Week Two of our Advent series: Repeat the Sounding Joy, from Luke 2:25-35.

Week One of our Advent series: Repeat the Sounding Joy, from Luke 1:36-45.

A word from Matthew 16:24-26 on putting to death what must die in order to live into new life.

Real stories from real people about what Jesus does with our efforts to follow and obey him.

The last part of our Sabbath series. As people who aim to lead lives that point to Jesus, we look to how he, our Lord did Sabbath.

A collaboration with Practicing the Way. Sabbath isn’t just a day to stop, rest, and throw a feast in community. Ultimately, it’s a holy day — set apart for and dedicated to God himself. Early Christians called it “the Lord’s day.” It’s a weekly day of worship by which we cultivate a spirit of worship all week long. For more info, visit practicingtheway.org.

A collaboration with Practicing the Way. Sabbath is not an onerous day for dour religious duty but a life-giving day of delight — a weekly party. It’s a full day set aside to celebrate our life with God in his world. And it’s designed to be done in community, not alone. Few things are more provocative in the modern world than communities of joy. For more info, visit practicingtheway.org.

A collaboration with Practicing the Way. We hear about Sabbath rest and we imagine sleeping or taking a day off to chill. But Sabbath rest is a form of resistance. There are powerful forces — both external and internal — that war against a Sabbath spirituality. To sabbath will require that we resist. For more info, visit practicingtheway.org.

A collaboration with Practicing the Way. The word “sabbath” means “to stop.” In Genesis, God worked for six days but then he rested on the seventh. In doing so, he built a rhythm into the fabric of creation. When we live in alignment with this ancient rhythm, we find peace and joy, but when we fight it, we fracture our souls. For more info, visit practicingtheway.org.

A word from 1 Corinthians 9:24-27 on spiritual sustainability, and the next phase of True North.