Today, we discuss the importance of what it means to be a disciple of Jesus: someone who organizes their whole life around 1. Being with Jesus, 2. Becoming like Jesus, and 3. Doing as he did and calls us to. Today, Pastor John shares his journey of discipleship to Jesus through this lens.

Today we discuss the parable of the Pharisee and the Tax collector.  Have you done great things 'for' God in your life?  Have you done terrible things in your life?  All need Christ, all are invited to humble themselves and repent.

This Sunday, we discuss the Sacrament we call Communion, The Lord's Supper or Eucharist.  Pastor John shares a little bit on the history and differing views on what happens when we receive this means of grace and shares why we practice it weekly at Trinity. 

We all face trials, pain and hardship in life.  Our God is not a God who is far away from all that, but one who is with us in the midst of this.  James 1 tells us to consider it joy when we face these hardships, yet it is not easy to do this.  If we do, we can allow God to shape us more into the loving, kind and generous people He wants us to be.  If we choose to turn to Him in our suffering, He can make good out of everything.

The digital world can eat up young and old alike, shaping them in ways they did not intend to be shaped.  Thus, the disciple of Jesus in today's world needs to think deeply about their engagement with screens.  Today, we advocate for temperance in this area of life, encouraging us to take Paul's command to fill our minds with good things, not earthly things, seriously. 

Quote from Ed Stetzer: "The biggest problem in American Evangelicalism today is that people are more discipled by their social media stream or cable news network of choice than they are by Jesus." 

Paul says we can build a church with wood, hay, straw or gold, silver and precious stones.  One is burned up when fire comes, another is purified.  What are we building Trinity with and are we trusting in the patient work of God in us?  Today Pastor John shares our values, the building blocks of what we think God wants us to hold onto at Trinity. 

Today David Shaffer shares insights on the importance of Fathers representing Christ to their children and families.  Godly Fathers love their families and lead them closer to Jesus.

Today we celebrate Pentecost, the coming of the Holy Spirit and the birth of the church.  Do we have a real experience of God through His Spirit, and do we let him shape us in the ways he wants to? 

In our time, technology and the digital world are affecting our relationships. They are specifically negatively affecting relationships with people who are close to us in proximity, but with whom we share no familial bond or affinity group.  These people are our neighbors!  Thus today we wrap up our series on 'Loving Ourselves and Others Well,' by discussing ideas to help us love our actual neighbors well and how to promote good community in our neighborhoods!

People got annoyed at Jesus' tendency to eat with sinners, and even called him a glutton and drunkard.  Yet this was perhaps and intentional practice that we need to bring back in today's world as society moves toward isolation, loneliness and eating alone.  Would you celebrate with us? 

Conflict is difficult, but it is something that Jesus clearly calls us to do well.  As his disciples, he calls us to not let our anger control us and not blow up on others, and he calls us to not let our relational problems linger and fester.  He tells us to talk it out with those we have issues with.  We will need his Spirit and his wisdom to do this well.  Join us as we discuss this vital issue in our discipleship to Jesus!

Christ calls us to love others well and deeply.  Yet we often don't even know each other well enough to love them.  Perhaps learning to listen well is essential to loving others well.  This skill we must learn to put into practice and become good listeners.  Join us as we discuss this needed skill in loving others well. 

Today we journey with Joseph understanding the ways that his family was dysfunctional and sinful.  In the midst of this, Joseph chose to forgive his brothers and not pass that on to the next generation.  A big part of what we need to do as Disciples of Jesus is to look at our family of origin and be honest about the sinful habits or unhealthy patterns and choose to change those in our lives. 

Join us as we begin a sermon series focusing on Loving Ourselves and Others Well.  Today we talk about the importance of knowing ourselves.  St. Theresa of Avila says, "Almost all problems in the spiritual life stem from lack of self-knowledge."  Thus knowing ourselves and being sure in our walk with the Lord is essential to our maturity as a person made in His Image. 

As Easter Morning came, the disciples were very surprised at the resurrection of Jesus, yet the angels asked, "Why do you seek the living among the dead?"  This leads us to be reminded that we should be surprisingly alive in an era that doesn't expect it.  Have we really experienced the life of Jesus, relationship with the Holy Spirit and the freedom he brings us?  Are We Surprisingly Alive?

Today we look at the Kingdom of Jesus, and how those around Jesus missed it, and how we still miss it!  Then we discuss the ancient Christian practice, a Rule of Life.  Join us as we seek to be intentional in our walk with the Lord.

Guest speaker Charlotte Duff leads us in discussing the practice of coming before God in Silence and Solitude.  Do we let business, distraction, fear or anxiety stop us from spending time in stillness with God?  God's invitation is to come to him in quiet and rest!

We continue our series on Spiritual Practices during the season of Lent.  Fasting is not a fun practice or something that many Americans practice, but it is a practice that deepens our intimacy with God and allows Him to shape us more into his disciples. 

Do you delight in Sabbath?  God invites us to Sabbath, as a reminder that it is him who makes us holy.  We rest with the rhythm of creation and seek a deeper intimacy with God. 

Ash Wednesday begins the journey of Lent and Jesus' intentional journey to the cross. Join us as we reflect on Ash Wednesday Invitations.

Today we learn from the story of Jesus' transfiguration and wonder how God might call us to cling to him in difficulty, confusion and when we can't tell why things are happening in our lives the way they are.

This week we wrap up our sermon series on Creation with the story of the fall and Original Sin.  Join us as we walk through this story and look that the implications in our lives. 

Do you have a theology of vocation?  God creates humans and gives them work to cultivate Eden and bring his goodness throughout the world. Today we look at the big story of scripture and how it encourages us to understand our work through the lens of cultivating Beauty, Abundance and Order in God's good world as his new creation is breaking in.  

Join us as we continue our series on Creation.  Our story tells us that our God made us in him image, which teaches us of the dignity, value and worth of every individual, as well as the great opportunity all of us have to do good with God.  We are also told that we are made of dust, which reminds us that we will die one day, and that as finite, created beings, we have limits.  God wants to meet us in those limits, and as we embrace those, we embrace more of his life for us. 

We continue our series on our Creation Story as we explore how God calls Creation Good!  This is essential to our understanding of the world, and how we are to live in it, responsible for caring for creation well.  We also discuss what the "New Creation" will be like when the Resurrection at the end of time comes.