An encounter with Jesus is an encounter with the kingdom. In this series, we will look at 10 encounters with Jesus in Matthew 8-9. This sermon examines a leper's encounter with Jesus which leaves him…
Jesus reveals God's posture towards those who resist and reject him as one of sorrow rooted in compassion. In Matthew 23:37-39, Jesus laments Jerusalem, expressing his longing to have gathered them u…
He is Risen! God is faithful and Jesus is Lord. We tend to worship the Jesus made in our own image. Jesus challenges us and our expectations of him. He is Lord.
By God's resurrection of Jesus from the dead, a new people, telling a story of God's new world has come into being. We proclaim the manifold wisdom of God through our diversity and our way of life. E…
The resurrection is the origin and source for resurrecting power in our lives and in the world. The resurrection of Jesus from the dead breaks the power of sin and death and empowers us for new creat…
God is with us in every season of our life, even when everything is not fine. The Psalms give us language to put our pain to speech. Psalms of disorientation, or lament, are bold and honest speech th…
This is a message given on March 27, 2017, at Foothills Fellowship in Albuquerque, NM, following the unexpected death of Auline Platt a dear wife, sister, mother, and friend. Today, March 2, 2018 is …
In the face of great need, Jesus takes the little we have and does more than we can think or imagine. In Matthew 15:29-39, Jesus reveals God to be full of compassion, fundamentally positioned against…
Jesus calls us to move from independence to interdependence, from building our own empire to being a part of his kingdom movement. We are to be a people of open hands, serving one another in love wit…
As we pick up our plates, we put down our divisions. Jesus was and is at work among us as we gather around the table, turning the world upside down. Around the table, the kingdom of God breaks throug…
So often, the lens through which we look at others is that of hostility, suspicion and competition. Jesus calls us to move from hostility to hospitality. We are called to create spaces of welcome tha…
We kick off our series on Open Rhythms by looking at biblical hospitality. As followers of Jesus we are called to create spaces of welcome in which the presence of Jesus can be known and experienced.…
Join in on our celebration of God's faithfulness during our first year of living church life as a weekly rhythm of loving God, one another and our neighbors. We will look at Philippians 1:3-11, as we…
God has moved into our neighborhood. The Incarnation is a comforting truth in which to believe and a stunning example for how we are to live. God is most fully known through Jesus, and Jesus is known…
The Good News has the power to transform us and the world from the inside out. How do we appropriate it? This wraps up our series on the Gospel in 1, 3 and 30 words! We'll look at Ephesians 2:8-10, a…
Jesus is God with us so that we can share in God's life. We are meant to live in loving and fruitful relationship with God. When we follow Jesus, we are given a new family on a new mission. The resul…
The good news is not only that we have been saved FROM the bondage of sin, Satan, and death, but that we have been saved TO new life and mission in God's Kingdom here, now and forever.