CrossWalk Community Church Napa

Enjoy this immersive journey into one of Jesus' incredible acts of healing and hope.

We are all leaders. We lead in every conversation we have and with every decision we make. How can we be gracious leaders?

Jonathon Foster recounts his journey with grief, theological growth, and a surprising answer that turns out to be a question - one that can help us navigate the greatest challenges of life.

Recall the importance of understanding all sides of a story in the pursuit of truth with the retelling of the story of Esther and the perspectives of key characters. How might he world be a better place if we took time to hear and understand each of our perspectives?

Enjoy the first in this series where we examine what we get to offer the world in its ongoing becoming, for its wellbeing.

This final teaching in the Quest for Thin Places series focuses on things to consider as we cultivate the soil of our lives that allows our faith to grow and flourish.

What are we really, really wanting from our pursuit of faith? What are some ways we might get there? How do we find our way "home" and how do we stay there?

Tom Oord rejects the longhand assertion that God is omnipotent or almighty from a careful study of the Bible's original language. As an alternative, he proposes his belief in Amipotence - God's essential nature of love - which requires that God cannot be coercive yet is surely influential more than any other agent. This was the final presentation of CrossWalk's conference, Fresh Faith: The Problem...

Developing our spirituality is more about subtracting than adding...

Part of the deconstruction/reconstruction process is to clarify why we pursue faith in the first place. Without identifying the why behind our what, we run the risk of simply rebuilding on an already shaky foundation.

The first in the series The Quest for Thin Places, informed by Dana Hicks' book by the same name, this teaching introduces the listener to the critical step of thoughtful deconstruction, which should be a normal and natural ongoing part of faith. For more, see the blog: https://www.crosswalknapa.org/blog/deconstruction

Mary found the source of her faithful devotion to all that God invited her to embrace: the magnificence of what the God of Love was communicating to her about her ( and everyone else). Her should magnified that Love. When we build our lives from the Love up, we are able to say yes to the God's invitation to love the world into its wellbeing.

Enjoy this thought-provoking, permission-giving, freedom-yielding teaching from Matt Real!

The Wise Men weren't and aren't the only ones who follow stars. We all are looking to our own respective "stars" for guidance. How do you know if the star you're following is going to lead you where you want to go? What is your assessment criteria? It turns out that the Christmas Story offers some keys that might be helpful in sorting out what to follow and what to let go.

The sermon reflects on the choices we make—during Thanksgiving, in our daily lives, and in our spiritual journeys. Using Robert Frost’s The Road Not Taken as a starting point, it argues that choices “make all the difference,” though not always in positive or easy ways. Frost’s poem reminds us that every path taken excludes another and that the consequences of our decisions shape our stories. Jesus...

At first glance, following the Golden Rule - doing unto others what you would want done to you - seems simple enough. But it's not. To truly appreciate it requires to work and humility.

This exploration of Jesus' teaching on prayer challenges us to move beyond the vending machine approach to spirituality. When Jesus says 'ask, seek, knock,' we often hear a transactional promise—do this, get that. But the deeper translation reveals something more profound: 'keep on asking, keep on seeking, keep on knocking.' Prayer isn't a one-time transaction but an ongoing process of engagement...

Where do you cast your "pearls"?  In this teaching, we remember that we holy and beloved, invited to do all the good that we can with all that we are.  Supporting CrossWalk supports doing much good in the world on many levels.  Will you consider supporting CrossWalk with greater generosity than you are currently?

Jesus instructed his followers not to judge others.  How's that going for you? In this teaching we examine the difference between judging and offering constructive criticism and the messiness every human being brings to the equation.

Hear first account experience from one who lived with a Palestinian family in the West Bank.

In our exploration of worry, we discover that it's not inherently bad - it can motivate us and protect us. However, Jesus teaches us in Matthew 6 to 'seek first the kingdom of God' instead of worrying about our daily needs. This isn't a call to ignore real-world concerns, but rather an invitation to ground ourselves in a deeper reality. The kingdom of God isn't a distant realm, but a present reali...

In this powerful message offered by Rev. Dr. Angela Barker-Jackson, we're invited to explore the profound concept of welcoming strangers, rooted in Leviticus 19:34. This scripture challenges us to treat strangers as natives and love them as ourselves, reminding us of our own history as strangers. The sermon beautifully connects this ancient text to Jesus' teachings in the Sermon on the Mount, emph...

Today, we delve into the profound teachings of Matthew 6:22-23, exploring the concept of the 'eye as the lamp of the body.' This scripture challenges us to examine our spiritual vision and how it impacts our entire being. Are we seeing the world through eyes of generosity and abundance, or through a lens of scarcity and greed? The passage connects deeply with Jesus' warning that we cannot serve bo...

Consumerism can be exhilarating, but it can also leave us in a perpetual state of never feeling satisfied, in competition with our neighbors, and a little light in our wallet. The Way of Jesus, however, does the opposite, yielding a rewarding life filled with the fruit of the Spirit of God that never runs out. Choose the Way!

This part of the Lord's Prayer seems quite obvious, right? It's airy out to God to come rescue us from the evil that terrorizes us. Well, no. The Aramaic language and Eastern culture of Jesus indicate a different, much more relevant interpretation.