The shepherds waiting in the field were at the bottom of society. They were the forgotten, the unknown. They had no reason to believe that they rated a grand announcement…
Peace is something we often say that we want. But how often do we chase after it? How often do we define peace by the terms of idleness? Yet idleness…
In your early childhood, you learn to deal with anxiety, and that learned response carries over through your whole life. We think that the solution to anxiety is in our…
It’s easy for things to pile up, and if we aren’t careful, for anxiety to come and stop us in our tracks. So what is the antidote? It is the…
Righteousness is one of those words where we’ve lost its significance. It’s so far out of reach we put it out of our minds. But Paul is telling us there…
God is not just a starter, God is a finisher. Look around at this church. It is easy to look at it and think that all the great things have…
As we journey to hope, sometimes that can be complicated. Hope is one of those things that feels good to say, but when we look for it, can be hard…
We don’t like to wait, do we? We trust that God keeps his promises, but it is difficult to be patient. But that’s how faith works. We are given just…
What if someone came up to you and said ‘you’re one of them’?” We build places of trust and belonging based on the idea that there has to be a them. But…
Lance wraps up the sermon series by remembering an old SNL sketch, “A Thanksgiving Miracle,” of a bickering holiday family brought together by the power of song. “Sometimes we need…
Today’s message is from the Book of James, and that means that Ken is continuing his lifelong goal to get the church to love the Book of James as much…
To show the ways that faith and works are intertwined, Lance tells the stories of churches that stepped out in faith, preparing for a future that was not yet fulfilled…