On the first Sunday of Advent, Gideon Tsang discusses the importance of seasons of darkness in our spiritual journey, and the rhythms the church created in this season before Christmas. Reflection: Describe a time where you experienced a season of spiritual darkness. What were some lessons learned during that time? Which of the spiritual practices could you try during this [...]

Weylin Lee talks about how our spiritual formation needs to be more reflective of what it means to be a child. [1 John 3] Reflection: What are the some new questions we need to continue to ask in our journey of following Jesus? What are some rhythms that provide structure for our spiritual formation? How can we practice the difficult [...]

Gideon Tsang speaks about repentance as healing. [1 John 1] Reflection: In what ways can you give up judgement of yourself and others? How can you bring your full self into God’s loving light? What does a conversation on healing and repentance look like this coming week? Resources: Podcast: On Being – Repentance Book: Accidental Saints TED Radio: What can [...]

Jason Minnix speaks about truth that helps create margin in our lives through community. [Acts 2:42-47] Reflection: What one thing would make our lives simpler and open ourselves up to spiritual growth? Who are the people that make room for our humanity and spiritual growth? What’s is alive in us today? What is dying? What is being reborn?

Matthew Worthington speaks about what it means to imitate Christ and how we live that out. [Ephesians 4:25-5:2] Reflection: How can we be someone who is kind and useful to the greater community? How do we hold space for other people’s experiences and pain and hear their story? What does it look like for us to forgive they way Christ [...]

Terra McDaniel speaks about how Jesus works and uses us in spite of our rejection of God. [Mark 6:1-13] Reflection: When has God been something you have not expected? How have you been disappointed or even offended? How does God use those who are least expected? How is faith built and developed in community versus individually?

This Father’s Day, we hear the story of fathers as they share how being a father has shaped their journey of faith and understanding of God. [Psalm 128] Reflection: How is the God as a father metaphor helpful or hurtful? How has your experience with your own father shaped your understanding of God? What part of your experience needs healing? [...]

John Chandler speaks about what it means for the church to practice hospitality in a culture of hostility. [Acts 10] Reflection: How do we invite conversation and dialogue in how we live the church? What does it mean to open ourselves up to see and recognize the image of God in others? What are your biases and labels that impact [...]

Jason Minnix speaks about Jesus’ habits of listening to himself, God/wisdom, and other people. Often times we only listen in one or two of these areas of our lives, yet spiritual discernment is fostered as we dabble in all three. [Mark 1:35-39] Reflection: Where am I being invited to listen/empathize more deeply – with my self, with God/wisdom, or with [...]

Terra McDaniel speaks about some attributes of Jesus that we sometimes overlook in our interaction and engagement with God. [Luke 13:31-35] Reflection: In what ways have we experienced the nurturing aspect of God in our lives? What would it look like to have a God who demonstrates mothering attributes and impacts how we make decisions and engage with God?