Some of you left Sunday with something sitting on your chest. You know what it is. You have known for a while.Maybe it is a pattern you keep returning to. Maybe it is something you have been carrying ...  Read More

Two nations. Two chapters. One truth.The Philistines thought they could own God. They put the ark in Dagon's temple like a trophy and went to sleep assuming their god had won. By morning, Dagon was fa...  Read More

There's a question most religious people never think to ask. It's not a comfortable one, but this past Sunday it was the one the text forced on all of us.Is it possible to do everything right on the o...  Read More

There is a moment in 1 Samuel 3 that should feel uncomfortably familiar. The word of the Lord was rare. Not gone entirely, but scarce enough that you'd notice the absence the way you notice when a roo...  Read More

Most of us will never steal from a church offering plate. Most of us will never commit the kinds of sins Hophni and Phinehas committed in plain sight at the tabernacle. So it's easy to read a passage ...  Read More

As we step into a new series in 1 Samuel, I want to invite you to do something a little different. Before we walk through it week by week, let’s zoom out and see the whole story. Not every detail, but...  Read More

Church family,Before we look ahead, I just want to say thank you.This past week was a gift. From our CK Holy Week gatherings, to the Seder Supper, to Good Friday, the Easter Egg Hunt, and Resurrection...  Read More

There’s a line from that old song I Can See Clearly Now that’s been stuck in my head this week:“I can see clearly now, the rain is gone…”Most of us know that feeling. Not just physically, but spiritua...  Read More

Sometimes the hardest moment in following Jesus is the moment when you realize you do not have enough.You step into a conversation about faith and feel unprepared. You see a need in someone’s life and...  Read More

One of the most dangerous things that can happen in the Christian life is becoming comfortable with Jesus.Not hostile toward Him.Not openly opposed to Him.Just… familiar.That was the problem in Nazare...  Read More

Most of us would never say it out loud, but many of us live as if the goal of life is simply to keep everything under control.Keep the schedule together.Keep the finances steady.Keep the relationships...  Read More

On Sunday we stood on that shoreline in Mark 4 and watched Jesus do something thatstill feels surprising. The crowd is huge. The moment is ripe. If there were ever a time tolean into momentum, this wa...  Read More