Do you ever feel like Charlie Brown at Christmas? Does it feel like joy is elusive, that your gentle parenting is failing, that your anxiety keeps rising?

God invites you to be joyful, gentle, and anxiety-free, and he reminds us that the power to be joyful, gentle, and anxiety-free is not something that comes from you or me. It comes from the Lord, because the Lord is near.

Listen to this week's sermon to hear how Jesus' nearness enables our joy.

All the signs are there. If you are looking - if you're paying attention - then you know that Jesus could come at any time. Are you ready?

Listen to this week's sermon to learn how to watch and wait for Jesus to return, and why that's so important.

Would you rather have a God who grieves over tragedy, or one who prevents it? What about a God who reverses tragedy?

One of those three things feels rare, but happens far more often than you know. The other two happen all the time without exception.

As you face the reality and pain of loss and death, a look into Jesus' tear-filled eyes will answer your doubts and soothe your fears.

The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms lays out the rights and freedoms that we believe are essential for a free and democratic society, things like: life, liberty, and personal security, freedom of religion, expression, and peaceful assembly.

If someone threatened those rights, how would you feel? If someone tried to limit those freedoms, what would you do?

The Apostle Paul advises the absurd: we put up with anything rather than hinder the gospel of Christ.

There is a world - far more commonplace than you may think (or hope) - in which it is better for a Christian to give up his rights in service to the Gospel and to other people.

Listen to this week's sermon to find out when you should consider doing the same.

Finish this sentence: I would truly be happy if only ________.

Don't we often do that - impose conditions on our happiness the depend on the circumstances of our life? But whether you finished the sentence with "I had more money" or "more free time" or "less stress," how do we ever know how much money or free time is enough? Or how much stress is too much?

Thankfully we don't have to depend on the circumstances of our lives to be content. God teaches us the secret to be content all the time. Listen to this week's sermon to learn that secret.

A parent’s definition of “clean” often is very different than a child’s definition of “clean.” Just ask them to wash their hands before dinner and you'll know what I mean.

The same is true for you and your Heavenly Father. You may have one idea of cleanliness. God's standard is invariably higher. And yet, so is his grace.

Listen to this week's sermon to hear how dirty hearts come clean before God.

Sometimes it can feel inconvenient to set aside time to be with Jesus. You’re too busy. You’ll have more time later in the day or later in your life to figure it out. But when Jesus interrupts your routine and intercedes for you, you’ll find that not only was it at just the right time for him to help you, but also just the right time for you to glorify him.

If you were laid up in the hospital and someone asked you, “Why do you want to get better?” how would you answer? "I want to be healed so that I can live without pain again, so that I can go hiking, so that I can enjoy travel, etc…" Those things are nice, but as Christians who recognize where our health and healing come from we understand that God has a better answer for us. Listen to this week's sermon to find out what that plan is.

Aren't homegrown vegetables simply better than the ones you buy at the grocery store or even the farmer's market? Somehow they're sweeter, juicier, generally more delicious. You get a sense of satisfaction from reaping the rewards of your hard work.

The Apostle Paul said something similar about our spiritual lives - you reap what you sow. If you try to please your sinful nature, you will reap destruction. If you sow to please the Spirit, you will reap eternal life.

Listen to this week's sermon to find out exactly what that means for you.

Can you imagine pledging money to Poilievre’s campaign but voting for Trudeau? How about rooting for the Oilers at Roger’s Place in the battle of Alberta while wearing a Flame’s jersey? The two things don’t go together! You'd be a two-faced, double-minded hypocrite!

But here's the thing, while we can come up with all kinds of historical or hypothetical examples of hypocrisy, it’s not always as easy or as pleasant to uproot our own.

Listen to this week's sermon to examine your own hypocrisy when it comes to serving the Lord with all faithfulness.