After last week’s talk, I had a bunch of fascinating emails - people starting to see where their unconscious Parts have been quietly trying to get everyone around them to see the world the way they do. And with that came the realization of just...

Speaker: Vince KlassenHave you ever noticed how two people can look at the exact same world and come to completely different conclusions about it?One sees everything falling apart.Another sees slow progress.And both...

What if the most dangerous moments in your life aren’t the loud ones, but the quiet ones? The ones where a voice inside you starts making a very convincing case. A case to quit. To blow it up. To take the shortcut. To say the thing you swore yo...

What if one of Jesus’ most famous stories isn’t about waiting for a miracle - but about becoming one? This week we’re stepping into the middle of the feeding of the 5,000 and listening carefully to the moment we usually rush past: when Jesus lo...

Speaker: Vince KlassenWhat happens when the faith that once fit… doesn’t anymore?Many of us were taught that religion is one-size-fits-all. Believe the same things. Follow the same rules. Stay in line.But what happens when you...

Speakers: Vince KlassenMany of us grew up in a Christian tradition that left a mark (even if we didn’t grow up in it, the influence of the Christian tradition has snuck into us from the people around us).Sometimes it was subtl...

Speakers: Vince KlassenTaking Water its in this thing called (transcendent) WeRecently I had an experience that’s stayed with me. I was running with a group near the Talisman Centre by the river. It was –10°C when we noticed a man...

Two Sundays - the end of an era, and the beginning of the next.This Sunday, Vince’s on the Hotseat. Ask him those questions you’ve always wanted to ask - but maybe never had the chance or nerve to.Bryce (aka Bad Boy with a Heart...

Speakers: Bryce Lokken & Jeff JarvisTwo Sundays - the end of an era, and the beginning of the next.This Sunday is Jeff's Last Sunday at Friends Church so you can ask him whatever you've always wanted to know about him.B...

Speaker:  Jeff JarvisDeep down, most of us already know at least one change we long to make. Yet as Vince has been unpacking, it’s often not a lack of desire or effort that holds us back—but unseen forces within us that cause us to ...

Changing is hard—really hard. But it isn’t impossible.Last week we explored why New Year’s resolutions (and most attempts at change) fail: our internal systems are designed to keep us exactly where we are. For many of us, that realizatio...

Big holidays spark motivation. New Year’s especially.And yet… most resolutions fade fast. We joke about it because we’ve lived it.But why do they fail?And more importantly—how do we finally make them work?This ...

Over the years, Christian traditions have built different walls around their castles of faith—each convinced they’ve got it right, and everyone else has it wrong. It’s strange, really, that so many walls exist around the same story.

The shepherds were the last people anyone expected to be part of the story—they were living on the margins, working the night shift while everyone else slept, never invited to the events around them.  OutsidersAnd yet… they’re the ...

Every year, we gather the remarkable stories emerging from our community—stories of people “Taking Water,” showing up with compassion, generosity, and a willingness to invest themselves in the lives of others without expectation. These stories ...

Walk into any cathedral in the world and chances are you’ll feel something.For me, it’s often a sense of Something More.After a conversation with an architect in our community, I’m realizing just how much our spaces shape us—how the...

This Sunday, I’m having an honest conversation with someone who’s facing a reality most of us try not to think about: our time on this earth is limited. Every week, someone somewhere says goodbye to someone they love—and it’s never easy. Even t...

Across cultures and centuries, people have turned to certain natural substances in search of something beyond themselves — healing, meaning, perhaps even an encounter with the divine.Now, modern science is circling back to explore what ...

Speaker: Jeff JarvisHow often do you let yourself truly enjoy life’s pleasures? Do you ever feel guilty for spending time or money simply to delight in something good? I’ll admit—sometimes I do.Throughout history, the topic of...

Speaker: Vince KlassenThere’s one thing in life that ranks right up there with death and taxes - change.This past week we shared that Friends Church will be changing too, with Jeff stepping away to pursue a new career managing a...

This week we announced the resignation of one of our Lead Pastors - Jeff Jarvis.We spent some time learning what is next for Jeff and his family and where Friends Church 2.0 came from.Finally, we looked at the core of Friends Chur...

Through this series, we’re taking an honest look at the Bible. So far, we’ve set aside our assumptions and begun seeing it as a Wisdom text rather than an owner’s manual—one that honors its Ancient, Ambiguous, and Diverse origins. This week, we...

Many of us grew up in faith traditions that took the Bible’s rules very seriously. For some, breaking one meant rejection or judgment — sometimes even exile from family or community. Some biblical laws still seem to make deep sense today. Other...

Many pick up the Bible expecting a rulebook or instruction manual for life—only to be puzzled by its ancient language, strange stories, and even some contradictions.This week at Friends, we’re exploring why this “Instruction Manual” exp...

The Bible has been called many things:The Word of God.Inspired scripture.A holy book.An owner’s manual for life.A roadmap.A moral compass.A revelation of Jesus Christ.Go...