Sermon Conversations with Alex and Aaron There’s only so much we can cover in a Sunday morning gathering! Each week, you’re invited to tune into our LIVE podcast at 11 am on Thursdays – [...]

 It’s tempting to leave reconciliation undone. Requiring effort and change, it’s not our natural reflex, so we often limp along without working on it. However, reconciliation is central to the gospel message. Paul tells [...]

One of my favorite childhood movie scenes was the revenge sequence in The Parent Trap. I imagined, for years, how I would exact my revenge on my own bullies and the cruel crushes of immature [...]

“When he came to his senses, he said, ‘How many of my father’s hired servants have food to spare, and here I am starving to death! I will set out and go back to my [...]

Reconciliation by definition is: Restoration of friendly relations with another person. In the Bible it means:  The restoration of a broken relationship, particularly between humanity and God, or individuals who have become estranged from [...]

Sermon Conversations with Alex and Aaron There’s only so much we can cover in a Sunday morning gathering! Each week, you’re invited to tune into our LIVE podcast at 11 am on Thursdays – [...]

Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience.  Bear with each other and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone. [...]

Like the Jewish religious leaders of the first century, I sometimes denounce the “worst sins in the world” on my mental slate. Over time, I’ve scribbled, erased, and revised several lists. This week we’re meditating [...]

Our focus in the forgiveness of others is obviously the other person:  the cultivation of mercy and grace for the one who has hurt us.  But sometimes our forgiveness can feel incomplete.  That resentment [...]