How the lights that surround us this time of year can remind us of wondrous truths revealed in the prologue to John's gospel.

Three ideas that can make your Christmas tree more meaningful.

We began our December series, "Seasonal Signs" today, where we're considering how the things we experience this time of year can point beyond themselves to the Gospel. This week's seasonal sign: Waiting.

This Sunday we continued our annual "Thanksgiving Sunday" tradition of hearing stories from people in our congregation about how God has worked in their lives.

Thank you Ron, Aerie, and Vicki!

This week we concluded our Apostle's Creed series by examining the remaining lines: I believe in... "the holy catholic church and the communion of saints" and "the resurrection of the body and the life everlasting." Why do we confess belief in the "catholic" church if we are non-denominational? What does it mean to say that we believe in "the communion of the saints"? Why do we confess belief in resurrection TWICE in the creed? We addressed these questions and more.

What does it mean for the Church to confess that "we believe in the forgiveness of sins?" To help us understand what it looks like to live out this confession, St. Paul's member Dean Collins shared a powerful story from his own life.

This week we looked at the line in the creed that is most likely to make us nervous: "He will come again to judge." How can we be ready for this day?

This week: "I believe in the Holy Spirit." Why is it important to confess believe in three divine persons? What did Jesus teach about the Holy Spirit? Why did Jesus compare the Spirit to "water"? We explored these questions and more.

This week we continued our journey through the Apostle's Creed with: "On the third day he rose again, he ascended to heaven and is seated at the right hand of the Father." We considered questions like: On a scale from 1-10, how important is the resurrection to Christian faith? How do we come to believe that Jesus is the risen Lord?

What does it mean that Jesus "ascended"?

This Sunday we looked at one of the lesser known (and understood) lines in the Creed: He descended to the dead. The previous line already said that "Jesus died," so why do we also say "he descended to the dead"? We considered the significance of Jesus *DESCENDING* to *THE* dead, and why this confession can help free us from fear.