Lakeside United Methodist Church

Whether we are talking about the literal roots of plants, the places and people that shape us, or the foundation upon which we have built our lives, roots are vitally important. Roots are the conduit…

It can be easy to feel like we should be further along in our faith journey, especially when we read some of the stories in the Bible. We see the bold faith of Peter, the courageous self-sacrifices o…

A good bit of anxiety stems from feeling like we aren’t getting what we need. And so we get reactive, seeking to meet those needs through our own effort. Essentially, we become like Adam and Eve in t…

One of the primary reasons we don’t experience the particular love of God is because the voice of God is one among many in our heads and hearts. The stories we tell ourselves and the “committee membe…

There are four common dynamics that not only stress our relationships, but they often put us in a false reality. When we learn to locate and surface these dynamics, we can begin to dispel the illusio…

When Jesus wanted to help his disciples—including us—understand his death, he did not give us a lecture. He gave us a meal. And in this meal, we don’t just learn about but we experience the love of G…

Baptism is one of the central practices of the church. But there is such a wide range of ideas about why we do it and what actually happens. When we look at the baptism of Jesus and see the connectio…

Gen Z college students are overwhelmed with social media stress, financial burdens, and mental health crises, all while tackling the usual challenges of young adulthood. How can we, as a church, offe…

If orientation was a time of peace and abundance, and disorientation disrupts all of that, it would be understandable to assume that reorientation is about putting everything back the way it was. How…

Grief and loss are aspects of the human experience that each of us know all too well. When the most difficult things in life happen, we can find ourselves wishing for yesterday and with little hope f…

In a world of disarray, it is easy to point to optimistic perspectives, like the song “What a Wonderful World,” and think: yeah, right… so naive… the world hasn’t been that wonderful in a long time! …