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Join pastors Jen and Jacob for stories about the best Christmas gifts ever received as we gather around the fire for this cozy Christmas. Graphic can be the one from the weekly emails. Do you get those? Will forward now if not. Sermon can just be called c
Rather than look at another ruler of history, Pastor Jacob concludes our King of Kings sermon series by exploring a concept that often has more power and control over our lives than any king, president, or emperor: time. How do we free ourselves from the
So many rulers maintain their power by ruling with an iron fist and killing whoever gets in their way. So how then, did our Prince of Peace, Jesus, who never lifted a sword somehow defy all odds and become the King of Kings? Join Pastor Jacob in this next
Pastor Jen puts Henry VIII up against Jesus and considers how they each treated the women in their lives. Spoiler alert: Henry wasn’t very nice to them!
The 13th century King of Mali, Mansa Musa, is believed by scholars to have been the richest person in history with an inflation-adjusted net worth of $400 billion. In contrast, the King of Kings, Jesus, did not even have a place to lay his head at night.
Pastor Jen kicks off our Advent sermon series, “King of Kings” by sharing the history of Israel’s relationship with kings and comparing Jesus to an infamous emperor of Rome, Nero. While Nero was power-hungry, self-obsessed, and violent, Jesus was th
One of the most challenging questions of our faith is why bad things happen to good people. If God is all-powerful and all-loving, then why does God allow evil to exist in our world? Join Pastor Jacob as he works through this difficult question.
In the Old Testament the Israelites believe that God wants them to completely wipe out their enemies from the land they are about to occupy. Does God really give them these instructions? Join Pastor Jacob as he tries to make sense of these "Texts of Terro
In our first sermon of the series, “You Ask, We Preach: Your Biggest, Burning Questions,” Pastor Jen tackles the issue of why God has been historically referred to as male, and why we can all benefit from exploring the feminine side of God.
When the writer of Hebrews says that faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the certainty of things unseen, we are told that we can have this assurance because we are surrounded by a great cloud of witnesses. Pastor Jacob shares about the encourageme
Every year on ONA Sunday, Pastor Jen and Pastor Jacob share reflections on why the LGBTQ+ community is vital to the health and life of the church. Pastor Jen explains why the church is blessed by the LGBTQ+ community. Pastor Jacob discusses the transfigur
Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego are known for surviving the fiery furnace, but the real reason they are heroes of our faith is because of their unconditional love for God. Join Pastor Jen for this spooky and inspiring story.