Generations Community Church

Many of us FOCUS on the wrong things: our to-do list, what we didn't get done, what went wrong, etc. The Apostle Paul brilliantly outlines how a SHIFT in our focus is KEY to experiencing JOY.

Many of us FOCUS on the wrong things: our to-do list, what we didn't get done, what went wrong, etc. The Apostle Paul brilliantly outlines how a SHIFT in our focus is KEY to experiencing JOY.

Don't you know people who are simply out to USE others? Of course, you do. Our schools, friend circles, places of work, clubs and organizations are filled with people who are there because of how it will benefit THEM or how others will help THEM. But to be truly spiritual, truly mature, you've got to LOVE others well - and that means loving them for who they are and NOT what they can do for YOU.

Don't you know people who are simply out to USE others? Of course, you do. Our schools, friend circles, places of work, clubs and organizations are filled with people who are there because of how it will benefit THEM or how others will help THEM. But to be truly spiritual, truly mature, you've got to LOVE others well - and that means loving them for who they are and NOT what they can do for YOU.

Parker Palmer, in his book A Hidden Wholeness, writes about farmers in the Midwest (think Minnesota, Wisconsin and the Dakota's) who would tie a ROPE from their house to the barn. Why? Because if they didn't hold on to the rope, they would get LOST in a blizzard. Which is why there are stories of men freezing to death just a few feet from their home (because they let go of the rope). God has given...

Parker Palmer, in his book A Hidden Wholeness, writes about farmers in the Midwest (think Minnesota, Wisconsin and the Dakota's) who would tie a ROPE from their house to the barn. Why? Because if they didn't hold on to the rope, they would get LOST in a blizzard. Which is why there are stories of men freezing to death just a few feet from their home (because they let go of the rope). God has given...

Many people, especially those of us with FAITH, tend to minimize loss and disappointments in life. It's no big deal. I'll be okay. God's got something better for me. - We tell ourselves these things, but we feel devastated on the inside, wondering whether God is (ultimately) good and wondering whether we can really trust Him. That's just ONE REASON the Book of Job is in the Bible. In this message,...

Many people, especially those of us with FAITH, tend to minimize loss and disappointments in life. It's no big deal. I'll be okay. God's got something better for me. - We tell ourselves these things, but we feel devastated on the inside, wondering whether God is (ultimately) good and wondering whether we can really trust Him. That's just ONE REASON the Book of Job is in the Bible. In this message,...

You will encounter a wall several times over your life. A wall where you get stuck in your faith, where your faith doesn't seem to work any more. These walls are (actually) opportunities for you to let go of power and control and to actually TRUST God. We Americans have a hard time with this - because we think things ought to be easier than they are and because we are terrible at waiting.

You will encounter a wall several times over your life. A wall where you get stuck in your faith, where your faith doesn't seem to work any more. These walls are (actually) opportunities for you to let go of power and control and to actually TRUST God. We Americans have a hard time with this - because we think things ought to be easier than they are and because we are terrible at waiting.

Chances are, you have some FAMILY stuff going on in your family. Stuff you take with you to college. Stuff you bring with you into your marriage. Stuff that lingers into your adulthood. That's because what happens in ONE generation often repeats itself in the next. BUT. But God wants to do something in your life that not only changes you (for the better) but changes your family tree. Our family of...

Chances are, you have some FAMILY stuff going on in your family. Stuff you take with you to college. Stuff you bring with you into your marriage. Stuff that lingers into your adulthood. That's because what happens in ONE generation often repeats itself in the next. BUT. But God wants to do something in your life that not only changes you (for the better) but changes your family tree. Our family of...

Far too many people DIE without knowing who they really ARE. They live out someone else's life or the live out someone else's expectations of whom they should be. As Meister Eckhart warned his students...no one can know God who does not first know himself.

Far too many people DIE without knowing who they really ARE. They live out someone else's life or the live out someone else's expectations of whom they should be. As Meister Eckhart warned his students...no one can know God who does not first know himself.

Your life is like an iceberg. There's the 10% on top that everyone can easily see and that you can easily project to others. But there's 90% below the surface - your childhood, things that happened to you, the way you see yourself and the world around you. And that 90%, if NOT dealt with, can ROB you of a rich and satisfying life. Fortunately for us, being emotionally unhealthy is NOT a new proble...

Your life is like an iceberg. There's the 10% on top that everyone can easily see and that you can easily project to others. But there's 90% below the surface - your childhood, things that happened to you, the way you see yourself and the world around you. And that 90%, if NOT dealt with, can ROB you of a rich and satisfying life. Fortunately for us, being emotionally unhealthy is NOT a new proble...

What's suppose to happen in a family is that a child is LOVED unconditionally by his/her parents that that child becomes an adult, who when they hear about a God who loves them unconditionally, immediately understands the concept and is able to trust God no matter what. RARE is the home where THAT kind of love is demonstrated. So these kids become adults who labor under a burden of becoming succes...

What's suppose to happen in a family is that a child is LOVED unconditionally by his/her parents that that child becomes an adult, who when they hear about a God who loves them unconditionally, immediately understands the concept and is able to trust God no matter what. RARE is the home where THAT kind of love is demonstrated. So these kids become adults who labor under a burden of becoming succes...

We often like to think that Jesus was able to do the amazing things that were part of his public ministry, because he was (and is) God. Jesus could heal people, because Jesus is God. Jesus could forgive his enemies on the cross, because Jesus is God. And we all know that we are NOT God...we're ONLY HUMAN. And so we write off all the things that were part of his life recorded in the Gospels as impo...

We often like to think that Jesus was able to do the amazing things that were part of his public ministry, because he was (and is) God. Jesus could heal people, because Jesus is God. Jesus could forgive his enemies on the cross, because Jesus is God. And we all know that we are NOT God...we're ONLY HUMAN. And so we write off all the things that were part of his life recorded in the Gospels as impo...

Christmas is, if anything, an IRONIC season. At Christmas, we celebrate the fact that God became human, that God embraced the limitations that come with being finite - with being limited - by throwing limits to the wind. At Christmas, we go, go, go, and do, do, do, and buy, buy, buy. And when Christmas is over, we're exhausted, fat, and broke. But Jesus shows us a better way - to be fully HUMAN -...

Christmas is, if anything, an IRONIC season. At Christmas, we celebrate the fact that God became human, that God embraced the limitations that come with being finite - with being limited - by throwing limits to the wind. At Christmas, we go, go, go, and do, do, do, and buy, buy, buy. And when Christmas is over, we're exhausted, fat, and broke. But Jesus shows us a better way - to be fully HUMAN -...

It's an ENTIRELY different world (today) than it was in 1975. Back then, church-goers could expect church to be a little like Hogwarts - a magical place that instilled a vibrant faith into their kids, a place where their kids learned the major themes (and characters) of the Bible, and a place where their kids could learn to engage life from a Christian worldview. Such a place, if it ever existed,...

It's an ENTIRELY different world (today) than it was in 1975. Back then, church-goers could expect church to be a little like Hogwarts - a magical place that instilled a vibrant faith into their kids, a place where their kids learned the major themes (and characters) of the Bible, and a place where their kids could learn to engage life from a Christian worldview. Such a place, if it ever existed,...

There are Type A people and Type B people. There are planners and free spirits. And yet, despite the differences in personality, it simply ISN'T okay to be inflexible...about everything. In this message, Max Vanderpool piggy backs off of the Apostle Paul in teaching on what flexibility looks like in a church...especially one with a new building.