Jesus's teaching in the Beatitudes describes a life of flourishing, which instructs us to be honest about the emptiness we experience in life, to let that emptiness lead us to Jesus, and then to impact the world as His love overflows through us.

This message seeks to answer two questions for us: what does it look like to make an impact in the world? where do I get what it takes to have an impact?

How can the empty life also be the flourishing life?

That's the first question raised as we begin looking at the Sermon on the Mount. In this section, Jesus shows us that we flourish when we respond to the emptiness of life by living out virtues like humility, mourning, and meekness while being nourished by God's promise to set everything right.

Isaiah challenges us to reject the false gods of our age.

Do you remember a time of waiting for God to do something big?

The message of Christmas is that God has done something bigger than we imagined - sending forth His Son , for us. This Christmas, we are invited to embrace the biggest thing God has done for us.

Conflicts come in many shapes and size; the common denominator is that they make us hunger for peace. God promises us true and lasting peace...but conflict is still all around us. What are we waiting for?

Waiting is hard...especially waiting on somebody else to make good on a promise for something we really want.

As we begin the season of Advent, we dig into the story of Abram and Sarai to see how it helps us to wait on God's promise.

As we celebrate Christ the King Sunday, we remember that the kingdom of God is like a feast. In this stunning parable, Jesus challenges us to think about who is invited to the feast and encourages us to catch His vision for hospitality.

Sheep are needy, requiring constant and careful attention. Peter outlines three gifts for God's flock in this chapter: shepherds to direct the flock, humility to keep the flock united, and grace to bring the flock into good pasture.

No matter who we are, we want our identity to match up with our practice in the world. If we are Christians, our identity is in our union with Christ, and our practice is meant to lead to communion with Christ. Listen to find out what practical counsel Peter has for those aiming to live as Christians.

What's your name? Do Gooders

Do-Gooder isn't the most desirable name one might have. But Peter wants to reorient our conception of going good. Doing good is seeking the benefit of others, even at our own expense. From this chapter, we discuss two opportunities for doing good and three motivations for doing good.