You may not know this, but Pastor Charity on our staff is a champion of Emotional Intelligence, which is simply the ability to name and manage your feelings. In fact, if you come to my office, you will see a sticker on my desk of an Emotions Wheel. It is a diagram with several feelings listed, along with characteristics of that feeling, and what you can do with that emotion. Our Wellness Ministry ...  Read More

Watch this video from Elizabeth Hogan (Director of Gathering Kids) discussing the importance of courage and connection. Matthew 4:1-11 (CEB)Temptation of Jesus4 Then the Spirit led Jesus up into the wilderness so that the devil might tempt him. 2 After Jesus had fasted for forty days and forty nights, he was starving. 3 The tempter came to him and said, “Since you are God’s Son, command these ston...  Read More

Watch this video from Pastor Aaron, which asks the question, what does it look like to follow the Spirit through our own discomfort? Matthew 4:1-11 (CEB)Temptation of Jesus4 Then the Spirit led Jesus up into the wilderness so that the devil might tempt him. 2 After Jesus had fasted for forty days and forty nights, he was starving. 3 The tempter came to him and said, “Since you are God’s Son, comma...  Read More

Watch this video from Pastor Charity, which asks the question, what if we rely on Jesus during Lent more than ever have before? Matthew 4:1-11 (CEB)Temptation of Jesus4 Then the Spirit led Jesus up into the wilderness so that the devil might tempt him. 2 After Jesus had fasted for forty days and forty nights, he was starving. 3 The tempter came to him and said, “Since you are God’s Son, command th...  Read More

A Note From Guest M-Note Author, Pastor Charity...Thank you for leaning in to The Beloved Community series. I know some of you leave this series anxious to do more anti-racism work, while others may have felt challenged unnecessarily. I suspect most of you are somewhere in between. I’m simply grateful for the fact that you are engaging the content and facing yourselves and our bias. I want you to ...  Read More

Opening Prayer An Invitation to Brave SpaceBy Micky ScottBey Jones inspired by a poem by Beth StranoTogether we will create brave spaceBecause there is no such thing as a “safe space”We exist in the real worldWe all carry scars and we have all caused wounds.In this spaceWe seek to turn down the volume of the outside world,We amplify voices that fight to be heard elsewhere,We call each other to mor...  Read More