An essential part of spiritual health is a regular intake of truth. The average American takes in 12.2 hrs of media a day, but how much of that media is actually the kind of truth that our souls need?

Most of us want to be a part of something more significant than our own individual happiness or success, and if we're not we languish spiritually. Today we identified three ways to describe the mission Jesus calls us to, and how we can start living with a greater sense of mission.

We continued our Dry Bones Rising series by considering the importance of fellowship: What is fellowship, really? Do church services really matter? As the threat of COVID diminishes, is returning to physical churches important?

14 months ago life changed. After all this time of pandemic life, many of us are feeling spiritually dry. Over the next few weeks, we'll be considering practical steps we can take to "come to life" spiritually. This week we started with the topic of prayer. Our spiritual vitality is directly connected to our relationship with God, and without communication there is no relationship. We identified five modes of prayer and why they are all valuable.

One time, Jesus said something so upsetting a crowd immediately tried to throw him off a cliff. What got them so upset? We identified the root of their rage, and what it teaches us about humanity.

This week we concluded our "After Easter" series with more reflection on the outpouring of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost: What does it mean to be "filled with the Holy Spirit"? What does the Holy Spirit DO? We looked to Jesus' teaching in John 14-16 for answers.

This week we came to the final event in our After Easter series: the outpouring of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost. We considered why this event is "a new Sinai that reverses Babel," and how to think about the topic of "speaking in tongues" today.

One post-resurrection event that is rarely talked about is Jesus' ascension. We talk a lot about his birth, his death, and his resurrection, but rarely the ascension. This week we considered: What actually happened when Jesus ascended? Why did he ascend? Why was it better for him to ascend than to stay in earth in his resurrected body?

This week we looked at another one of Jesus' post-resurrection appearances: breakfast on the beach with his disciples. This story can be a special source of encouragement for any of us carrying guilt and shame from past mistakes.