In a gray zone, the temptation to escape is strong.  Jesus invites us to engage reality, feel our feelings and go to Him for comfort.

We are living in confusion and anxious times.  The temptation is to react with anger and despair.  God invites us to respond with lament and hope, two practices that can lead to greater intimacy with Him.

“Discipleship is the lifelong process of deepening surrender to Jesus.”  In this conclusion to the series "Follow Me", pastor Bill helps us to count the cost of following Jesus and NOT following Jesus, and invites us to surrender, more and more, to Jesus' wise and loving leadership and care.

As a young man (or teenager!), Daniel was carried away into exile and immersed in a foreign culture that was opposed to God.  And yet, Daniel managed to build a life in which he resisted the empire and remained faithful to God.  In this sermon, Pastor Bill talks about the importance of having a conscious and deliberate plan to keep Jesus at the center of our lives. 

How do we trust God when we can't feel God? How do we persevere in faith when God feels far away? Lament is God's gift to us so that we can keep praying and seeking Him no matter our circumstances.

What is the Kingdom?  How do we demonstrate it?  And how do we keep from burning out?  These are the questions we wrestle with as we continue to explore what it means to "do as Jesus did."

According to the New Testament, "witness" is not something you do, it's something you are.  Your whole life is a witness to who Jesus is and what He can do.  Come discover how Jesus engages people with spirituality reality, and how we can be faithful witnesses to the gospel.

Hospitality was at the center of Jesus' life and ministry.  In this sermon we explore the nature of hospitality, the cost of hospitality, and the fruit of hospitality.

If the goal is to follow Jesus and become like Him, how do we do this? Our lives need to be changed and transformed so that we look and act like Him. This sermon will present a framework for transformation as we slowly and deliberately train to become like Jesus. 

A life of apprenticeship to Jesus means being with Jesus, in order to become like Him and do as He does.  This sermon (the first of two) explores the process by which we change to become more like Jesus.