We are in week 4 of our worship series—Curious Church: Wondering Our Way Forward.

How do we stay attuned to the leading of God’s Spirit? I’ve found that the best way is to come to God with curiosity. “What does the next season look like for us?” “How is God calling us to be a safe space here and now, at this time in history?”

So, in this series, we’re going to get curious together: what is God up to—in us, in our neighbors, and in the world? And how is God calling us forward?

This isn’t about having to “fix the church,” or having all the answers, but trusting that God is leading us to the incredible things we haven’t even imagined yet.

If you think about it, this is how Jesus taught—through questions and parables and invitations, rather than easy answers.

Today, we are taking a look at the story of Jesus’ encounter with the Samaritan woman at the well, and wondering, “What happens when we become curious about ourselves?”

We are in week 3 of our worship series—Curious Church: Wondering Our Way Forward.

I’ve found that the best way to stay attuned to the leading of God’s Spirit is to come to God with curiosity. “What does the next season look like for us?” “How is God calling us to be a safe space here and now, at this time in history?”

So, in this series, we’re going to get curious together: what is God up to—in us, in our neighbors, and in the world? And how is God calling us forward?

This isn’t about having to “fix the church,” or having all the answers, but trusting that God is leading us to the incredible things we haven’t even imagined yet.

If you think about it, this is how Jesus taught—through questions and parables and invitations, rather than easy answers.

Today, curiosity leads us all the way back to the Babylonian exile.

We are in week 2 of our worship series—Curious Church: Wondering Our Way Forward.

A lot has happened in the past six years—both within our church, and in the world.

Pastor Heidi says, "Through it all, we’ve stayed attuned to where God is leading, allowing the Spirit to direct our every move. And I’m proud of that. And yet, I find myself wondering, what does the next season look like for us? How is God calling us to be a safe space here and now, at this time in history?"

So, in this series, we’re going to get curious together: what is God up to? What’s God doing in this moment—in us, in our neighbors, and in the world? And how is God calling us forward? This isn’t about having to “fix the church,” or having all the answers, but opening ourselves to the movement of God’s Spirit, trusting that God is leading us to the incredible things we haven’t even imagined yet.

If you think about it, this is how Jesus taught—through questions and parables and invitations, rather than easy answers.

Today, curiosity leads us all the way back to the wilderness.

Our world feels like it’s one of those dryer balls tumbling around in a clothes dryer—tumultuous presidential elections, civil unrest from just about every corner as people have reached the breaking point—sick of being pushed to the margins and ignored for centuries.

The relationship between the church and greater culture had drastically changed. Trends that we had been seeing for years have finally come to a head—people are worshiping less often, and the likelihood that someone new will walk into the church is as likely as someone attending a wedding they weren’t invited to. People are less likely to check ‘Christian’ on a survey, but more likely to Google, ‘How do I live a meaningful life?’ Many people don’t trust religion, but they are yearning for God.

We're beginning a multi-week series where we're going to get curious together. We'll ask what is God up to? What’s God doing in this moment—in us, in our neighbors, and in the world? And how is God calling us forward?

This isn’t about having to “fix the church,” or having all the answers, but opening ourselves to the movement of God’s Spirit, trusting that God is leading us to the incredible things we haven’t even imagined yet.

If you think about it, this is how Jesus taught—through questions and parables and invitations, rather than easy answers.

Today, curiosity leads us back to our roots—What did “being the church” look like in the beginning? Is there anything we can recover from those roots today?

Jesus calls us to make some good trouble, to turn the world upside down.

For the past few weeks, we’ve been taking a look at some occasions in scripture when people of faith had “holy meltdowns”—when pillars of our faith like Moses, Jonah, and Elijah had big emotions.

Because right now, there seem to be a lot of big emotions in the world. Something that might have bothered or annoyed us before, now has the potential to really set us off. It’s like we each have less of an emotional buffer, and then when you put us all together in society, we feed off each other and reactions get really intense really quickly.

Traditionally, the church has told us that "good" or "faithful" Christians don't let their emotions get the best of them. But the truth is, there are times in everyone's life when they have "big emotions." Sometimes, even the most faithful people—those who love God and serve Christ with their whole lives reach a breaking point. In this series, we’re looking at these “holy meltdowns” to see how God worked in or through them, and think about how God works through us, too, in similar situations.

We’ve looked at holy meltdowns in the prophets and in Jesus himself, and today we see a different kind of moment—a relational meltdown between two apostles: Paul and Barnabas.

For the past few weeks, we have been taking a look at some occasions in scripture when people of faith had “holy meltdowns”—when pillars of our faith like Moses, Jonah, and Elijah had big emotions.

Because right now, there seems to be a lot of big emotions in the world. Many—if not most—of us are struggling with something: grief, sadness or depression, anxiety, anger… because life seems to be particularly “lifey” right now, and then add to that a news cycle, and media that seem to play on our emotions, and it’s a perfect storm to create holy meltdowns here and now.

Traditionally, though, the church tells us that "good" or "faithful" Christians don't let their emotions get the best of them. But the truth is, there are times in everyone's lives when they have "big emotions." In this series, we’re looking at these “holy meltdowns” to see how God worked in or through them, and think about how God works through us, too, in similar situations.

Today, we look at Peter and the infamous story of his regret.

What was Jesus so mad about, anyway?

In this series, Holy Meltdowns, we’re taking a look at some occasions in scripture when people of faith had big emotions—like Moses hitting a rock, Jonah getting bitter, Jesus flipping tables, and more.

Because right now, there seems to be a lot of big emotions in the world right now. Many people—I would go as far to say “most of us”—are feeling overwhelmed by life and the news cycle, and we’re responding in ways that we may not normally—getting angry, impatient, frustrated, sad, or feeling hopeless.

Traditionally, the church tells us that "good" or "faithful" Christians don't let their emotions get the best of them. But the truth is, there are times in everyone's lives when they have "big emotions." In this series, we’ll see how God worked in or through these “holy meltdowns” and think about how God works through us, too, when we have big emotions.

Today, we’re looking at Elijah’s meltdown.

God asks Jonah "Do you do well to be angry?" It's a question we should all ask ourselves. As the world swirls through a period of division and change, when things don't turn out as we had planned, do we do well to be angry? Guest speaker, Rev. Sharon Seyfarth Garner, delivers an inspiring message that encourages us to stay curious, not judgmental.