Messages

For a generation searching desperately for an experiential spirituality, there's good news: the Holy Spirit's indwelling presence to empower and transform is freely available. Unfortunately, confusion and unfamiliarity surround the Person of the Holy Spirit, leading many Christians to either sideline him or misunderstand what he means for their spiritual lives. In the Familiar Stranger series, we will reintroduce this oft-neglected Person of the Trinity, tracing the story of the Holy Spirit as it unfolds throughout the Bible, and inviting believers to close the gap between what Scripture reveals about the Holy Spirit and their lived experience. 

During Lent, our midweek messages will focus on Praying the Psalms. To read over the Psalms is to discover that many of them are not about lofty, high doctrine but about how the human heart works. Our message themes will revolve around the guilt, doubt, anger, fear, hostility, rawness, and white heat of the emotions expressed in the Psalms. Each week, and culminating on Good Friday, where Jesus is praying Psalm 22 from the cross, we will take one of these deep feelings, and instead of expressing it or just discussing it, we will see how they pray it.