Loneliness is killing us. Literally. And we've barely noticed.

We've built a world that is frictionless, individualized, optimized for exactly what we want — and somehow ended up more isolated than ever. Friendship has become the greatest casualty of modern life. And we don't even know it.

In this sermon we sit with Ecclesiastes 4 — an ancient, brutally honest text that turns out to understand our moment better than we do. We'll wrestle with what's actually driving our ambition, why getting everything we want keeps leaving us empty, and what a genuinely different way of life might look like.

It should bother you more than it does.

Week 1 of KNOWN — a series on friendship, loneliness, and what it means to be truly known.

Most Easter sermons end at the empty tomb. This one ends at a charcoal fire.

This Easter, we're sitting with a charcoal fire on the shore of the Sea of Galilee, where the Risen Jesus tracks down the man who denied him three times. No explanation demanded. No conditions given. Just breakfast, and one question asked three times in the exact place where everything fell apart.

If you've ever lost yourself and wondered whether there was any coming back — this one's for you.

What if the thing standing between you and really loving Jesus… is everything He can do for you?

This Palm Sunday, we trace one of the most surprising threads in the Gospel of Mark — a pattern where Jesus heals people, raises the dead, and casts out demons… and then tells everyone to keep it secret. What is He up to? And what does it reveal about the difference between following Jesus and actually loving Him?

Along the way, we'll meet a crowd that goes from "Hosanna" to "Crucify Him" in five days, disciples who can't stop arguing about who's greatest, and a question that's harder to answer than it sounds: Do you love Jesus — or just what He can do for you?

What if we've lost something that our soul actually needs? 

Fasting is one of the most forgotten practices, and maybe the most understood. Drawing mostly from Isaiah 58, this sermon unpacks the ancient practice of fasting: what it is, why many have largely abandoned it, and why it keeps showing up in the lives of people who actually want to change. This isn't about performance or behavior modification. It's about something deeper -- what's really driving our desires, what's keeping you stuck, and how God meets you in it. 

Together, we'll wrestle with questions like:

• Why does fasting feel so hard -- and why might that matter? 
• What does it actually do in us, not just for us? 
• And what if fasting isn't just about you.....but about others? 

Whether you're spiritually curious, stuck, or longing for something more real with God, this message invites you into a practice that has shaped followers of Jesus for centuries -- and still has the power to change lives today.

You've probably wondered why God makes such a big deal about sex. (So have I.)

Song of Songs chapter 8 doesn't give you a list of rules. It reveals something stranger and more beautiful — that marital love, the kind expressed in sex, carries within it the actual power of God. That it's stronger than death, stronger than chaos, stronger than anything that seeks to destroy you.

In fact, it's so powerful that — without a proper container — it could destroy you. Like a radioactive isotope.

In this sermon, we'll explore the awesome power of love, uncover the ancient story behind one of Scripture's most stunning passages, enjoy an Andrew Wyeth painting, consider what happens when sex has no container, and wrestle honestly with desire and its consequences.

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He wanted intimacy. She didn’t. They fought. 

In Song of Songs 5, a husband and wife have a painfully familiar moment. What begins as a small conflict quickly spirals into something deeper—and raises a question every relationship eventually faces: What story will you tell yourself after the fight?

This ancient love poem doesn’t idealize relationships. It shows us how conflict actually works—how it can slowly build walls between two people… or become the very thing that deepens intimacy and trust.

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Why do the very best moments in life still leave you wanting more?
In Song of Songs 3–5, we come to the moment everything in this relationship — this song, this couple — has been building toward: the wedding night. It's beautiful, joyful, intimate, and holy. And yet, even this moment carries an ache that lingers.

In this sermon, we wrestle with why our most beautiful moments don't fully satisfy, what the "thin places" of life are trying to show us, and how marriage and sex function not as ultimate destinations, but as signposts pointing beyond themselves.

If you've ever felt the quiet longing that follows your best days — this message is for you.

Most of us want real intimacy. And most of us are terrified of it.

In Song of Songs 2–3, love calls a woman out from behind the walls — and she hesitates. In this sermon, we'll explore why we hide, why vulnerability feels so risky, and how we are made to be fully known and fully loved. From the poetry of the Song to the story of Jesus calling Mary by name, this message invites you to wrestle with what it means to come out of hiding and receive a love strong enough to heal.

Sometimes it takes coming to the end of yourself to see what God is doing.

In 2 Kings 7, four lepers are trapped outside a besieged city—rejected, starving, and staring down death. But their desperation becomes their clarity: they see an option no one else can see. And when they stumble upon an unexpected abundance, they face a choice that will define them: hoard it or share it.

Over the past four years, our church has experienced a similar kind of grace—from meeting in a mold-infested building during a pandemic to stumbling upon an embarrassment of riches we never could have anticipated. Growth in depth. Growth in reach. A movement of God we didn't conjure and can't take credit for.

But that grace raises a question: What do we do with what we've been given?

In this Vision Sunday message, we explore what faithful stewardship looks like in this season—and why we believe God is calling us to experiment with a third service from Easter to Father's Day. 

This is a day of good news. Let's not keep it to ourselves.

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A man tells a woman she looks like a horse. She swoons. This is Scripture.
This sermon starts our journey through the Song of Songs—exploring attraction, romance, consummation, conflict, and unbreakable commitment.

In this first movement (Song of Songs 1:1–2:7), we step into a love song tucked right into the heart of Scripture. It’s playful, sensual, awkward, tender—and radically countercultural. A woman speaks first. A man compares his lover to a warhorse (and yes, that's romantic). Desire is named without shame. Attraction begins with character, not chemistry.

This song refuses both sexual repression and casual, consumeristic sex. Instead, it offers a vision of love that is intoxicating and wise—one built on friendship, safety, and the courage to wait. It asks hard questions about timing, trust, vulnerability, and what it really means to give yourself to another person.

Whether you're single, dating, married, wounded, or just curious, this sermon invites you to wrestle with a deeper story of intimacy—and to see how human love ultimately points beyond itself to the faithful, healing love of Jesus.

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