Terraforma Church

Some issues are not cut-and-dry or black and white. They are in a grey area, where what might be permissible for one person would be detrimental to another. Paul's instructions to the Corinthians about food sacrificed to idols might help us navigate these issues. In what way and for what reason are we restrained by ethical limits?

We live in a culture of social media influencers, youtube stars, and people who become insta-famous. What should our response be to our culture's obsession with celebrity? The Corinthians had issues elevating one personality over another, and Paul admonished them to find unity in Christ.

The temple of Aphrodite was a major feature in the cultural landscape of Corinth, and it had a dramatic impact on the sexual ethics in the city. In the Kingdom of God, sexual ethics are rooted in selfless love and should not reflect selfish lust.

Justin sits down with Jamie Ulrich to talk about sex and intimacy. The quality and satisfaction we enjoy in sex is very often an indicator of the health of our connection with our spouse. Join the conversation about this important issue - we promise to keep it fun.

Don't settle for roommate status or let your relationship slip into routine. We need to renew our pursuit of the relationships that are important to us.

Behind every argument, conflict, and fight is probably your need for one thing: connection. The Apostle Paul called it a profound mystery, the way two people become one. We learn the same lesson from this ancient relationship advice that we hear from attachment theory and neuroscience: we need each other.

Terraforma celebrated our first year as a missional community by answering the question: Why did we start this church? The best is yet to come!

What if our love was rooted not in our emotions or in our feelings, but in our connection to Jesus?

When we surrender the idol of our performance we can fall back into the reality of God's unmerited favor and undeserved grace.

"They saw the star and were overjoyed." Stargazers and spiritual seekers have the advantage of awe - the perspective that wonder offers about our position in the universe and the glory of God.

How is the Christmas Story a source of JOY for all people? How is the suffering of Jesus a source of joy for God?

When Mary and Joseph were compelled to journey to Bethlehem, they entered into the story of all humanity - wandering exile as we search for an elusive reality we call "home."

Our stories are marked by conflict, strife, and even violence. Despite the struggle, God invites us to dream about and move toward peace. The peace of God starts in our hearts and flows out of us into our world.

Advent starts with expectant hope - that even in the midst of darkness and confusion we can hope for a better future because Jesus is drawing near.

Our culture celebrates accumulation and hoarding, but the invitation in God's Kingdom is to live generously and find freedom from greed.

We have been entrusted with a great treasure - our one and only life. We are accountable for how our life is spent for the sake of the Kingdom. Given the extravagant love of our Father, living small will never do. Unbury your story!

Scarcity is a powerful little lie that permeates almost every area of our lives. It influences our behaviors and attitudes, our spending and our decision making, even our relationships. Scarcity is the ideal that there is a limited amount of resources that will never be enough for the unlimited nature of human wants and desires. The opposite mindset of scarcity is abundance. In an abundance mindse...

What would happen if we thought of abundance as something we were entrusted with instead of as something we were entitled to? To whom much has been given, much will be required.

Even as your family works toward a better future, remember that progress is the goal and not perfection.

How do we keep the main thing the main thing, and what is supposed to be the central reality of our family?

Eli and his sons give us a cautionary tale of how a family can drift off course. How can we intentionally set our family direction?

Jesus chose 12 men to be his tribe, intentionally creating a circle that would carry His mission and change the world. It is remarkable that despite the apparent differences in opinion, culture, and ideology between these men, they came together in unity and interdependence. How did Jesus unite such different people?

Together always starts with a step toward another.

Together does not happen automatically. Together happens intentionally.

Cain rejected community for corrupted individualism. Jesus invites us to find our home once again with God and with others in a community of interdependence.