Our Story: Exile II
How do we faithfully navigate seasons of exile? In this sermon, we look at some of the characters in Daniel who provide a glimpse into a life re-oriented toward God.
Our Story: Exile
Exile. This period in Israel’s history raised all kinds of incredibly difficult questions. Why did it happen? Was God still faithful? What about all of God’s promises? Christi challenges us to not only look at Israel’s time in exile, but our own as well and through them find God’s restorative movement.
Our Story: A Kingdom Divided, the Temple Destroyed
The time of the Kings was a huge part of Israel’s history, but in time and in meaning, but it all came to an devastating end – including the destruction of the Temple. What does this mean for us today? Chris leads us through these questions this week.
Our Story: Change Through Offering
Bethany walks us through the lives and choices of Ruth, Hannah, Saul and David to show that in our darkest moments and deepest needs, when we make a choice for God we see change and growth.
Our Story: Messed Up People
Sarah tells the story of Samson the nazarite to illustrate that God works through us even when we are a complete mess.
Our Story: The Promised Land
Chris looks at the story of the Israelites and Jericho and addresses the dissonance between the war & destruction there and the loving God we see in the gospels, settling on Jesus as the accurate depiction of God.
Our Story: Exodus III – the Wandering
Josh leads us through the time of wandering of Israel and God’s provision in the desert. As he does, we examine those times in our lives when we are in between the old and the new — the already and not yet.
Exodus II: The Law- New Commands & New Covenant
This week we look at the Law: what it was and wasn’t, how God called Israel to live it out and in doing so bring others to him and what it means to us today.
Our Story: Exodus I-Slavery & Freedom
Together we look at the Exodus story – a story of how God takes us from the narrow places of enslavement to places of spacious freedom.
From the Fall to Babel
From Adam and Eve to Babel we see the way that humanity is prone to choose its own way. Yet, God remains merciful, which we see ultimately in the sending and dying of Jesus.
Our Story: Genesis
To begin Our Story, Chris talks about how the book of Genesis teaches us about who God is and who we are as a result.
The Three R’s
Re-read, Re-write & Respond: Chris walks us through a method of reading the bible to better apply it to our lives.
Pentecost: Happy Birthday, Church!
Chris discusses the role of the Holy Spirit in gathering, uniting and sending us.
Love Does: Follow Me
Chris discusses how to follow Jesus by keeping close to Him and keeping moving.
Love Does: Be Not Afraid
Drew leads us through Matthew 14 (Peter walking on water) and invites us to renew our belief that because of who God is, we do not need to live paralyzed by the fear of scarcity.
Love Does: Audacious Love
Chris discusses how our drive to become the greatest keeps us from love but if we seek to become the least we find fulfillment.
Loves Does: Free to Fail (Freedom from the fear of failure)
Christi Kapenga discusses the calling of Peter to “feed my sheep” and the gift of God’s grace when we find ourselves to be failing in our own calling.
Loves Does: I’m with You (Freedom from the fear of “What if…”)
Chris references Exodus 3 & 4 and Matthew 28:18-20 to illustrate that, even in our protests, God equips us and stands by us in what we are called to do.
