What are your priorities this summer? What would you say they are on a more long-term scale? We all have priorities. These are the things that are important to us and direct our time, resources, and energy. Priorities inform our to-do lists. They shape our decisions...

Have you ever told someone that things are fine, but in reality, they aren't? We might do this in our spiritual life as well. We can face the temptation to present ourselves as people who always have our acts together, who know the right answers and do the right...

As we read through the Sermon on the Mount we might find some things that we think sound like good ideas, but we might struggle to put them into practice. We might have nurtured patterns of thinking that are different from what Jesus is talking about. But the Sermon...

The Sermon on the Mount is not just practical moral teaching or another set of rules to follow, but a description of what it would look like if we let our encounters with Jesus take over our lives. Below we'll continue to unpack the things we learn about the Kingdom...

The Beatitudes give us a vision of what the Kingdom of God is all about, and an invitation to accept this vision and become a part of this counter-cultural thing that God is doing. How can we apply this vision to our lives? What does it mean to be "salt and light"?...

In the Gospels, we see Jesus inviting ordinary people to follow Him. This is discipleship - getting to know Jesus and putting His words into practice. Perhaps no piece of Jesus's teaching has received more attention than the Sermon on the Mount as heard in Matthew's...

There's something really special about being around a table and sharing a meal together. We're discovering that it has a more significant part to play in the life in the church than perhaps it has right now. Maybe the table is our way forward, as followers of Jesus,...

Listen in as Pastor Josh continues our reflection of the Easter story by walking us through Luke's account of the ascension of Jesus, when Jesus went back to heaven, as found in the book of Acts.   The Ascension Message by Josh Mutter - April 11, 2021   Acts...