A collaboration with Practicing the Way. Very few modern Western followers of Jesus fast. But through the history of the church, it was considered just as central as reading the Bible or gathering for church. Fasting is one of the best disciplines we have to reintegrate our mind to our body and offer our whole selves to God in surrender.

How can our shame be redeemed? How can we invite more of God's kingdom into this life through the healthy confrontation of shame? The third and final teaching in our mini series on Shame, from Luke 8:40-48.

From our fall mini-series on Shame. As people made up of stories, what happens to the stories we tell ourselves when shame invades our inner world?

How does shame find its way into our lives and our stories? In this first teaching from our mini-series on shame, we look to Genesis to explore the roots of shame and how it is used by the enemy. From Genesis 3:1-13.

From Colossians 3:1-11. Be true to yourself...but which self? We look to the Apostle Paul to explore how we distinguish our true self from our false self, and learn how to grow into the people we were created to be.

From the series "Being with Jesus." John 21:14-19.

From the series "Being with Jesus." John 13:1-17

From the series "Being with Jesus." In John 11:1-37, everyone expects Jesus to do the miraculous and save his dying friend but Jesus surprises them by waiting and grieving, like they do.

From the series "Being with Jesus." In John 5:1-9, a paralytic waits at a healing pool for nearly forty years when he meets Jesus.

From the series "Being with Jesus." In John 4:1-26, a woman of mixed race with a colorful sexual past encounters Jesus.