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What if waiting could be seen as a gift? Often times we experience periods of waiting as anything but a gift. But what if periods of waiting truly are, a gift? Listen to this Circle Sunday conversation between George Stull and Jake Brown as they discuss the gift of waiting and how having others around you supporting you through this season is the truest gift and blessing of all.  peace and love to...

Join us in this live recording as we begin our Journey into Advent.  If you are finding yourself waiting in any area of your life, this is a wonderful place to learn and grow in that waiting season.  Advent teaches us these deep truths as we prepare our hearts for Christmas.  We hope you enjoy 

Are you tired?  Do you feel like there is too much to do but too little time?  This isn't a new phenomenon, in fact, Jesus spoke into this very feeling. As the holidays can be a busy time it's also a wonderful time for reflection. A time where we can listen to our life.  If you could listen to your life, what would it say?  We hope this teaching inspires you to listen to your l...

Listen to this live Circle Sunday talk from Scott Reall.  He discusses the power of self-forgiveness. It can often be the hardest part of forgiveness yet the place where we can experience the most freedom and joy.  We hope you enjoy. 

Listen along to our live Sunday Teaching from November 7th, 2021.  This is Part 4 of our Rhythms of Grace series titled Forgiveness.  We hope you enjoy and feel God's peace and love as you practice this rhythm of forgiveness. 

This is a live recording of our Sunday teaching on 10.24. Part 3 of our Rhythms of Grace series. grace and peace!

What is the nature of God?  Often times we don't ask this question, but what we deeply believe about God is vital for our spiritual growth.  Is God demanding, punishing, and condemning?  The Prodigal Son gives us a glimpse into the very nature and heart of God.   As we see the true nature of God, we are allowed to relax and trust that not only is God perfect love, but we can fi...

Relationships are often the most life-giving aspect of our spiritual lives. Yet at times they seem to be a place of struggle and conflict. We desire to have healthy and loving relationships yet often wonder what we can practice in order to experience them more in our daily lives. George and Debbie have been together for 35 years and sit down to talk about what they’ve learned via experience that h...

One of the most difficult human emotions is shame. How do Jesus and our Spiritual life handle this intense inner experience? Jesus meets us in our shame so that we can begin to heal apart from shame. The first thing Christ's presence does in our lives is lifting that heavy cloak of shame. Jesus reminds us again and again that as we release our shame in exchange for his gentle healing, we only beco...

When we think of heaven, we often think of it being an eventual destination in our spiritual journey. This world and our experience of it are often seen to be something to "bare through" until we reach heaven. Yet when you listen to the words of Jesus, you see a different way of understanding heaven in the present.  Jesus calls us to bring heaven to earth.  He calls us to know that the K...

In this episode, we talk about allowing Joy to come into our lives even during periods of trial and conflict.  Is it possible to live life with joy, even when not every struggle or difficulty can be eliminated? How can we open up to more daily joy that we can experience—so that we don't spend our whole lives attempting to resolve our problems and unconsciously miss out on enjoying life in the...

Have you ever wondered what Holiness really means? Holiness means Joy.  Holiness is about finding joy even when our lives give us every reason not to feel it.  How is this possible when have problems mounting up in our lives? We discuss this and more in this episode.   To find out more about us and our upcoming service times, please visit us online at www.vuechurch.org

Wouldn't it be nice to know, that there was one thing in our life we could depend on without fail?  A North Star we could point our lives towards to find peace, joy, and meaning?  Join us in this conversation on how we can trust Love to be our guiding North Star for everything going on in our life.

In a world that is changing at a rapid rate, feeling chaotic at times, wisdom is here for us now more than ever.  We are not asked, nor meant to do life alone. Wisdom is the gift God gives us that shows up in our lives in so many beautiful ways.   Wisdom connects us to the things that have always been true. Wisdom is a current of vitality that was vital 1000 years ago, it’s vital today a...

One of the values we hold as a church is seeing ourselves in a long line of generations taking part in the endless conversation between God and people. The integration of our Christian tradition with all the wonderful developments of our modern culture to become a “living tradition” matters to us. In this episode, Jake & George talk about how there is a beautiful dance of joining the old and t...

"Above all else , guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it." PROVERBS 4 This is ancient wisdom that has never been truer.  We all know how vital the heart is in our physical health and wellness. But what about the spiritual heart?  By tuning our hearts to God, we are then in tune with how to live our lives. It’s from this spiritual center that life flows out. Peace, Joy, Fre...

Is it possible to find joy through pain?   Are joy and pain exclusive or can they both be experienced at the same time?  In this episode, we discuss the power joy has in our spiritual lives and that it can not only be experienced through painful life experiences but oftentimes by leaning into our pain, joy naturally arises.  Here is one of our favorite quotes that best sums up this...

Some of our emotions are typically seen as “bad” or “negative" emotions. Some of us were brought up in a church environment, or household environment where the major goal of your faith was to be well….nice. But what about anger? What do we do with our anger? You feel it, I feel it, we all feel it. And if it’s part of our human experience, then it must be part of our spiritual life. Anger is spirit...

As we continue to explore through the Psalms, we are reminded of the importance of our imagination.  Our imagination is illuminated by beautiful poetry that often understanding can't grasp.  The Psalms, being poems, are a beautiful exploration of what it looks like to experience God in a new way that doesn't involve understanding everything that is going on in our lives.  Jesus spea...

Our most difficult emotions are often seen as something to push away or avoid. Yet through the life of Jesus, we are shown a way of bringing all of our emotions and thoughts to God. Knowing we are safe and cared for and also that all of our experience as human beings is part of our spiritual journey is empowering. Jesus shows us his own knowledge of the Psalms and how he both spoke about them and...

The Psalms, like listening to your favorite music, are meant to be experienced. When we allow ourselves to move into experience versus just reading and understanding the Psalms, we find them alive in a new way. The Psalms are meant to enrapture you, there are meant to do something in your heart. Thinking about the Psalms this way allows us to experience them in a new and beautiful way. The human e...

What do we do with all our anger, frustrations, and other emotions that we might see as negative, in our spiritual life? Some of us were taught to distance ourselves from these emotions.  Some of us were taught to ignore them completely Yet the writers of the Psalms seemingly embraced these emotions and the laments of these emotions as apart of their spiritual practice.  Is it possible t...

For centuries the Bible has been at the centerpiece of Christianity.  Yet in our modern age, where does The Bible fit in our spiritual lives?  Especially when it seems to do more dividing than uniting.  More confusing than illuminating.   And what if we disagree with certain parts of it?  What if there are aspects of it that don't seem to resonate with our real life? In th...

2020 will be a year you will always remember.  If you are wary of moving into 2021 you are not alone.  In fact, this may be the perfect time to reach out for pastoral support. Though you may be isolated you are not alone.  In this year-end episode, Jeff walks through his own gratitude for starting this special place and what he hopes to see in 2021.  To reach out for pastoral s...

With a year that has been difficult for us all, where do we turn for hope?  In this episode Jeff & George walk us through what the incarnation means to us in the here and now.  How we can move into this Christmas season with a spirit of hope and renewed joy even if our exterior world seems far from it.  The good news is God is always present, pursues us, and will never give up o...