Many of us feel ruled by our to-do list. Our lives are full of errands, activities, college application padding, and oftentimes church commitments. It’s hard to be present with friends or focused at work, and silence is impossible to come by. Why do...

Today we tend to idolize our work as a fulfilling, life calling, exploit work for wealth and status, or curse it because it doesn’t provide any of that. Sometimes we do all three. Too often we forget that work is a gift from God; a gift that has been...

American finances are in a strange spot.  From a global perspective,  many Americans live lives of apparent wealth.  Americans still have more comfort and security and luxury at their finger tips than most people in the world will ever...

So often we spend our lives believing the content of the Gospel, but don’t see how it shapes our lives.  We understand that the coming of the Kingdom in the Cross of Christ is the most important news in the world, but how does it really change the way...

Jesus continues to unpack his ideas of status, but significantly, he does it at the foot of Mount Zion, moments before making his ascent into the city where he will give his life for the life of the world.  Today’s passage questions our ideas of glory...

In this week’s passage Jesus describes how status works in the Kingdom, and as usually it is pretty upside down.  What we are going to find is that when worth and importance are given as a gift, no one can boast, and the result is a culture in which...

In this Sunday’s passage, Jesus challenges our American pursuit of happiness.  He calls us to center our lives not around our own goals, but on the goals of the Kingdom.  Join us this Sunday to learn how we can rediscover our purpose and follow Jesus...

If you’re a parent, you know what it’s like to feel the weight of responsibility to care for and love your children.  In our efforts to love them, bless them and give them a hope for the future, we often try to be for them what only Jesus is, the...

Over the past 100 years our country has undergone enormous changes in how we understand marriage.  We live in a culture that enthrones sexuality and romance, and yet marriage is on a steep decline.  Few of us even know why anyone would pursue...

This Sunday Jesus continues to shape how his people will address the reality of sin in their midst.  This is a contentious issue for many of us because we have such negative associations with legalistic churches.  It’s hard to imagine a way to take...