Stories. They're on the news. They're on our Facebook and Instagram feeds as videos. Stories, stories, stories. Have you noticed how stories shared with us through technology platforms keep getting shorter and shorter? They're tiny snippets, crafted to consume. We can even tap through them quickly if we're short on time or bored by what we're seeing. During Story Sunday, we slowed down together to listen as three Storyline community members told their stories. These stories lasted more than 30 seconds. These stories were filled with courage and vulnerability. And these stories reminded all of us how uniquely wonderful - yet commonly connected - we are.
"OTHERS" FORGIVENESS PRT 3
Our Finest Hour
During the election season of 2020 Mike Gathright considered two ways of seeing to help bring life into focus and provide hope and resilience.
NOTHING TO HIDE, FEAR, PROVE OR LOSE
Mike Gathright shared part 2 of the series on forgiveness.
FIXATED NOT FIXED
MOP SLIPPERS
Mike Gathright began a three-part series on the gift God most wants to give us.
UMWELT
Mike Gathright shared a short talk about the space between Reality and our Umwelt (what's that? You’ll have to listen and learn).
RELENTLESS JOY
This Sunday morning Mike Gathright discussed the possibility of living with relentless joy.
THE WAITING
We’ve all heard the verse before. In fact, Mike shared it with us just last week.
“For God loved the world, he gave his only son, and whosoever believes in him shall not perish, but have everlasting life.”
It’s an incredible picture, right? But what does it actually mean? Is it truly as simple as Mike made it seem last week, or is there something else happening here. Paul Knapp will dove just a bit deeper into this verse and the “Good News” that comes with it.
STOP, TRUST, JUMP THEN FALL
Who has had it? If you just raised your hand and screamed, "Me!" you're not alone...even though you might be by yourself.
Mike Gathright considered this question: "Where do we find comfort, how do we have hope in the midst of all this?
PANDEMIC OF GRACE
Did you know that viruses have been on the planet for 1.5 billion years longer than humans?
What can the church learn from the way viruses spread and thrive? This is the question Jill McNabnay considered this Sunday in our StoryONline Gathering.
BEING RIGHT ISN'T GOOD ENOUGH - Part 2
There is a lot going on right now; tensions are high, tempers are short. You can not turn on the TV without people yelling at each other. It seems like we are exasperated with, well everything, not to mention one another.
Mike Gathright explored how shifting what we're centered on might change that dynamic and open us up to new possibilities.
BEING RIGHT ISN'T GOOD ENOUGH - Part 1
The bible can be mysterious and difficult to understand - sometimes - in other places, God makes things pretty clear.
Mike Gathright looked at a few passages in the bible that makes how God feels about a certain subject anything but mysterious.
GOD GETS JUSTICE, WE GET GRACE
Justice is a great good. It is also elusive. What if part of what makes this great good so difficult to establish is...we actually have to aim higher?
This Sunday, Mike Gathright looked at what is even better and more necessary than justice.
SYSTEMIC GRACE
This Sunday we took a hard look at what is happening in our country, what the bible has to say about systemic good and evil and how God wants to work through us to see His will done on earth as it is in heaven.