Lent 2026: Grace in the Eremos ~ Place to Face Our Sin

This sermon continues our Lenten journey through the Penitential Psalms, particularly Psalm 38, highlighting the weight and consequences of sin and the grace God provides in response.  Being a season that invites believers into the “eremos,” the wilderness, as a place of reflection, repentance, and reconciliation. Psalm 38 reveals the crushing burden of unrepentant sin,…

Lent 2026: Grace in the Eremos ~ Place for Testing and Strengthening

This sermon introduces the season of Lent and the journey we will take as a family of families through the Penitential Psalms this year. Lent is a sacred journey into the “eremos,” the wilderness place of testing, prayer, and dependence on God. Starting with Psalm 6, the first Penitential Psalm, the message explains that Lent…

Spiritual Disciplines ~ Confession: Why We Should – Shame ⇒ Freedom

Today, we will continue to be invited to rediscover the forgotten spiritual discipline of confession, understanding why we should do it, as confession is a pathway to freedom, healing, and blessedness. Drawing from Psalm 32 and 1 John 1:8–9, it teaches that sin brings shame, silence brings decay, and confession brings forgiveness, freedom, and renewal….

Advent 2024: Those Who Wait ~ Wait with Hope

Today, we begin the Advent season with our series “Those Who Wait,” highlighting that Advent is not simply a countdown to Christmas but a period of active, anticipatory waiting for the coming of Jesus. We will reflect on Psalm 72, which serves as King David’s final prayer for his son Solomon, emphasizing that true hope…

Today, in our time of hearing and responding to God’s Word, we will discuss the spiritual discipline of contemplation and its significance within the Spiritual Disciplines for deepening our faith and relationship with Christ.  We will talk more about the daily examen to prepare hearts for encountering God urging us to seek and meditate on…