Click/tap here to view the Sermon Reflection Guide. Why do bad things happen to good people? This is a question humans have been asking for millennia. Whether it’s illness, injustice, or a natural disaster, personal and global suffering often leaves us wondering, “How could a good and powerful God allow this?” In this sermon, we will explore some o…

Click/tap here to view the Sermon Reflection Guide. There is nothing like fulfilling a dream! It feels magical when all your plans and hard work bring you to the finish line of something you’ve always wanted. But what do you do when you hit a dead end and your hard work adds up to nothing? Or worse, what do you do when your dream shatters before yo…

Click/tap here to view the Sermon Reflection Guide There is nothing like fulfilling a dream! It feels magical when all of your plans and hard work bring you to the finish line of something you’ve always wanted. But what do you do when you hit a dead end and your hard work adds up to nothing? Or worse, what do you do when your dream shatters before …

Click/tap here to view the Sermon Reflection Guide. Dreams unlock our potential. When God plants them in our hearts, He equips each of us with a unique set of skills and gifts to pursue them. But turning those God-given dreams into reality is difficult. It’s one thing to believe that dreams are from God and carry power; it’s another to stay committ…

Click/tap here to view the Sermon Reflection Guide. Do you ever dream? Not just in sleep, but during the day—thinking about the big, perhaps impossible things you would love to see happen in your life. Some of us have stopped dreaming altogether, deciding that dreams are nothing more than sentimental distractions. Or maybe we've tucked our dreams a…

Click/tap here to view the Sermon Reflection Guide Do you have eyes to see and ears to hear? Jesus frequently asked this question of the crowds that gathered to listen to him—not because he doubted whether they were paying attention but because he wanted to know if their hearts were open to receive his message. Many who had the chance to meet Jesus…

Click/tap here to view the Sermon Reflection Guide The start of a new year is all about vision-casting for the future in our culture. We set goals, we make resolutions, and we dream about who we might be when this year comes to its end. Yet no matter how much we plan, there is always uncertainty about what awaits us in the year ahead, and navigatin…

על ידי Rev. Chelsea Peddecord

על ידי Rev. Chelsea Peddecord

על ידי Rev. Stephen Lohoefer

על ידי Rev. Matt Tuggle

על ידי Rev. Paul Rasmussen

Click/tap here to see the Sermon Reflection Guide. One of the most common questions people ask a pastor is, “What is God’s will for my life?” This is a nearly universal question because we all hunger to do something meaningful with our lives. But what if our calling is less about what we do and more about who we are becoming? Through the example of…

על ידי Rev. Paul Rasmussen

על ידי Rev. Chip Robertson

Click/tap here to view the Sermon Reflection Guide We all want to experience Christmas. That’s why we fill our calendars with office parties, carriage rides, and trips to the mall to see Santa. But Christmas isn’t just about the festive parties! If we’re not careful, Christmas will come and go, and we will be so busy and distracted that we’ll miss …

Click/tap here to view the Sermon Reflection Guide. Fifty yards. This is the distance that lepers had to maintain between themselves and everyone else—including spouses, family, and friends. This week, we’ll explore the powerful story of Jesus healing 10 lepers. He changes their whole lives, freeing them from both their physical pain and the emotio…

Click/tap here to view the Sermon Reflection Guide. In a world full of tension and conflict, is there really anything we can do to make things better? Creating change within one strained relationship is hard enough—much less the whole world! As it turns out, God has given us an invaluable tool that can transform the way we deal with one another: ki…

Click/tap here to view the Sermon Reflection Guide. Our culture celebrates efficiency. We prioritize getting from Point A to Point B as quickly as possible, and we are good at it! But what if closing the gap between problem and solution isn’t always the goal? Some things—like heartache, grief, and struggle— cannot be rushed. Though we crave instant…

על ידי Rev. Chip Roberston

Click/tap here to view the Sermon Reflection Guide. The average adult makes about 35,000 decisions per day, large and small. That’s an unbelievable number! Every day, we find ourselves at forks in the road and have to choose which path to proceed down. Many are referring to this election and the outcomes afterward as a big fork in the road for our …

Click/tap here to view the Sermon Reflection Guide. Do you ever have to deal with mean people? Of course you do, and it's really hard! As people of faith, how are we supposed to respond to the mean people we encounter? Do we return mean with mean? After all, "getting even" sounds really nice. And surely we shouldn't just tolerate meanness. That doe…

Click/tap here to view the Sermon Reflection Guide. We all have regrets about things we've done, decisions we've made, or people we've hurt. Sometimes by accident. Sometimes with intention. The impact of yesterday's choices often leads to a heart full of pain and chaos today. What do you do when the past just won't stay away from the present? What …

Click/tap here to view the Sermon Reflection Guide. “I'd give anything for a moment of peace!” How many of us have said that? We just want a little peace from the stress, from the chaos, from the pressure, from the kids, from work. We all get to that place where even the strongest among us want a break. We turn to things we can do, take, drink, use…

על ידי Rev. Chip Robertson

Click/tap here to view the Sermon Reflection Guide. As people of faith, we regularly celebrate the sacrament of Holy Communion. In its simplest form, Holy Communion is a worship moment when we memorialize Jesus' last meal with his disciples. During the meal, Jesus announces to them that He will be arrested and crucified. Pretty heavy stuff. Yet, Je…

Click/tap here for the Sermon Reflection Guide “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.” For thousands of years and throughout generations, devout Jews have been reciting these words as part of a daily prayer called the Shema. It is one of the most important prayers in history for all of God’s p…

Tap/click here for the sermon reflection guide! Martin Luther King Jr. once said, “He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love.” Put simply, as we seek to cultivate a life with God where love will grow, forgiveness has the potential to be either a springboard or a hindrance for us. Yet, it is more often talked about than…

Click here to view the Sermon Reflection Guide. Love is a very important word in our vocabulary. Jesus seems to proclaim it’s the most important word of all, and the Apostle Paul lists it first among the nine Fruits of the Spirit. But what does it really mean? Is it a feeling? Is it an action? Is it both? If love is so important, we better understa…

Click here to view the Sermon Reflection Guide. In our new series, Cultivate, we've been reminded by Scripture that we can’t make the fruits of the Holy Spirit grow in our lives; only God can do that! But we can cultivate environments where fruit is more likely to grow. Before we engage with each fruit in particular, we need to first consider a cru…

על ידי Rev. Chip Robertson

Click here to view the Sermon Reflection Guide. “Turn the other cheek” might just be one of Jesus’ most difficult sayings. Does he really mean that when others mistreat us, we should allow them to continue? On the contrary! This sermon delves into the context behind this passage and the surprising dignity it offers us as God’s children, made in God…

Click here to view the Sermon Reflection Guide. Love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. Last week, we started a new sermon series: Cultivate. We were reminded by the apostle Paul that when we “walk by the Spirit,” God will grow these fruits within us. Sounds easy, but who exactly is the Spirit? Wh…

Love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. What a list! Who wouldn’t want a little more of any of those blessings in our lives? Who wouldn’t want more of any of those blessings in our community? It turns out that God longs to bless creation—not just a little—but with an abundance of every one of thos…

על ידי Rev. Chip Robertson

על ידי Rev. Chip Robertson

על ידי Rev. Chip Robertson

על ידי Courtney Bond

על ידי Courtney Bond

על ידי Rev. Stephen Lohoefer

על ידי Rev. Stephen Lohoefer

על ידי Rev. Stephen Lohoefer

על ידי Rev. Paul Rasmuseen

על ידי Rev. Paul Rasmussen

על ידי Rev. Paul Rasmussen

על ידי Hannah Buchanan

על ידי Rev. Paul Rasmussen

על ידי Rev. Paul Rasmussen

על ידי Rev. Chip Robertson