This Sunday at Storyline's Gathering Mike Gathright continued our exploration of how resolving to respond to Grace is much more like letting something happen than making it happen.
RESOLVE TO RESPOND, Part 2 - Prayer
How do you let something happen? This is the question we are asking this month as we consider resolving to respond to Grace.
This Sunday at Storyline's Gathering Jill McNabnay considered the surprising role that prayer plays in letting God's Grace change us and our lives.
RESOLVE TO RESPOND, Part 1 - Let It Happen
Happy New Year! Let's see, how long will my resolutions last? Why are they so hard to keep?
What if there was a resolution that could change our lives that wasn't about what we could make happen, but something we could let happen? This Sunday at Storyline's Gathering Mike Gathright will look at a new kind of resolution.
A NEW KIND OF COMMUNITY
Every community has distinctives...that is what makes a group a community. Jesus dismissed the distinctives of class, gender, race, ethnicity, nation, religion, and politics we use to form community and created something never seen before.
This Sunday at Storyline's Gathering Mike Gathright explored how Jesus created community and the enormous challenge and opportunity it for us.
THE BIG QUESTION OF XMAS
"What do you want?" That is the refrain of the season, right? And it is a great question - one that is often hard to answer. But, how about this one, "what does God want?"
This Sunday at Storyline's Gathering Mike Gathright will take a look at this question
and how Christmas might help us answer it.
STUCK, STRANDED & SURROUNDED
Charles Dickens wrote, "It is good to be children sometimes, never better than at Christmas, when its mighty founder was a child himself."
This Sunday at Storyline's Gathering Mike Gathright considered how community and Christmas and childhood can all work together.
FAST OR FAR
Why are the things that are good for us often so hard? Why is exercise difficult and ice cream yummy? Why is living in community both critical and complicated?
As we continue to explore the depths and difficulties of community this Sunday, Mike Gathright will consider why it is so good for us and the world and yet so hard.
CIRCUMAMBULATING GRACE
If love, community, and friendship are the reason behind life and the reason for life, the question Rodney King asked America in the midst of the 1992 L.A. Riot, "Why can't we all just get along?" is no less important today.
This Sunday at Storyline's Gathering Mike Gathright considered this question and the challenging yet inspiring invitation the God of Grace if offering us all.
FRIENDSHIP WITH GOD
Could any one thing rightly be called the foundation of everything, of all of life and existence itself? Is it possible that everything finds its beginning and end, its source and goal, in one thing.
This Sunday at Storyline's Gathering Mike Gathright will delve into these questions and the simple and beautiful yet challenging and transforming assertion Jesus makes about them.
UPSTAIRS NEIGHBORS
What are the components of an ideal community? Are "ideal" communities even possible in today's world? This week at the Gathering, we examined these questions in a conversation with our friend and fellow Storyliner Chris Mason, co-founder of Watermark Brewing Co. in downtown Stevensville.
KETCHUP SUNDAE
People. Sheeesshhh! Why is life together so difficult? Why can't we just all get along? What drives us apart? What brings us together? Is it worth it?
These are some of the questions Mike Gathright considered in Storyline's new series about community, that began this Sunday.
STORY SUNDAY
We all have a story. No matter how long or dramatic, each of us has a unique set of moments and experiences that have shaped us into the people we are today. This week at the Gathering we heard some of those stories from friends of storyline in our semi-annual “Story Sunday.”
OBSTACLES & OBJECTIONS Q&A
This Sunday at Storyline's Gathering we wrapped up our series, Objections and Obstacles to Faith, with a question and answer Gathering.
Mike Gathright, with Paul Knapp and Jill McNabnay, addressed questions that came in over the last six weeks, as well as questions that came in live during the Gathering.
OBSTACLES & OBJECTIONS Part 6 - Science
There are so many things about life that make the life of faith difficult. For many, none more so than the seemingly insurmountable gap between science and faith.
This Sunday at Storyline's Gathering Jill McNabnay explored how science and faith can work together to help our lives flourish.
OBSTACLES & OBJECTIONS Part 5 - Forgiveness
Why does the bible talk about forgiveness so much? And how does the crucifixion of Jesus provide it?
This Sunday at Storyline's Gathering, Mike Gathright continues our series on Obstacles and Objections to faith, by asking the question, "why can't God just forgive?"