This week many of us had a lot on our minds: the Ahmaud Arbery shooting. The Pandemic. COVID-19 conspiracies. How should we in the Church be processing these things?

If you are asked to describe yourself, what words come to mind? In Jesus' Sermon on the Mount, he used two metaphors to describe who we are: salt of the earth, and the light of the world. We considered what these metaphors mean, and what it might look like when we receive them as our identity. (NOTE: We have significantly improved our audio quality this week.)

This week we continued our reflection on the Beatitudes - Jesus' counterintuitive descriptions of what it looks like to be blessed. This week we considered: What does it mean to be merciful? What does it mean to be pure of heart? What does it mean to be a peacemaker? And what does all this mean for us living in this unusual time?

At the beginning of the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus made eight proclamations about what it looks like to be "blessed." These proclamations, known as "the beatitudes," aren't what we'd normally say before a #blessed social media post. In fact they're the opposite. These blessings are always relevant, but they are especially important to remember when we're in the midst of difficult times.

This Easter Sunday we explored John's account of the Resurrection and what it suggests about how we come to believe in the Resurrection, and how the Resurrection can transform us (NOTE: This recording was part of our livestream service and contains a time of prayer, communion, and two worship songs).

This Good Friday, we reflect on what Jesus' seven sayings on the cross reveal about who God is and what He has done for us.

There's a theme in Palm Sunday that is both easy to miss and very relevant for us now: Disappointment. The crowds celebrated Jesus because they thought he was going to enact their agenda, but as he rode into Jerusalem his chosen means of transportation (a donkey) hinted that wouldn't be the case. As we face our own disappointments in the midst of the coronavirus outbreak, Palm Sunday has an important lesson to teach us.

In a time like this, how we in the Church think about certain topics can have enormous consequences. We considered three topics that are especially relevant in this time.

Scriptures Referenced: Scriptures Referenced: Genesis 1; 1 Corinthians 12:14 - 18; Mark 12:31; Luke 13:1 - 5; John 9:1 - 3

As our world faces the coronavirus "storm," a story from the Gospels about Jesus calming a storm has several important lessons to teach us (NOTE: Like last week, this is an audio recording of our livestream service during the Coronavirus outbreak and includes a time of prayer).

This week through a livestream service we considered how what we've been learning about in Revelation can help give us perspective about what's happening with Coronavirus. (NOTE: This recording includes a time of prayer and some extended silences as prayer requests were received during the livestream)