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Do you serve others? If so, what sustains you? When we serve from only a sense of duty and obligation, we will not find the joy, sustenance, and nurturing we were created to experience. Jesus offers us a clue to another way in the “greatest commandment” (he can’t help but share two): Love God with all of yourself and love your neighbor as yourself. What if our service is meant to be sustained by a…
Is sacrifice an important part of your life? When Jesus describes what it means to follow him in Matthew 16, he speaks plainly about the necessity of sacrifice: giving up something you would like to keep in order to gain something greater. He says we can gain the whole world and still lose our soul if we are unwilling to deny ourselves. For some of us, these words carry painful baggage. We have…
How do we come to know an infinite God? Are facts and ideas enough to satisfy our souls, or is knowing God more like knowing a friend? John's Gospel tells us the divine became flesh in Jesus. Maybe God is still revealed in tangible ways today through Scripture, around a table of fellowship, in ordinary moments, and even in times of great difficulty. Join us for Part Two of The High Ground sermon…
In the fast-moving unpredictability of the world, how do you make room to dream? To plan? To create goals for the future? It starts with finding higher ground. When everything feels uncertain, finding higher ground isn't about escaping the world. It's about gaining perspective so we can see clearly enough to know where to go next.
We look around us today and see a world that is in pain. What is God’s response to this pain, and more important, what is God’s plan? When we’re uncertain of these answers it’s easy to want to give up. This Sunday morning we will spend some time in the eighth chapter of Romans, and we will seek to find some encouragement to have hope and to press on in the work that God has called us to.
It can be tempting to leave, move, or abruptly change direction when we find ourselves sharing a community, city, workplace or family with people who don't behave the way we think they should. After all, they are "toxic" right? Jesus tells a parable that challenges this way of thinking and implies that, like the wheat in the story, putting down roots and growing amid adversity is often part of how…
Have your ever felt like you missed your one opportunity to live an abundant life? Jesus once told a story about a farmer scattering seed to reveal God's generous way of working in the world. The seeds fell on every kind of ground, in every kind of place. Maybe God is still scattering the seeds of abundance on the ground right in front of us.
Join us for a special Sunday with Rev. Ayanna Watkins as she shares a word from Esther. Rev Ayanna is a longtime friend of Christ City. She is a skilled and kind preacher who knows CCC well. She has preached for us a couple of times a year for the last several years. You don’t want to miss it!
Do you trust yourself? Should you? At some point, most of us have trusted an authority that has let us down or caused us harm. Sometimes we were fooled, tricked, or manipulated. Other times, people simply failed us. In light of those experiences, how do we develop an inner sense of discernment, of intuition, of authority? The ministry of Jesus has more to say about that than we might think. Join…
Matthew 9:9 You probably aren’t much of a leader if people only follow you because they think they have to. What makes someone worth following? And how do we become the kind of people others can trust enough to follow? This message will guide us into ideas and practices to help us learn more about our own capacity to lead with authority and follow with discernment. Join us for the fifth sermon in…
Did you know Jesus had issues with authority? In fact, when he saw how harassed and helpless his people were, he chose to empower ordinary disciples to help, to heal and to liberate rather than rely on those with religious or political power. Sometimes, we might think it is a bonus to have a compassionate leader. According to Jesus, we may have set our sights too low. Join us as we take a look at…
