DRAWBRIDGE DOWN

This last election cycle had a lot going on, some of it was pretty ugly.  Yet underneath there a common theme that linked voters from both parties together - this theme was also present in the life and mission of Jesus.  What was it and how could it help us to live with more purpose and passion?
This was the question Mike Gathright considered Sunday morning at Storyline's Gathering.

CERTAIN UNCERTAINTY

Have you ever thought you knew something for sure?  Like you were absolutely certain and then... It is not a good feeling.  We all long to have more control over life than we actually, really have.

This Sunday at Storyline's Gathering Jill McNabnay looked at the nature of certainty, why it is so important to us and how it just might be keeping something very important from us.

THE WHOLE STORY

Families, schools, companies, organizations can sometimes look very different from one another.  But sometimes they look very similar - but FEEL very different.  Why do some groups, organizations, families and communities feel open, friendly, inclusive and others feel stiff, closed, exclusive and judgmental?  
All kinds of people felt included, welcomed and loved by Jesus.  How did he do it? And why do communities of faith in Him so often fail to "feel" like this?
These are the questions Mike Gathright  explored  Sunday morning at Storyline's Gathering

BRICKS

Greatness... It's a word that comes with so many implications. It suggests success and triumph and legacy. It instills images of winning a race or conquering a fear. You may think of great moments in history like landing on the moon, The 1980 Miracle on Ice, the crumbling of the Berlin Wall. But what did Jesus think of greatness? How would he have defined it?
This week at the Gathering, Paul Knapp ask that and explored what greatness might mean when it comes to living the life of faith.

REVOLUTIONARY BATTLE

When really bad things happen we want to know why.  It is a normal and natural response to suffering, tragedy and the evil in the world.  Yet Jesus wants to lead us forward by encouraging us to ask another question as well - "what now?"

This Sunday morning at Storyline's Gathering, Mike Gathright considered the unique and surprising path Jesus offers us in the face of life's most difficult realities.

REVOLUTIONARY REVOLUTIONARY

It is an election year!  (Ugh.)  For most of us we either roll our eyes, sigh with disgust or even worse when we think about politics. 
Jesus seemed to be able to relate - yet, he had a brand new, never seen or even considered approach to politics and how to make the world a better place.
This Sunday morning at Storyline's Gathering, Mike Gathright looked at the totally unique and revolutionary way Jesus approached politics.

LIVE TOGETHER, DIE ALONE

The truth is the best thing about life, and the worst thing about life is often the same thing - people.  Relationships are difficult, messy, unpredictable and.. absolutely necessary for our life to work.  There are all kinds of reasons to avoid relationships, to keep a safe distance, to keep life simple - but at what cost?

This Sunday morning at Storyline's Gathering Mike Gathright considered the cost of living in community and the benefit of the living community God is inviting us to.

 

 

WHAT'S NEXT?

We all have comfort zones; these spaces that we create and attempt to live life within. These zones are spaces of certainty and satisfaction... they are filled with what we know, which is why they are comfortable to us. But what happens when the life of faith calls us to step out of comfort zone?

This week at the Gathering, Paul Knapp explore why it is that we create comfort zones and ponder why certainty and satisfaction may actually be taking us in the wrong direction.

TARZAN

Cars run on gas.  Horse on hay.  What makes people go?  It is stories.  We all have a story we are telling and living.  These stories, the way we frame ourselves and our purpose are what create the life we are living.  

This Sunday morning at Storyline's Gathering, Mike Gathright encouraged us to reconsider our story and explore how followers of Jesus have reframed and retold the story of God over and over again throughout history.  Is it time to do it again?

SOMETHING IN THE WATER

Tradition and ritual is a very important part of every culture.  They are easy to take for granted, dismiss or even resent.  Jesus had a very interesting relationship with tradition and ritual - he transformed them.
This Sunday morning at Storyline's Gathering Mike Gathright looked at one of the oldest traditions in the western civilization and how Jesus changed it and, if we'll allow, us.