by gardenspres | Aug 21, 2019
Conflict is a good thing – maybe even a gift of the Holy Spirit – that helps move us as individuals and as a church towards greater spiritual...
by gardenspres | Jul 22, 2019
I’m reading Rachel Held Evans’ book, Faith Unraveled. I want to share with you a very powerful passage in which she describes re-reading the Gospels and in the process (re)discovers Jesus. “I encountered a different Jesus, a Jesus who requires more...
by gardenspres | Jul 15, 2019
This month in our exegetical Bible study we are starting the Book of James. James is my favorite book of Scripture, but one that has long been misunderstood in particular regarding the way James handles discussions on faith and works. In addition, the later half of...
by gardenspres | Jul 8, 2019
Vision is a gift from the Holy Spirit that always bubbles up from within the community of faith, the congregation. Creating vision, casting vision, or even charting a course to achieve a vision is never solely the work of the pastor or even the session. The people of...
by gardenspres | Jul 1, 2019
Jesus came proclaiming the Reign of God had arrived. The Church proclaims that Jesus is the manifestation and presence of the Reign of God. So what exactly was Jesus’ work and what exactly did Jesus do that manifested God’s Reign? Jesus included the...
