Party of what's so challenging about seeking out love is that we've been told God is love, but have so many unloving images of God. Jesus helps us to see who God is and how God loves us. And as we connect to Jesus, his love transforms how we engage the people we encounter. 

JR.'s Sermons

Divine Love - Journey to Love

What keeps us from being more loving? Proverbs has a list of seven things God hates - and God hates them because they're barriers to having more love in our lives. How do we spot these barriers? And what do we do to root them out? 

Barriers to Love - Journey to Love

We've all heard love is the most powerful force in the world, but it can be hard to believe it's really true. What is the nature of Love's power? And how do we find it in our life? 

The Power of Love - Journey to Love

We mistake a lot of things for love (like, for instance, the infatuation between Romeo & Juliet). But the reality is that not all that masquerades as love is truly love. How do we spot the impostors masquerading as love so we can avoid them? 

Love is Not... - Journey to Love

So many things in our world pass themselves off as love, it can be hard to spot genuine love. But the truth is that we're surrounded by love. So how can we learn to spot it? It helps to learn the fruit that grow from love. After all, if we can spot... 

Finding Love - Journey to Love

What does it take to love well? How do we receive love well? Our journey to love begins with making sure we're ready. And a big part of that is... just showing up! Guest speaker and author Matt Mikalatos invites us to begin the journey well. 

Beginning the Journey - Journey to Love

We've all experienced financial strain as a result of the pandemic. Those strains make generosity harder. The Bible reminds us that generosity isn't about how much we give, but our attitude. Do we insist on generosity? On a faith-filled attitude... 

Financial Rhythm - How to Get Your Groove Back

One of the biggest struggles throughout the pandemic has been the loss of our social rhythms. We don't see our co-workers, our friends or our families nearly as much as we once did. This loss of social interaction has taken a toll - because we were... 

Social Rhythms - How to Get Your Groove Back

With everything happening in our world, we feel crushed and hopeless. Now, more than ever, we need to reclaim the weekly rhythm of worship. Why? Because this weekly rhythm reminds us who we are: God's beloved people, called to be peacemakers in this... 

Weekly Rhythms - How to Get Your Groove Back

We often think of prayer as asking God for things. And while that's part of prayer, it's far from the whole. Prayer is one of the daily rhythms God invites us into. Prayer, reading Scripture and meditation are spaces where we can order our day and... 

Daily Rhythms - How to Get Your Groove Back

The last year and a half, many of us have felt unmoored and adrift. As we're opening back up, going back to school and trying to find the new normal, how can we rediscover and reclaim those spiritual rhythms that bring us to life? 

Rediscovering Our Rhythm - How to Get Your Groove Back

Everywhere we look today, people are afraid. And fear makes us do ugly things - all justified by a need for safety and security. The new flagship Star Trek series - Discovery and Picard - inhabit a fearful universe as well, and they invite us to... 

Star Trek: Discovery and Picard - CataVision

Symbols are powerful. What do you feel when you see a Christmas tree? Or an American flag? What about your favorite band’s logo? Of course, the most powerful symbols mean different things to different people. The cross for many of us is a symbol of... 

The Cross, the Falcon and the Winter Soldier - CataVision

Star Wars is no stranger to religious themes, and The Mandalorian is no exception. What happens when Mando's strict code contradicts itself? Will he choose law or love? The Mandalorian's way of mercy illustrates for us Jesus' own injunction to... 

The Mandalorian, Law and Love - CataVision

Breaking Bad was a show about a man who consistently chose to be bad. One decision after another took him down the path from beloved high school teacher to murderous drug kingpin. His transformation is a dramatization of what we all know: sin is... 

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