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We live in a world where millions of people go hungry every day, while millions more have so much food that they don't know what to do with it. Throughout history, we find that fasting is one of the main practices followers of Jesus have adopted to move in love toward the hungry and the poor. This week, we explore fasting, not just as a practice for personal transformation, but as a means for gene...

All throughout Scripture, we see fasting and prayer go together. You can pray without fasting, and fast without praying, but there's something special that happens when the two are combined. Fasting is a practice that both amplifies God's voice to us and our voice to God. This week, we explore the power of fasting to help us hear God more clearly, and release His power and breakthrough in our live...

"Living The Dream"

We want to live comfortable life’s. The idea of self-denial or delayed gratification seems so foreign to our culture. Yet, Jesus once said, “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves.” Fasting is one of the best ways to cultivate a heart of self-denial. We find that as we fast, we’re able to tap into the Spirit’s power that purifies us and transforms our whole selves. This week, we cont...

Fasting is one of the most misunderstood and least practiced spiritual disciplines in the Church today. Simply put, we just don't fast anymore. But that wasn't always the case. For over a thousand years, fasting was a core practice in the life of the average follower of Jesus. What might we recapture if we began fasting again? What beauty and breakthrough awaits us in this ancient practice? This w...

We all carry longings and unmet desires in this life -- and for the singles longing for marriage, that's one demographic the church often shies away from. Is singleness just a "waiting room" we are forced to pass the time in? Or is there an inner transformation in our hearts and minds that God invites us to experience? This week, join us as we study the power of perseverance at work in our deepest...

“A Prayer Against Desensitization”

Culture has a lot to say about love and marriage. The movies we watch, the music we listen to, the stories we learn, all shape our understanding of what marriage is. But is everything we've learned about marriage good and true? This week we explore common myths associated relationships, and ask what God has to say about the matter.

When we are truly present with people, we begin to see them as God sees them. We come to discover that people are not problems to be solved. They are mysteries to be explored. This week, we explore the story of Barnabas and how God calls us to draw out the best in one another.

“A Prayer For The Brokenhearted”

If we were to be completely honest with ourselves, most of us struggle being fully present with others, especially those who are most important to us. We struggle being present with our friends, our family members, our partners, our kids, our co-workers, our neighbors. But a life attentive to God always leads to a life attentive to others. What if we could learn how to be like Jesus, and be fully...

How many times in our lives have we missed out on something truly beautiful because we weren't present enough to notice it? How many life-changing interactions, miracles, and God moments do we pass by on a daily basis? The practice of mindfulness is one way we could discipline ourselves to be more present. Mindfulness is the art of holy noticing, a sacred way of noticing God and what He's doing in...

Every single day, there are countless forces fighting to take us out of the present moment; as a parent, as a spouse, as a friend, as a follower of Jesus. How many times in our lives did we need to be fully present, when we were mostly absent? The devil would love to keep our minds in the past or in the future, but God calls us to live fully in the present, here and now. What does it look like to...

Christmas morning, the world woke up, went about their business, and had no idea that they were visited by God Himself. How often do we miss God because we expect Him to move in spectacular fashion? The song of the angels, and the story surrounding it, reminds us that God's glory is often hidden in the ordinary.

Many of us struggle with waiting. In a culture of instant gratification, what can Zechariah's story and song teach us about waiting? About silence? This week we explore the story behind Zechariah's song and how God often uses our waiting and silence for something greater than we could ever imagine.

When most of us think of Mary, a certain image comes to mind. We imagine this mild, meek, and passive motherly figure, who doesn't have much to say. In many ways, our culture has silenced Mary, seeing her merely as a vehicle for Jesus to come through. But if we read the Scriptures, we come to find that Mary wasn't really silent at all. She has a bold, distinct voice. She has a message and a story...

An important part of our vision as a church is to pursue shalom in San Francisco. Shalom is the Hebrew word for peace. But it's not the kind of peace that's simply the absence of conflict. Shalom is so much more. This week, we explore the meaning of this word shalom and how God calls us to participate in His work of justice here in our city.

In the church, we place such a strong emphasis on belonging. And while it's important to focus on where we belong, it's also important to consider who we are to become. When rebels and runaways come home, they don’t stay rebels and runaways. They become something more. This week, we explore who God is forming us to be and how we can be intentional in the process of becoming.

For our anniversary gathering, guest speaker Dave Gibbons shares about how beautiful life can be once we make space to hear and see God's voice in our lives. What would it look like to live every day in anticipation of God's wonder? What if we looked for God in the unexpected and unfamiliar people He's placed in our lives?

When considering Christian faith and practice, we regularly ask, "Is it true?" or "Is it good?" But the question we don't ask enough is, "Is it beautiful?" What if we did more than just try to convince people of the truth or boast moral superiority? What if the church could be a place where people can discover the beauty of God? This week, we continue unpacking our vision as we explore the necessi...

Why do people run away from God? Why do people rebel against Him and try to go their own way? At the heart of every rebel and runaway is a misconception or misunderstanding about who God is and what He's really like. And more often than not, it's the church who's misrepresented Him to the world. Jesus came for the outcasts, the misfits, and overlooked, and the marginalized. The people that the rel...

Why does 99 exist? What do we mean when we say that we're a church in San Francisco for the rebels and the runaways? We're beginning a new collection of teachings exploring our vision as a church community. This week, Pastor Mickey shares the story of 99: how we came to be and where God is leading us.

In somewhat of a bonus teaching from our Seasons collection, we spend time this week talking about the importance of staying rooted in togetherness as we navigate through the different seasons of life. What does it look like for a community to move toward one another in love? And how can deepening our relationships with one another actually deepen our relationship with God?

Autumn is a season of change and transition, reminding us that our lives are in constant flux. We are brought into a deeper awareness that we live in a continual state of dying and rising, of ending and beginning. How does God call us to posture ourselves in the bittersweetness of this season? This week we conclude our Seasons collection with a look at the season of Autumn.

Summer is a season marked by joy and abundance. It's a sweet season where our senses come alive to the goodness of God all around us. How does God call us to posture ourselves during this delightful season of the soul? This week, we explore the season of summer and how we can expect God to move during these times.