The poet Marie Howe says, "There’s a silence in the center of everything." Silence can be bright and loud. Silence can be dark and wide. Silence can be frightening or calming. It can make us uncomfortable or rejuvenate us. In our busy, technology-driven lives, we are often unfamiliar with silence and its many sounds. Join us this Lent as we explore profound moments of silence in Scripture and consider how silence might teach us new things about ourselves and our God.
Apr 21, 2019 3:00 AM America/Los_Angeles
In the Gospel of Mark, the first eyewitness to the resurrection flee from the tomb in fear and the Gospel ends. Join Pastor Jacob as he explores how doubt is a necessary component of faith. This Easter, let us sit in the wonder of the story of Christ's re
Apr 19, 2019 12:00 PM America/Los_Angeles
Watch our full Good Friday Service as we travel the stations of the cross and pay attention to the ways today's headlines intersect with the Gospel story. Jump to 4:17 for the start of the service and 39:30 to catch the sermon.
Apr 18, 2019 12:00 PM America/Los_Angeles
The Center for Disease Control found that only 65 percent of women and 31 percent of men washing their hands after using the bathroom. We have a hard time washing our hands, but an easy time washing our metaphorical hands when we shouldn't. How can we tel
Apr 14, 2019 3:00 AM America/Los_Angeles
The noise and chaos of Palm Sunday soon takes a precipitous decline a week later when Jesus finds himself before Pontius Pilate and his accusers. Pastor Jen contrasts the noise and silence of Palm Sunday and Passion Sunday and asks why Jesus stood silent
Apr 7, 2019 3:00 AM America/Los_Angeles
How can we have faith when God is silent? Pastor Jacob explores those moments in life when we have so many questions, but God seems nowhere to be found.
Mar 31, 2019 3:00 AM America/Los_Angeles
This story from Mark 3 has a lot of interesting elements, but in this sermon, Pastor Jen zeroes in on the silence of the Pharisees after Jesus questions them. What happens in that moment when our silence starts to solidify as stubbornness?
Mar 24, 2019 3:00 AM America/Los_Angeles
We all know that death can come at any time. What's hard is that we don't know when that time will be and Scripture doesn't give us any answers. What do we do in the face of the silence surrounding our own deaths?
Mar 17, 2019 3:00 AM America/Los_Angeles
In this famous passage, Elijah is running for his life and hiding in a cave when he hears a "still, small voice." But what did God actually say in the silence of that moment? Have you ever thought about the conversation between Elijah and God? Join Pastor
Mar 10, 2019 3:00 AM America/Los_Angeles
There are over 600,000 word forms in the English language. We are inundated everyday with a constant stream of words. But with so many words, sometimes they lose they power--particularly, the words we use to talk about God. When we have said so many wrong
Mar 6, 2019 11:00 AM America/Los_Angeles
We begin our journey to Easter Sunday with this year's Ash Wednesday service, a night to remember and reflect on our own mortality. Join us this Lent as we enter into the silence of Scripture. Tonight, hear the words of the Psalmist: Selah. Pause...breath