Invitation to Leadership — Power

Invitation to Leadership — Power

We start a three-sermon series on how God invites us to be leaders in the world by looking at the idea of how power plays a role in our leadership. But it’s often not the way the world sees power. Through the story of two midwives, we learn that we are called to...
Invitation to Listen

Invitation to Listen

We explore the second half of the story of Elijah and see how we, too, can be blown over by violent winds of life, have the world shake underneath us like an earthquake, and be burned by the flames of our mistakes in life. When we pause, though, to truly listen for...
Invitation to Be Humble

Invitation to Be Humble

We start a two-week series on the most famous story involving Elijah. In this first installment, we hear the story of how Elijah mocked the 450 prophets of Baal, and through his actions we learn that even the most beloved of our biblical heroes make mistakes — just...
Invitation to Wrestle

Invitation to Wrestle

We use the story of Jacob wrestling with the mysterious man along the Jabbok River to sort through how we all wrestle with major decisions, and at times with our faith. God doesn’t mind. In fact, God rewards Jacob for holding on and not giving up. We can receive...
Bearing Fruit

Bearing Fruit

We use the parable of the sewer and Jesus’ statement about being the “True Vine” to share how we have to prune things from our lives that prevent us from grafting Jesus fully into our lives, and then we have to prepare our spiritual soil so we can...