The world is full of distractions and noise. Some of it we bring on ourselves...some of it comes at us but all of it demands our attention and focus. If we can keep our focus on God we'll be able to walk with dry socks.

Orders from God sometimes don’t make sense, they take longer than we expect, and they don’t look like how we’d do it. We think we know better and often ignore God's advice or his ways...but if we were to follow?

At some point, each of us will experience loss, grief, and the pain of sorrow. It can and will seem wasteful, pointless...frustrating...and with all the tension of the season, it will feel like there is no answer. Until Jesus shows up.

What would it mean to the life you live now if you met Jesus, face to face? How would it look different? Would it be different? For Paul, the meeting was only the first step...

Have you ever been a fashion statement? Have your clothes ever performed miracles? Encountering Jesus always involves more than initially meets the eye.

Encounters with God aren't just for the history books...Jesus is alive, on his throne, and encountering people in our midst today! Celebrate the transformational, personal relationship people are experiencing now, in our midst!

Mary Magdalene and the disciples encounter the Risen Jesus! But at first, she thought he was just the gardener.

It's a party...a wedding and all your friends are there. Expectations are high and they land squarely on you, the host. But the wine is gone...and there, stands Jesus. But he's not about to meet our expectations—God is all about exceeding expectations...

The story of "The Woman at the Well" is about two different cultures that are at odds with each other. Similarly, the enmity between man and God can only be overcome when Jesus intervenes.

Last year, the Rotters acted on a command to move, to make a splash, to GO out into the world and share the impact of Jesus with others. They prayed for a miraculous working of God in their young family's life and Branches sent them out with blessings and prayers in abundance. Well...they're back and it's time to hear about how God encountered the Rotters as they were on mission.