While taking your time to figure out what you believe is important and should be celebrated, now the actual works begins. You cannot just sit on what you believe and not allow it to inform every aspect of your life. You have to allow your orthodoxy to move you to orthopraxy, and then allow your orthopraxy to then further inform your orthodoxy. In other words, you have to act on what you believe and then allow what you see and experience while you’re “doing” to inform what you believe.

Choose Love. Be the Light. Change the World. This Sunday Alex finishes his sermon series explaining why these words represent not only everything about who we are and what we stand for as Christians, but also our goal as a church community.

For the last five years, at the end of every service, we have been saying the words: Choose Love. Be the Light. Change the World. But what exactly does this mean and why do we say it every week? This Sunday Alex begins the journey to answer why this tagline summarizes everything important at First Pres.

One year ago, we were celebrating Easter in an empty sanctuary with a lot of unanswered questions. This year, there’s a light at the end of the tunnel and the resurrection of Jesus is a moment that can help us reflect on the past, while at the same time finding a way forward.

What exactly was Jesus trying to achieve on Palm Sunday? What were his motivations for going into the Temple Courtyard and causing so much chaos? This Sunday we discuss one of the most misunderstood events in Jesus’ life and ministry.

In our parable for this Sunday, Jesus poses an inherently difficult question: Is there such thing as honest money? The answer may surprise you as we examine how Jesus views money and the purposes it can achieve.