May 17th, 2020 – Simon Peter: Flawed but Faithful Disciple: From Cowardice to Courage Peter’s “low moment” wasn’t the end of his story. By witnessing the risen Christ, experiencing humility, and accepting the power of the Holy Spirit, Peter moved from cowardice to courage.

May 10th, 2020 – Simon Peter: Flawed but Faithful Disciple: I Will Not Deny You Like Simon Peter, we need not be defined by our failures. Jesus is the Lord of the second chance and he can use our failures to illuminate the path for others.

May 3rd, 2020 – Simon Peter: Flawed but Faithful Disciple: Bedrock or Stumbling Block? Through Peter, we learn what it means to be flawed yet faithful. Peter claims Jesus is the Christ, set apart for God’s purposes. In response, Jesus calls Peter a “rock,” a living stone upon which Jesus will build his church. However, […]

April 26th, 2020 – Simon Peter: Flawed but Faithful Disciple: Walking with Jesus In the Storms Turbulence and fear can lead to opportunities to trust in the Lord’s ability to save us and strengthen us for the journey.

April 19th, 2020 – Simon Peter: Flawed but Faithful Disciple: The Call of the Fisherman Simon’s early life as a fisherman began in Bethsaida. When Jesus asked to borrow his boat, he was asking Simon to share his time, talents, and stuff. Simon was reluctantly obedient, and yet he learned that when Jesus offers an […]

April 12th, 2020 – Easter Sunday: Easter’s First Social Distancing Directive While we wish to cling to the familiar, Jesus wants us to be free to new possibilities because our Lord wants to fully form our existence in light of His transformation of our lives.

April 5th, 2020 – Lent: A Good Day to Die to the Wrong Crowd It is so easy to find ourselves overtaken by “mob rule”and let emotions or popular opinion rule our hearts. However, by choosing to praise God despite what anyone else is doing, we die to the “wrong crowd” and we turn earthly […]

March 29th, 2020 – Lent: A Good Day to Die to Bitterness In the midst of deep relational pain, our Lord offers a path of healing. In his example of graciously taking away the obstacles that separate us from God, we can learn how to bridge the gaps that we put up between one another.

March 22nd, 2020 – Lent: A Good Day to Die to Greed In Like 12:16-21, we come to see that it is foolish living when we only bless ourselves. Rather than live with discontentment, we must use our time, treasures, and talents, to bless other and build up the kingdom of God.

March 15th, 2020 – Lent: A Good Day to Die to Fear and Anxiety As disciples of Jesus we are called to face uncertain times aware without worrying, engaged without fear.