Westside Church

Conversation with Bill Mahnke regarding mental health, including anxiety, depression and resources for mental illness.

Often our religious traditions get in the way of our hearts connecting with Jesus. What is pure? What is true? How do we rediscover the real gospel in the midst of our religious traditions? It happens as we focus on our hearts changing before our behavior changes.

Read some closing thoughts from our Lead Pastor, Steve Mickel, here: https://www.facebook.com/563721381/posts/10156504433736382/

Worry kills happiness, trust and identity.

We want our lives to matter. That which lasts comes through sacrifice and commitment. A day of counting the cost and committing to the cause of Jesus, come hell or high water. For the sake of our families, our schools, our societies.

It has been said (not written) which means the standing interpretation of these passages from the OT were wrong. Jesus unpacks the traditional views on murder, adultery, divorce, swearing oaths, revenge, treatment of enemies and in doing so establishes a new ethic and a better way to live in relationships.

Whether you’re starting a family, raising a family, or wondering if family’s worth the effort, this series will provide direction and hope by showing how the way of Jesus informs how we relate to each other.

We experience conflict in family because of a violation of our core values. Identifying those values and acknowledging that only God can truly meet our needs is the first step towards healthy relationships.

Don’t let go of the ideal in light of the real. As the Apostles applied the way of Jesus to our relationships, they gave us an ideal to live into. But our real life experiences often fall short of this ideal. Rather than changing or softening the ideal, hold onto it and lean into it.