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God created us with limits.  Our limitations are gifts designed to draw us into interdependent relationships.  In this sermon, Pastor Bill explores how embracing our limits through the Sabbath rhythms of ceasing, resting, delighting and contemplating can help us experience abundant life!

God created us with limits.  Our limitations are gifts designed to draw us into interdependent relationships.  In this sermon, Pastor Bill explores how embracing our limits can help us experience abundant life!

Jesus said, “I have come that you may have life, and life abundant" (John 10:10b).  What does it mean that God created us for abundant life?  How do we cultivate abundance in a culture of distraction and dysfunction?  What role do honesty and hope play as we seek to experience deep and lasting change?  These are some of the questions Pastor Bill explores in this introduction to...

New Years is a natural time to reflect on the past year and make resolutions for the coming year.  In this sermon on Isaiah 40-66, Michael spurs us to reflect on our relationship with God, what He's revealing to us, and what it will mean for us to rely on His power to transforms us.

What is it about the story of Jesus' birth that continues to transfix us, two thousand years after the fact?  In this sermon, Pastor Bill explores why God sent His Son the way He did and what that means for us today.

Jasmine asks the hard question: What promises of God do you find hard to believe?

In this final sermon on the Apostles' Creed, Pastor Bill shows how the biblical portrait of salvation is holistic, unfolding and cosmic.

What is the church?  How does the church maintain unity over time?  What is the significance of the church's "catholicity" and the "communion of the saints"?  These are some of the questions Pastor Bill explores in this sermon.

The Holy Spirit is God's personal, empowering presence.  This sermon explores who the Holy Spirit is, what He does, and how we can "walk in the Spirit" in our ordinary lives.

Did Jesus go to hell?  What does His death mean?  How does the resurrection speak to our anxiety?  Why is it better for us if Jesus leaves the earth and goes to the Father?  Why is Jesus' coming judgment good news?  These are some of the questions Pastor Bill wrestles with in this sermon about Jesus from the Apostles' Creed.

Are the gospels legends?  Why did Jesus have to die?  What does it mean for us to "take up our cross daily and follow Jesus"?  These are some of the questions Pastor Bill explores in this second sermon on the person of Jesus from the Apostles' Creed.

According to the book of Hebrews, Jesus "is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of his being."  In this sermon, Pastor Bill talks about the meaning and significance of calling Jesus the Son of God, Christ, and Lord.

"I believe in God, the Father Almighty, creator of heaven and earth."  So begins the Apostles' Creed, the oldest summation of the essentials of the Christian faith.  In this sermon, Pastor Bill explains why creeds matter, and what Christians believe about the first member of the Trinity.

In recent years, Christianity has suffered a crisis of credibility in the West, both inside and outside of the church.  In this final sermon on deconstructing faith, Pastor Bill unpacks a posture and a promise that can transform our spiritual journeys and help us restore the gospel's credibility in our day.

Many who are deconstructing their faith are stepping back from spiritually abusive situations and toxic communities.  King David (before he was king!) experienced this very thing.  In this sermon Pastor Bill explores what we can learn from David's story about when to step back, how to heal and how to step back in to community.

Artist in Residence, Jasmine Myers, preaches on Philippians 3

You cannot honestly deconstruct your faith apart from God.  The Book of Psalms provides amazing resources for deepening your relationship with God while questioning what you believe.  In this sermon on the Psalms, Pastor Bill shows how the Hebrew Psalter is an ideal companion for us as we navigate different seasons in our spiritual lives.

Jesus deconstructed an entire religious system.  In this sermon on Matthew 23, Pastor Bill unpacks what we can learn from Jesus about what needs to be torn down, and what can take its place.

Richard Rohr says that "every tradition has arbitrary attachments that are not native to Christianity."  In this sermon, Pastor Bill talks about how we can go about discovering those attachments, and unbundling Jesus from them.

"I believe.  Help my unbelief!"  In the real world, faith and doubt often mix.  In this sermon, Pastor Bill unpacks the redemptive role of doubt, the gentleness of Jesus in response to doubt, and how we can support one another as we wrestle with doubts.

As public life becomes less stable, more and more people are freaking out, and reacting to current events out of fear.  In this sermon, Pastor Bill shows us how cultivating peace in our private lives can have a transforming effect on our public lives.

Pastor Bill interviews two pairs of intergenerational friends about how their friendships came to be and how God has used them in their lives and in their walk with Him.

Compassion is what motivates God to act on behalf of those who are suffering.  In this sermon, Pastor Bill explains the nature of compassion, the boundlessness of compassion, and the ultimate goal of compassion.

Respect is one of the most important foundations of a civil society.  In this sermon, Pastor Bill explains why we owe one another respect, why there's a lack of respect, how to cultivate respect and what it looks like in our public lives.

Barbara Ruh preaches on how justice should be a signpost in the Christian's life.