Crossings Knoxville

What if the most important location on a faith map is where we are right now? How can we honestly tell our stories and regain some sense of direction?

As we celebrate 15 years as a community, we continue to seek out the ways we might participate in God's kingdom in the next 15 years.

How do we stop treating faith like a finite game that can be won and start treating it like an infinite journey? How do we use our experiences to paint an accurate picture of where we are?

Deeply beautiful and deeply destructive things have been produced in the confines of prison. What songs might we produce when every comfort is stripped away?

How do we read the story of the Bible without editing it to make us more comfortable? How do we ensure a continual posture of learning and humility?

Jeremiah boldly buys a field in the city that is being destroyed and gives us the most hopeful chapters in the whole book. What does it look like to make actionable steps toward hope even in the midst of dark places?

What if the darkness of life has something to teach us? What do we have to let go of to embrace shalom in exile?

Jeremiah almost loses his life over a false testimony against him. How do we know what the authentic voice of God is in our world, in the people around us, and in ourselves?

What does it mean to risk optimism in the bleak darkness surrounding the Advent season? How does the eager anticipation of light propel us to a deep hope and peace which might be breaking out among us?

John the Baptizer teaches us to rethink how we prepare to receive the coming Christ. How is John speaking to us in the darkness and in our current cultural moments?

Christmas, the birth of Christ, is coming this year as it always does. What might it mean for us to prepare space for the way of the Lord this Advent season?

Advent is a liminal season marked by waiting and longing. We are good at believing in Christmas, but what does it mean to believe in Advent? How can we best live in this Advent season?

How do we experience God despite our limited perspectives? How can we try to avoid taking spiritual shortcuts in suffering?

Jeremiah's anger rages against God and the leaders who pretend everything is alright. In this teaching, we consider what B.B. King's "The Thrill is Gone" may teach us about the story of God through Jeremiah. What might God be inviting us into as we pull up, tear, down, or deconstruct?

What are we allowing to shape our view of reality? When is exile a necessary end to a destructive world view? 

Jeremiah calls Israel on their idolatrous worship of things that cannot bear ultimate status. What if Jeremiah is not only talking to the Israelites, but also to us?

Jeremiah 8-9 introduces "tears" as a new character in the story. Grief and lament is often a polarizing posture for the church. But what if the people of God became known as those with whom people can best sit with in grief?

Is it possible that we have confused political ideologies for healthy theology? How does Jeremiah help us become aware of the ways we might use religion as a righteous coverup? 

Jeremiah paints broad strokes about the reality of the world. He invites God's people to remember and ask for the ancient path of faith in the midst of the tourist traps distracting them along the way. What is along the ancient path that draws you back?

What if deconstruction isn't an end to faith but a necessary part of faith? Discover how Jeremiah's prophetic call equips us to both deconstruct and reconstruct in a complex culture.

The prophet Jeremiah gives us a glimpse of how God is calling each of us to live more fully. Are we willing to "run with the horses" when it comes to a life of faith?

What if our approach to reading the Story of God was more like playful kindergartners than successful business students? How can we imagine this ever-new Story as our own?

Paul's final thoughts for the church in Philippi include an invitation to the "secret of being content" which was different than the "secrets" of the ancient philosophers. How might our community look if the way of Christ was one that gives us reason to celebrate and be mindful of the good and lovely things in life?

Guest-Speaker Hugh Halter leads the conversation on navigating uncertainty. How will you respond to God's prophetic call and work in your life?

How can we avoid becoming religious busybodies and live into the second half of life?