For the forty days of Lent, we will join the people who walked alongside Jesus in his journey to the cross, hid in the shadows during his condemnation, huddled trembling at the foot of the cross, and stood weeping in front of the sealed tomb. We will remove the barriers of time and geography in order to consider how we are each a part of this ancient story, and how Christ's life and death continue to impact our lives today.
Apr 1, 2018 3:00 AM America/Los_Angeles
In our last installment on Easter Sunday, Mary Magdalene is in the garden after Christ's resurrection, but she mistakes the risen Christ for the gardener. So too do two disciples fail to recognize Jesus on the road to Emmaus. Had Jesus changed in some way
Mar 30, 2018 12:00 PM America/Los_Angeles
On Good Friday, we gather with the women at the foot of Jesus' cross, and we weep. But Jesus tells us not to weep for him, but to weep for ourselves. We have much to weep for these days. Tonight, we descend into the darkness of our world in the hopes that
Mar 29, 2018 12:00 PM America/Los_Angeles
Maundy Thursday commemorates Jesus' last meal with this disciples, but it is also the night that Judas betrays his teacher and friend. What motivated him to turn Jesus over to his captors? Why, like Judas, do we find ourselves so often doing what we know
Mar 25, 2018 3:00 AM America/Los_Angeles
At the same time as Jesus' procession into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday, Pilate and the imperial army were marching in their own procession on the other side of town. Join Pastor Jacob as he explores how Jesus' entry into Jerusalem that day was a carefully pl
Mar 18, 2018 3:00 AM America/Los_Angeles
Salvation is a complicated theological concept. Could we learn about what it means from an executed criminal? Join us as we read the story of Saint Dismas, the Penitent Thief, who found salvation in the most unlikely place.
Mar 11, 2018 3:00 AM America/Los_Angeles
In the temple in Jerusalem a curtain sixty feet high and thirty feet wide stood outside the Holy of Holies where the presence of God was supposed to dwell. This curtain was four inches thick and the Jewish historian Josephus said that even two horses atta
Mar 4, 2018 2:00 AM America/Los_Angeles
Nicodemus was a Pharisee who had all of the answers. So why does he come to Jesus in the middle of the night asking questions? Join us as we unravel Nicodemus' tightly wound theology and discover the beauty of the Spirit's mystery.
Feb 25, 2018 2:00 AM America/Los_Angeles
Last week, Pastor Jen called on us to take up the proverbial cross of Christ and live lives of risk. This week we visit the one person who literally carried the cross of Christ and we ask what it takes to make a hero.
Feb 18, 2018 2:00 AM America/Los_Angeles
We start our Lenten sermon series, “Were You There?” by entering into one of the most shocking conversations Jesus has with his disciples. Although he had just praised Peter, in this passage he calls him Satan! Join us as we begin our journey with the