The Blessing of Presence

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Christmas is nearly here. Even though it’s been in the shops a lot longer, we as believers in Jesus celebrate the most important day ...

Behold: Gospel

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Advent is a season of waiting, anticipating, and hoping. It’s a time when we plant our feet firmly in the land between two affirmations: ...

Behold: Pursuit

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Advent is a season of waiting, anticipating, and hoping. It’s a time when we plant our feet firmly in the land between two ...

Behold: Surrender

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Welcome to our Advent series that we’re calling Behold. Remember, Advent is a season of waiting, anticipating, and hoping. It’s ...

Light of the World

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As we grow up, most of us learn the basics of life. One of those basics is that we have five senses: sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch. ...

Born to Save

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What do you need today? There are so many ways we could probably answer that question. Some might say, “I need a vacation. I need a ...

Behold the Lamb of God

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I hope you had a good Thanksgiving. Now we flip the page and enter the season on the church calendar known as Advent. Advent is different ...

Hope for a Weary World

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In the short story, later turned into a film, The Life of Walter Mitty, the main character has an overactive imagination. Living a commonplace ...

Waiting for Christmas

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Isn’t it so hard to wait to open your gifts? I remember when I was around 9 years old, my brother and I wanted an electric race car ...

‘Glory to the Newborn King’

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I love singing Christmas carols and Christmas songs. Maybe you do too. A couple weeks ago I was at a Christmas party, and we sang a couple ...

‘What Child Is This?’

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In the year 1865, William Chatterton Dix, who was a businessman in Glasgow, Scotland, suddenly came down with a serious illness. ...

Trusting the Sovereignty of God

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We are in our Advent series called “Christmas with Joseph—when things don’t go as planned.” What we’re trying ...

Waiting for a God-Given Perspective

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We are in the second week of our Advent series called “Christmas with Joseph: When Things don’t Go as Planned.” ...

Doing the Right Thing in the Right Way

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Today marks the first Sunday of Advent in which Christians all across the world are preparing to celebrate the coming of Jesus.

This year as ...

Christmas Presence

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I invite you take a moment, in this busy season, to just breathe. Be present in this body, in this moment, in this place, with these people. ...

Two Key Women of Christmas

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(Read Luke 1:39-56)

On several occasions, King Abdullah II of Jordan has disguised himself and mingled with his subjects. He does this to better ...

The ‘Fear Nots’ of Christmas

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The rock star Sting, in a Rolling Stone interview, spoke of his growing awareness of his own mortality: "I'm 64. Most of my life ...

What Do We Do Now?

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Fritz Kreisler the world-famous violinist, earned a fortune with his concerts and compositions, but he generously gave most of it away. So, ...

Advent: Christmas Eve

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Happy Christmas!

Christmas is very much a thing at our church. You may be watching this on Christmas Eve, or Christmas Day, or the ...

Advent: Hope

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If you are new to Advent, it’s based on an ancient Latin word. Ad is Latin for “to ”, and vent for “come.” ...

Advent: Joy

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Christian Wiman, the celebrated poet, professor of literature at Yale and Christian intellectual, in his book Joy, which is a collection ...

Advent Conspiracy: Christmas Eve

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When I was a teenager, I worked at the mall at a shoe store. And I loved working on Christmas Eve, because as a salesman on commission, I ...

Advent Conspiracy: Love All

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Every Christmas there is that one toy that everyone wants and that creates all sorts of craziness.

In 1983 it was the Cabbage Patch Doll! The ...

Advent Conspiracy: Give More

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Every year we celebrate Christmas and for most people it’s a big deal. We decorate our home, send out cards, buy gifts, throw parties, ...

Back to the Start

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Merry Christmas! One thing is for sure, Christmas is looking much different than of us expected this year. But I wonder if that’s actually ...

The Gift of Christmas Light

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In his book Every Good Endeavor, Tim Keller explains the three elements of a story. He points out that a story begins when something knocks ...

The Magi Visit the Messiah

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Nobody knows who the Magi were, though everyone’s heard of them. They embody the quest for truth, meaning, and purpose in life. We assume ...

A Predictable Christmas

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It's that time of year that you are either excited, or maybe a bit disappointed. Some of us are excited because, well, there are sales, ...

Skipping Christmas

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“Always winter, but never Christmas.” That memorable line comes to us from C. S. Lewis’ beloved children’s classic ...

Why the Feeding Trough?

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How about this for a true story. In 2007 my husband Jonathan and I caught a plane to Australia with Academy-Award winning director George ...

Room Near the Inn

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We entitled our Christmas series "The Visited Planet." In 1925, Gilbert Keith Chesterton wrote a book called The Everlasting Man. ...

Christmas Promises

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Promises, promises, promises. A lot of people make promises. Some actually keep them. But when it comes to God, he always keeps his promises, ...

The Hope for the World

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Christmas is the most wonderful time of the year for many reasons. And one of those reasons is that Christmas allows us to take stock of the ...

Christmas: Lost and Found

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What’s your favourite animal? What do you think is God’s favourite animal? I think I know. I think God’s favourite animal ...

'A Thrill of Hope'

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I don’t know if you’ve noticed this, but we’re going through a season of change. Maybe you’ve felt it, the leaves ...

The Characters of Christmas: Simeon

This sermon is part of “The Characters of Christmas” sermon series. See the whole series here.

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With this sermon, we conclude our ...

The Characters of Christmas: Wise Men

This sermon is part of “The Characters of Christmas” sermon series. See the whole series here.

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Every manger scene includes the ...

The Characters of Christmas: Shepherds

This sermon is part of “The Characters of Christmas” sermon series. See the whole series here.

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Christmas time is filled with tradition. ...

The Characters of Christmas: Joseph

This sermon is part of “The Characters of Christmas” sermon series. See the whole series here.

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Matthew’s gospel tells the ...

The Characters of Christmas: Mary

This sermon is part of “The Characters of Christmas” sermon series. See the whole series here.

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Dave Richards was raised in a strong ...

The Characters of Christmas: Zechariah

This sermon is part of “The Characters of Christmas” sermon series. See the whole series here.

About the Series

We all love a good story. A ...

The Once Wise Man

A wise man ... A man of knowledge ... An advisor to kings.

These were once words used to describe me. Of course, I had not actively pursued such distinction. ...

Growing in Wisdom

This sermon is part of the “More Than a Holiday” sermon series. See the whole series here.

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I’m excited to kick off our Advent ...

Facing Temptation

This sermon is part of the “More Than a Holiday” sermon series. See the whole series here.

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We are in the second week of our Advent ...

Persevering Through Suffering

This sermon is part of the “More Than a Holiday” sermon series. See the whole series here.

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Isaiah 53, a very familiar chapter for ...

Receiving Power

This sermon is part of the “More Than a Holiday” sermon series. See the whole series here.

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We’re in the fourth week of our ...

Christmas Stories: A Jesus Story

This sermon is part of the “Christmas Stories” sermon series. See the whole series here.

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(Read Luke 2:1-20)

How it starts

Listen, ...

The Gift of the Son: Prince of Peace

This sermon is part of “The Gift of the Son” sermon series. See the whole series here.

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During Advent we've been looking at ...

How Do I Escape the Christmas Traps?

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Advent is about enjoying and admiring Jesus. It's a season we observe each year at this time, during which we endeavor to do something intentional: ...

What Difference Does Christmas Make

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Here we are, at the very beginning of the Christmas season. Oh, I know the malls and stores have been playing Christmas music and hanging ...