"The heart wants what the heart wants." - Woody Allen
There is a lot of truth to that statement- we love what we love.
If Jesus is right, what we love is the most important thing about us, then changing what we love is the key to seeing our life change and grow.
The question is, is there any way for us to change what we love?
This is what Mike Gathright explored this Sunday morning at Storyline's Gathering.
BEFORE, BENEATH, BEYOND
We all are seeking satisfaction in life, but how do we get there? How can we tell we are moving in the right direction? How do we keep score in life?
Jesus revolutionized the world by establishing a completely unique path, a surprising and counterIntuitive way of living. He promised satisfaction, then invited us to a way of keeping score that has changed the world and could even change us - if we let it.
THE LONG LONGING
All machines, systems, organizations and organisms can be broken down in to parts and pieces....but what about human beings? Are there parts and pieces to human beings? If so, how do they fit together and what does that tell us about how we work, what we really want, and how we can find satisfaction in life?
Sunday at Storyline's Gathering Mike Gathright asked these questions and consider how Jesus speaks to them. What if how we fit together could give us some strong clues about who we are and how we all long to live?
THE HAPPINESS OF PURSUIT
We all are seeking satisfaction in life, but how do we get there? How can we tell we are moving in the right direction? How do we keep score in life? Jesus revolutionized the world by establishing a completely unique path, a surprising and counterintuitive way of living. He promised satisfaction, then invited us to a way of keeping score that has changed the world and could even change us - if we let it.
Mike Gathright will took a closer look at this invitation of Jesus Sunday at Storyline's Gathering.
SATISFACTION
Physically there are things we need to survive; food, water and shelter. There are also things we need on a more human or spiritual level; hope, freedom, meaning, love and possibly above all, satisfaction. Sunday at Storyline's Gathering, Mike Gathright considered the absolutely unique position Jesus takes on this universal human need of satisfaction.
YES BOMB
Here we go, it's Labor Day Weekend and we all know what that means - it's time to go to WORK! Summer is over, the Fall has arrived and with it, school, new commitments, crammed schedules and the hustle of real life. Yikes! How does this happen to us?
Jesus had a very unique approach to this - he said, "No." He actually said it a lot. He lived an incredibly full life, yet was never in a hurry or too busy. How in the world did he do it? WHY did He do it, that may be the better question. These are the questions Mike Gathright explored this Sunday at Storyline's Gathering.
STORY SUNDAY
"We live in narrative, we live in story. Existence has a story shape to it. We have a beginning and an end, we have a plot, we have characters. Story is the language of the heart. …So if we're going to find the answer to the riddle of the earth—and of our own existence—we'll find it in story."
- Eugene Peterson
At Storyline we value personal stories. This Sunday, we had the opportunity to hear different Storyliner’s share their story.
BREATHE
This Sunday at Storyline's Gathering Mike Gathright will again consider Jesus's offer
of the abundant life, specifically how to sustain it.
FACE IT, FIGHT IT
We seem to know a lot - all kinds of good and helpful things yet we don't do them. We also know what to avoid, and sure enough... we DO them! Why?
This week at Storyline's Gathering Mike Gathright considered what it is that keeps us from the good, traps us in the bad and how the Grace of God can propel us forward.
BOLD & HUMBLE DREAMER - SERVANT
Last Sunday we discovered when our hope changes we begin to change. That makes sense - hope is powerful. But how do we move beyond just hoping IN God to hoping FOR God - that brings us to the root of our identity.
Who are you? Really? What does it mean to be - you?
That is the issue Mike Gathright looked at Sunday at Storyline's Gathering.
HOPING IN, HOPING FOR
This week at Storyline's Gathering Mike Gathright began a four week series about change. How do we continue to move forward, change and grow when life can be so challenging and daunting? Jesus offers us an amazing perspective and incredible source of power to do so!
MOVIE SUNDAY: Birdman
“And did you get what you wanted from this life?”
- Raymond Carver
This week at Storyline was a little different as Michael Koch, Dave Greendonner and Mark Ring looked at our need to feel significant and the cost using the critically acclaimed and Oscar winning film BiRDMAN as a way to explore and discuss this struggle in our own lives and how God fits into this.
RELATIONAL RITUAL
If it is true that Jesus didn't come to start a religion, does that mean there is no room for ritual?
Sunday morning at Storyline's Gathering Mike Gathright considered how the themes we've been exploring the last few months of relationship, covenant and grace all come together in one beautiful ritual.
BREAK THE RULES
Life is filled with rules, regulations, standards and laws that bring justice, order and control to every facet of life. Is that how God works too? What does he require of us? What rules do we have to follow in order to live the full life that He promises? Paul Knapp explored these questions and others Sunday.
IT'S AN EXPERIENCE
If Grace is so amazing why do we see so little of it in real life? It seems that lots of folks are ready to jump on us when we mess up, remind us why we fail, correct us when we come in second - but the line of those showing grace is short. Why is that?
Sunday at Storyline's Gathering Mike Gathright took another look at Grace and why it is in such short supply.