4.21.24 Message – Dare to Dance: The Dance of Love
How do we know that the rhythm and dance of our lives is faithful? Drummer of the Grateful Dead, Mickey Hart, wrote: “To fall in love is to fall in […]
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4.14.24 Message – While in Their Joy: Dancing Sure
Luke 24:36b-48 Sometimes we are unsure about our steps in this world. Even the disciples, joyful as they were at seeing Jesus post-resurrection, they still had disbelief and wonder at […]
3.31.24 Easter Sunday Message
Easter is tricky when it comes to faith. We come for the happy ending–the “and then they lived happily ever after.” The resurrection story proclaims hope over despair and life […]
3.24.24 Message – Good Enough: Palm Sunday
We stand at the precipice of Lent and Holy Week. This day moves from shouting and praising to a time of crying and lament. The drama of the story of […]
3.17.24 Message – Good Enough: We Are Fragile
Good Enough: We Are Fragile (John 12:1-8) Life is fragile. And we won’t be around forever. Although we’d much rather pretend that we will. We don’t want to think of […]
3.10.24 Message – Good Enough: We Often Believe We Are the Problem
We can be pretty hard on ourselves when things don’t go as planned. Guilt, shame, and fear of being seen as a failure can make us our own harshest critic. […]
2.25.24 Message from Shawnee Community
Good Enough: So Much is Out of Our Control (Luke 13:31-35) Have you ever tried herding chickens? It’s impossible. Even if we don’t know anything about chickens that much is […]
2.18.24 Message – Good Enough: Ordinary Can Be Holy
Good Enough: Ordinary Can be Holy (Luke 4:1-13) We find ourselves hungry for many things that we believe will satisfy us. What one of us wouldn’t be tempted to jump […]
2.11.24 Message: Who Do We Want Jesus to Be?
Who Do We Want Jesus to Be? (Mark 9:2-9) So often we take the Jesus we read about, hear about, preach about, pray about and we try and fit him into […]
2.4.24 Message: Jesus Practiced Self-Care
Jesus Practiced Self-Care (Mark 1:29-39) We hear a lot about the importance of self-care and how and when we’re supposed to practice it. Many things folks can do are named […]
