It’s amazing how quickly and easily small children learn. I got a taste of this at the age of 15 when I visited France and stayed with a family with a young son. We had [...]

  The world is so noisy:  Text notifications demanding attention; email pop-ups with constant tiny fires to put out; my favorite music playlist on a loop; phone ringing – is it spam?  national news buzzing [...]

The LORD said, “Go out and stand on the mountain in the presence of the LORD, for the LORD is about to pass by.” Then a great and powerful wind tore the mountains apart [...]

Our devotional topic this week has been prayer that is dialogue with God —  “in the Way of Jesus with the Heart of Jesus”. As our writing team met to consider various aspects of practicing [...]

    Reading scripture is such a powerful foundation for prayer.  Passages become so familiar that they are “written on our palms” so to speak.  The stories remind us again and again to whom we [...]

It must be 40 years since Psalm 139 has become my goto psalm for praying for myself.  I love that the Lord knows me so well that my thoughts, words, actions, even my attempts [...]

Scripture tells us to weave prayer and thanksgiving into the fabric of our lives:  “pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.” (I Thessalonians 5:17-18).  [...]

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 – recorded [...]

A 2006 study by Peter M.Gollwitzer and Paschal Sheeran observed a fascinating and terrifying reality in the human brain. Over the past several years you may or may not have heard about the brain’s dopamine [...]

Joshua 4:1-7  When the whole nation had finished crossing the Jordan, the LORD said to Joshua, “Choose twelve men from among the people, one from each tribe, and tell them to take up twelve stones [...]