Listening for the Arrows (January 7, 2024)

Sunday night’s message:

The decorations come down, the calendar turns, and Christmas recedes into memory—but Matthew 2 insists there’s something that doesn’t go out of season. And if the Gospel doesn’t go out of season, are we keeping ourselves focused on where it is pointing us?

A Fruity New Year’s Resolution

Is anyone else exhausted after the rush of the holiday season? I feel as drained as my parents’ stock of batteries was when I was given a Sega Game Gear one year for Christmas. How on earth am I supposed to “play” the new year better like this?

When Your Cup Runs Over with Sorrow (November 19, 2023)

This week’s sermon:

The holidays can bring back the empty chair, the family hurt, the memories of when everything felt joyful—and before long, sorrow and anxiety begin to take over. The words of Romans 8 help us in times when grief feels stronger than truth.

The Casaba Melon Church (November 12, 2023)

This week’s sermon:

Rules, hypocrisy, conflict—those are the words people most often reach for when they describe the church, and if we’re honest, we’ve sometimes given them reason to. Galatians 5 doesn’t flinch from that indictment; it sets the works of the flesh against a vision of the church so different, so beautiful, that it could only come from one source.

No Ordinary Day (January 1, 2023)

Sunday night’s message:

Most of our days do not feel like turning points in history; they feel like errands, obligations, and familiar routines, leaving us to wonder whether our lives matter in any story beyond our own. Those on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem in Acts 2 might have wondered the same thing.

Jesus Has No Origin Story (November 27, 2022)

This week’s sermon:

Thanksgiving takes planning, or you’ll fill the plate and miss the pie you were waiting for. Advent works the same way. The Gospel of Mark skips the manger and the angels and jumps right to the one the Gospels proclaim: Jesus. Do we get caught up in the details or get to Him in our own preparations?

Broken Plates (November 13, 2022)

Sunday night’s message:

Do we just want to replace the most obviously broken parts of our life or are we willing to have God completely renew us?

Conventional Failure (November 6, 2022)

This week’s sermon:

Conventional wisdom leads to conventional failure, but Jesus calls us to set our sights heavenward and experience God’s salvation.

A 30-Day Trial Isn't Enough (October 30, 2022)

This week’s sermon:

Nicodemus came to Jesus wanting to sample His take on God’s Law. Jesus calls both Nicodemus and us to something more.

When Mourning Becomes a Blessing (May 8, 2022)

Sunday night’s message:

Mothers mourn over children falling away, over ones they’ve outlived, over the ache of children they never had. That grief feels heavy for Mother’s Day, yet Jesus declares in Matthew 5:4, “Blessed are those who mourn.” How is it blessed to mourn?