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Lament
February 19, 2020 by Joanna Hinks
"What are some reasons we stop lamenting as adults? Maybe there’s a sense that we don’t want to be a bother to others - after all, they have their own difficulties, many of them worse than ours. Is this situation really important enough to seek help from other people, let alone from God? And then of course there’s the way we as a culture idolize self-reliance and independence. Asking for help is seen as a sign of weakness, and it’s somehow virtuous to solve your own problems by your own strength. Or maybe we stop lamenting because we increasingly realize that our problems aren’t something that other people can readily fix. Whether it’s a medical condition, a broken relationship, or a struggle with sin or addiction, why would we lament if we don’t have hope that something or someone might help?" ...
Fresh Start
February 13, 2020 by Rachel Whippo
"I showed up to a Sunday morning service recently where Pastor Justin spoke the words: “Never stop starting,” and I am really trying (and often failing) to apply that throughout my life. This is the message of the Gospel: through Jesus we are always given a fresh start. He is there to cover our sins and our failures so we are free to “never stop starting,” to never stop being renewed, we're allowed to fail." ...
Lean In, Not Away
October 20, 2016 by Erin Butzin | Category: Gospel | Tags: love, ministry, city, grace, World, Lean in
"Can we know and still love?" That's the question....
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October 19, 2016 by Justin Edgar | Category: Gospel
The Lord knows us. He knows our wanderings and our tears, and He keeps an account, and then He enters in....
Keep ReadingFrom Every Nation
October 15, 2016 by Moon Yoon | Category: Gospel | Tags: gospel, friendship, love, ministry, culture, Intentionality, Race, Religion, Diversity, Ethnicity, Christianity, Differences
Sunday we heard a call to action for the Christian church. The Bible tells us that it is important for us to work towards uniting God's people together. It will help us to become outward oriented and compel us to humility, as we see the fallenness in ourselves and others and the glimpses of God's glory reflected in others around us....
Keep ReadingRace Reimagined Through the Gospel
October 12, 2016 by Pastor Jesse Harden | Category: Gospel | Tags: gospel, culture, Christ, Church, Race, Diversity, Ethnicity, Racism, Social Justice, Change
The Gospel not only reimagines race, it turns our conception of race in America on its head, completely upside down, and gives us a perspective and reality of a truly diverse people seen and celebrated for their distinctiveness while at the same time abolishing any and all disparity between them....
Keep ReadingFriendship Reimagined
October 7, 2016 by Bronwyn Siebert | Category: Gospel | Tags: friendship, Relationship, Life Together, Reimagined, One anothering
Friendship is the gospel with flesh on....
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