Easter is not just a day to celebrate what happened at some point in the past. It is a day to remember what is happening here now, in the present…
When I hear the words “good news,” it feels good, doesn’t it? At the church, we love it. When we say “good news,” what does that mean? The idea of…
Lance remembers looking at his sons for the first time and thinking “who are you gonna be?” Expectations can overwhelm us. Come to the waters and remember that you belong…
Lance tells the story of a very odd thing: a king, born in a room for animals, lying in a feeding trough. As lowly an entrance as you could imagine.…
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…
When we meet the disciples in today’s story, they are still in the thickness of grief - and they remind Amanda a bit of toddlers being picked up after being…
As we begin a new series on “living as Easter People,” Eric tells us the story of the road to Emmaus - which, as he pictures it, is a bit…
We notice different things in different ways. Every time Lance returns to the Easter story, he finds a new perspective. The world prepares us to expect bad news. But when…
Lance wants this place to be the kind of church that hears the message that Jesus spoke and lives that message out. A church known for mercy, for grace, for…
Jesus told us to love all - and it’s important that, like Jesus, we don’t try to draw demarcations around what “all” means. This is the hallmark and cornerstone of…
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