean? And what more does Jesus want us to know through these parables?

Is Christianity about being a good person? I find that when I meet people, and they hear I’m a pastor, they sometimes say, “I just try to be a good person.” I think is great of course, but I wonder if that’s what people think is the purpose? Is that what this is all about? Trying to be a good person? Maybe? Yes and no? Yes? No?

Audio from our Christmas Eve service. A reflection on Home Alone and the reconciliation of Christ.

We had our friend Jessica Jamieson join us to share about her story with surrogacy. I invited Jessica to speak with the simple question: how did surrogacy help you relate to Mary? This is her answer. It's such a gift to hear Jessica's story about how love and obedience doesn't always mean life will be easy, but it is worth it!

We dive into what it meant for God to become so vulnerable: from the perspective of biology, Alyssa shares with us what it means to be knit together in our mother's womb, and how vulnerable of a process it is. Then, we talk about our tendency to want to be anything other than vulnerable, yet it is the very way that God connects with us and shows us His strength.