Preparing the way of the Lord means acknowledging the darkness without and within. Doing so will mean drawing this one fundamental conclusion…

John the Baptist is standing in the wilderness, calling us to repent, for the one greater is to come and make all things new. We are then invited into Jesus' salvation and restoration, giving up the old to a life far better than we can ever imagine.

Ready to hope again? Hope is often something overlooked (or abandoned) in post evangelical churches like ours. But Jesus’ insists that we be a strange people who hope when it seems like we have absolutely no reason for hope. And oddly enough, Jesus uses this truth to ignite our hearts to hope again.

Sunday after Sunday our gathering culminates in our entering into love itself. Its given to us as a meal.

The waters of baptism transport us into a new reality, one which stands in opposition to all the so called ways of life promised in the old.

Jesus invites us in to send us out. But what it is we are meant to be doing is often confused, and in some instances harmful. So what does it mean to live sent?

When we come to Jesus' table week after week, we are being invited into the very heart of God's reign in the world. We are then invited to be transformed into people who see the world through the lens of God's great love and generosity.

God’s love is good, but it is not always comfortable. The question we face week in and week out is “what difference will I allow it to make?” Our pattern of worship helps us encounter the love of God that refuses to leave us unchanged.

The world is brimming with the voice of God at every moment, a God who knows us very deeply. Our pattern of worship can offer us ways of practicing listening for this God who is so near.

Want the secret to a happy life? Jesus makes it pretty clear. The thing you need most is the simple thing that you’ve been skipping.