We're quick to judge others by outwards actions and practices. While actions matter, Jesus reminds us that true integrity and transformation begins in the heart. Pastor Jon talks about how we can do the simple work of paying attention to our hearts first.

Faith is a gift of God which works to carry out the grandest designs of love, grace, and caring through quiet and ordinary people like us.

God calls us to simple commitment and devotion to act concretely on behalf of our neighbors and what is good.

The grace and love of God are like mustard seeds and yeast, relentless catalysts that grow and change our lives and our community, bringing the kingdom and community God intended near to us.

It's not our job to separate the wheat from the weeds, but simply to care so that all may flourish.

Spreading God's wisdom and new way of life inevitably confronts real world challenges. This new life for us and our communities requires open hearts, prepared to understand our responsibility to care for others and honor the one who created us.

In humility and trust, we're called to listen and receive the wisdom of God's grace, knowing that God's love and truth is available to us and to all. In following this gracious wisdom, we will see its value and abundant effects come alive in our community and society.

God calls on us to speak out against injustice and exploitation, and instead pursue a world of peace where all are accepted and loved.

Jesus called his followers to a wider circle of commitment, which he knew would cause disruption to a social order shaped profoundly by families and tribes. Today, in faith, we carry on the call to love every neighbor.

Jesus called his students to form a new community based in a message of good news that extended into every realm of life, bringing healing and hope.