Ever see the beginning of an animated movie? Animators sketch various pictures in a scene and then have “inbetweeners” make the sketches before and after their picture to fill out the scene. God is telling (writing) a story, and he has invited you and me to be in it. This story has some key frames, a dilemma (or the problem), the development (the path that unfolds) and a destiny. Join us we look at this pattern and consider how it plays out in our own lives.

Do you know the difference between being a Christian and a “Christ follower?” A Christian has a Bible (and may occasionally read it), goes to church (sometimes), and gives to the church (when it is convenient). But a follower is much different. Join us as we discuss the characteristics of a follower and consider what Jesus was really asking when He invited people to follow Him.

Our purpose comes not from anything on the outside but rather from the affirmation we get on from inside of ourselves (from God). No amount of external success can make up for internal emptiness. It causes internal pain, which allows us a chance to plan, thus showing us our purpose. So often our purpose can be found in a crevice of our pain. It is finding something lonely and helping it be loved. It is helping something hurting and to be whole. Purpose is found not in our looking for attention but by our paying attention to the needs of the world around us. So join us! What is our pain and our plan? What is the pain in our community? How can we address it?

Theology is the study of God. We-ology is not really a word but for our purposes, we
will use it to describe the groups of people that make up the community of God followers. We will talk about why we need to be plugged into a church. Why we are stronger as a group than as individual people. How our world can be a different place if we truly value the role of our group. And what we look like when we-ology includes not only the study of the “we” but how the “we” interacts with our theology of God.

God has modeled for us a pattern of work and rest. He has commanded us to follow that pattern. He invites us to find rest in him. So why do we rest less, and become more restless, at the time?

Did you ever watch a movie from the end to the beginning? It always turns out to be a very different story. What is true of a movie that starts at the end and runs to the beginning can in many ways be true of our own lives as well. If we think about how we want our lives to end, we will many times make decisions earlier in our lives to set up the ending we have in mind. When we do life in that way, life becomes more than just going through the motions. Rather we become more intentional about what we do and how we do it. Join us as we think more about that approach to life and how it may affect how you approach your daily activities.