Love at first sight… It’s the dream, right? You see them from across the room… or you walk away from a job interview… or the credits roll on the latest social justice documentary… and it’s all you can think about! “How incredible would it be if I could? If we were able to? If I made that kind of impact?” but is that really love? Is that how it works? Can we just see something from a distance and in a moment commit our lives to it?

This week at the Gathering Paul Knapp will explored the mysteries of love, and what it truly could mean to love it.

Beyond Happiness.  That is what we've been looking at this month. How to live in a way that is beyond happiness.

It certainly isn't easy.  There are no short cuts.  Yet, Jesus seems to continue to hold out this hope that there is a way to frame life, live life that can move us in this direction.

This Sunday at Storyline's Gathering Mike Gathright concluded this series by taking one more look at how Jesus lived and what He is inviting us in to.

We all want to be happy. Yet, statistics overwhelmingly show that Americans fall short of this goal. In a world where we have more money, comfort, and free-time than ever before, why are we as a society becoming less and less happy?

This Sunday at Storyline’s Gathering, Jill McNabnay continued our series of talks on “Beyond Happiness,” and will explore what does it take to make us happy. 

In an Instagram, Facebook, snap-twit world, the pressure is on...to have yourself together, to always be at your best, succeed, win, shine and smile, to be happy.  It is an alluring goal but one that alludes most of us much of the time.

Last week we discovered Jesus lived an emotionally rich life, never scared of negative feelings, yet never giving in to living according to them.  This Sunday at Storyline's Gathering Mike Gathright explored how He did that and what it might look like for us to live as Jesus did, beyond happiness.

Life presents us with many ups and downs, problems and celebrations, regrets, disappointments and successes...all kinds of reasons to experience a variety of emotions.  What would life be like without feelings?  Flat, dry, bland - lifeless.  Yet, our emotions can present us with a real challenge as well - how do we deal with how we feel?  

This Sunday at Storyline's Gathering Mike Gathright began a new series - "Beyond Happiness" - by considering the ingenious way Jesus approached his emotions which both empowered and enriched his life.

In 2008 it would have cost a company 2.7 million dollars to purchase a 30-second advertisement during the super bowl. This year, just 11 years later, the price is doubled. For a measly 30 seconds, it will cost organizations 5.2 million dollars to tell the world why their product is the best. That is what 30 seconds of our time is worth...  But are we really paying attention?

This week at the gathering Paul Knapp and some fellow Storyliners parlayed some of the best commercials over their years with their story, and hopefully, uncovered the secret beauty behind the art of advertisement. 

Shocked. Surprised.  Unexpected things can be either one, right?  Sometimes, maybe even both...

This Sunday Mike Gathright concluded our series, Unexpected, by considering one last shocking and surprising way that God shows up in our real, everyday lives.  

So much about life is unexpected, right?  Death and taxes are the only thing that is certain.  For some God and faith is a certainty, yet Jesus presents a God and a faith that is anything but!

This Sunday at Storyline's Gathering Mike Gathright continued our exploration of the Unexpectedness of God and how it just might be our way toward an Unprecedented Life.

Happy New Year!  2019 sounds like the year a science fiction film begins, doesn't it?  Well, like it or not this is where we are.  The question is, WHO are we gonna be this year?

This Sunday at Storyline's Gathering Mike Gathright considered the shocking call of God about who we need to be, and who we get to be, this year.  

Jesus has come! A savior has been born into the world! Now what? Is this the Jesus we expected? Is he the Jesus we wanted and hoped for...? 

This week at the Gathering, Paul Knapp took a deep dive into the life of Jesus asking these questions around a savior who was unexpected.