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Protect Them From the Evil One (5/12)
Last week we heard Jesus speak a new identity over us: friends. No longer are we merely servants of God, who go and do as He commands,...
Joshua Gorenflo
May 9, 20241 min read
 
 
 


You Are My Friends, If You Do What I Command (5/5)
We’ve been talking a lot about love recently. It makes sense. Love is the essence of God’s character. Love is the heart of the Good News...
Joshua Gorenflo
May 1, 20241 min read
 
 
 


Love Does: Free to Fail
One of the hardest parts of living a life of love is the fear of failure. Time and time again, that fear will keep us from showing up,...
Joshua Gorenflo
Apr 29, 20242 min read
 
 
 


Abiding in Jesus (4/28)
"Whoever does not love abides in death." These were the haunting words we encountered last week from 1 John 3. Words which hold the...
Joshua Gorenflo
Apr 25, 20241 min read
 
 
 


Love Does: I'm With You
As we shift from discovering the Power of Your Story to a new series in which we populate our stories with love, we want to be...
Joshua Gorenflo
Apr 18, 20242 min read
 
 
 


The Bare Minimum (4/21)
Faith and love are the marks of the Church. We're not talking about some general sense of the words, though. It's not some broad...
Joshua Gorenflo
Apr 17, 20241 min read
 
 
 


Children of God (4/14)
As we continue in the weeks after Easter, we're still caught up in amazement about what it means for Jesus to be alive again. What...
Joshua Gorenflo
Apr 10, 20241 min read
 
 
 


A Resurrection Community (4/7)
I hope that you've been able to meet Jesus in all the "Galilees" of your week--those places of darkness, hurt, and brokenness where he...
Joshua Gorenflo
Apr 5, 20241 min read
 
 
 


The Power of Your Story: Authenticity
One of my pet peeves is when a movie or show of some kind resolves in a "too convenient" way. The story can be great up to that point,...
Joshua Gorenflo
Apr 4, 20242 min read
 
 
 


They Said Nothing to Anyone (3/31)
This week, our attention is going to turn to the good news of the resurrected Lord on that beautiful Sunday morning. A new day has...
Joshua Gorenflo
Mar 27, 20241 min read
 
 
 


How Great the Father's Love For Us (3/24)
We come to the time of year where the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus are remembered. As the foundational moment of our faith,...
Joshua Gorenflo
Mar 20, 20241 min read
 
 
 


The Power of Your Story: Inciting Incident
There's a point in every story where the world of the protagonist changes. A moment when their life is spun around and they cannot go...
Joshua Gorenflo
Mar 18, 20241 min read
 
 
 


A Voice Like Thunder (3/17)
May we each walk in the Light, knowing that the judgment of God and the salvation of God have both come when He gave the world His Son....
Joshua Gorenflo
Mar 13, 20241 min read
 
 
 


Light Has Come (3/10)
As we enter into our texts for this week, listening to what God has to say to us through His Word, we might summarize this week's theme...
Joshua Gorenflo
Mar 6, 20241 min read
 
 
 


Daylight Savings
Don't forget to spring your clocks forward this weekend for Daylight Savings!
Joshua Gorenflo
Mar 5, 20241 min read
 
 
 


The Power of Your Story: Narrative
Narrative is the overarching story someone is telling. It's the reason we can join in a familiar movie midway through and still know...
Joshua Gorenflo
Mar 4, 20242 min read
 
 
 


All-Consuming Zeal (3/3)
When is the last time you've been overtaken by zeal? How often are you swept up in the throes of passion for a cause you believe in? I...
Joshua Gorenflo
Feb 28, 20241 min read
 
 
 


How To Save A Life (2/25)
We are pretty comfortable with talking about Jesus as our Savior. Our common confession is that Jesus died on the cross and was buried...
Joshua Gorenflo
Feb 22, 20241 min read
 
 
 


The Power of Your Story: Metaphor
As we continue to explore the power of our stories and the ways in which God invites us into His story, we come to a crucial aspect of...
Joshua Gorenflo
Feb 21, 20242 min read
 
 
 


For God's Eyes Only (2/18)
May the transfigured Jesus, who radiates with the glory of heaven yet whose feet are planted firmly on earth, hold you together this week...
Joshua Gorenflo
Feb 14, 20241 min read
 
 
 
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