No church "tune-up" is complete without talking about the (often dreaded) subject of giving. At least 2,350 verses in the Bible have to do with how we handle our money and our possessions, so we can't neglect the subject - whether we want to or not! What does the Bible teach about giving?

This week we continued to introduce our new vision slogan (Truth. Grace. Life.) by focusing on the second word: grace. John 1:14 says Jesus came "full of grace and truth." What does it look like when our church is "filled with grace," like Jesus?

We've decided to start 2019 with a new vision slogan: Truth. Grace. Life. This week we talked about the reason for the change, and the first word in the new slogan. What does it mean to be filled with truth? We identified six characteristics of what it looks like when we are filled with truth, like Jesus

The angels' announcement of Jesus' birth was actually a subversive political statement. This Christmas Eve, we considered its significance.

Christmas is a time when we want everything to be in place; a time where we want it to feel like all is right with the world. But often our experience of Christmas falls far short of our hope. This morning we talked about how Mary and Joseph's first Christmas must have fallen far short of their hope as well, and what we can learn from their messy first Christmas.

This week we started our three-part Christmas Reflections series by reflecting on Mary, the mother of Jesus. Some branches of the Church give a lot of attention to Mary, others hardly any. What should we think?

This week we finished our Seven Deadly Sins series with what some consider to be the root of all sin: Pride. We identified the difference between the good kind of pride and the bad kind of pride, why the bad kind of pride is so destructive, and why the Christmas story should humble us.

The deadly sin of greed is an excessive desire to possess wealth and material things. It is a destructive, spiritually blinding impulse. We considered three insights Jesus taught about greed, and the different ways greed can manifest itself in our lives. We also identified the root fears behind our greed, and why those fears are based in lies.

This week we looked at the deadly sin of lust. We considered what lust actually is, why it's dangerous, and how to deal with one particularly common manifestation of it in today's world.

This week we looked at the deadly sin that is probably the least talked about in the Church: gluttony, the sin of immoderation. In today's world of abundant food and entertainment options, gluttony is harder to avoid than ever before. How do we avoid falling into this trap?