Jesus has sent us on mission to love people to himself. That requires that we develop a relationship of trust. Through that relationship, a person might show an interest in God, the Bible or spiritual things. If so, how do we help them discover faith? There is a simple and extremely effective way to facilitate […]

The only way we can be a conduit of God’s love and blessing is to be connected to people who are in need of God and his goodness. We have to intentionally seek to develop relationships of trust. We have to go to where people are, come alongside them as authentic friends and look for […]

We want those we know and love to know and love God. So today I want to share with you the greatest value we hold as a church. I want to describe how we live that value out with purpose on mission. And I want to give you some practical tools on how to do […]

We live in a world where it seems like everything is a deficit. There is never enough money, energy, time, patience, understanding, hope, help, kindness, etc. This observation of a world of deficit influences our faith. While we know in our heads that God is capable to provide, our faith struggles to trust that God […]

Everyday we face countless distractions. Some of these distractions are good (rest, renewal, reflection) and some are even optional (when we choose to clean, etc). We learn from Mary & Martha about making sure that regardless of what we have going on (distractions) that we give proper attention to Jesus. At the same time, some […]

Every honest, healthy follower of Jesus has experienced both faith and doubt. But faith and doubt are not the opposites or enemies as we often assume. Rather, they often co-exist. What if instead of fearing doubt, we anticipate how God can use the process of doubting to lead us to a deeper faith. Doubt, as […]

The very idea of commitment means that our options are narrowed and well as eliminating the outs. Jesus knows that and makes it clear – we have two options about how we face life. There is a narrow way and a broad way. One has fewer options. The other has lots of options. We get […]

For many faith is just the reluctant obedience to please God. While that’s not bad, that is not the life of faith Jesus calls us to. The moment we truly allow Jesus to be Lord of our lives everything is turned upside down. When we are sold out to Jesus, fully devoted to him and […]

Our world is volatile, uncertain, complex and so hard to figure out. Change occurs at hyper-speed. We live in a world we can’t control. And for sure, we have little to no control over the future. Tomorrow is uncertain and at times can be alarming. The fear of tomorrow and what’s next is very real. […]

We fear bad things happening. Now, in reality, most of the bad things we fear never really happen. But sometimes, bad things do happen. We lose a loved one. We get sick. Something unexpected causes us to face financial ruin. We get in an accident. But what’s interesting, is that IF something bad happens, we […]