Resurrection Appearances – Part Six – But Some Doubted

Summer on the Mount: Part 4 – Standing in the Rain

Jesus gave three brilliant examples of creative nonviolent resistance — and then demanded something even harder: love your enemies. In week four of Summer on the Mount, we explore why that command matters more than ever in a culture built on conflict.

Summer on the Mount: Part 3 – A Commencement Address

What do high school graduation, the You’ve-heard-it-said passages in the Sermon on the Mount, and the classic animated movie Monsters, Inc. have in common? That is the question we ask this graduation Sunday.

Summer on the Mount: Part 2 – Salt and Light

In this week's passage from the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus uses the images of salt, light, and the law to describe a life of discipleship. But what exactly do these three concepts have in common? As Pastor Greg suggests, these images work together to teach us this important truth: to follow Jesus is to live incarnationally.

Summer on the Mount: Part 1 – God's Biggest, Tiniest Dreams

Ordinary Time begins the Sunday after Pentecost. It's the longest season on the church calendar — and the quietest. In this opening sermon of Summer on the Mount, the case is made that the Beatitudes are exactly the right text for ordinary time: a portrait of the slow, Spirit-shaped work of learning to see the world the way Jesus sees it.

Pentecost Sunday

This Sunday is Pentecost, the day we celebrate the giving of the Holy Spirit in Acts 2. With violent winds and tongues of fire, this is a wild story, but the bigger question is, “What does the Spirit do in our lives now that we have it?”