season 04, 02.19 | john: one more time

Tonight as we reflect on the many stories and chapters we've journeyed through in John, we are reminded of his main purpose in writing. Above all else what we find in these pages is evidence of Jesus and his identity as the Son of God, leading us to experience real, overflowing, abundant life by believing in his name. 

season 04, 02.18 | father’s day

The tone in church on Father's Day often leaves men with a sense of insecurity and overwhelm about all the ways they are falling short of their role and responsibility. Tonight, Zack challenges that religious script by looking at the humility, kindness, and gentleness of Jesus and what he has to teach us about fathering as we reevaluate the expectations we put on men and dads. 

season 04, 02.17 | feed my sheep

In this final scene from the book of the John, Jesus gives Peter his final instructions. We discover the call to proximity, presence, and patience that marked Jesus' own life when he tells Peter to "feed my sheep".  Together, we reflect on the faithfulness of Jesus to purpose our lives despite our flaws and frailty. 

season 04, 02.16 | do you love me?

Human love is frail - it's always imperfect and a little clumsy. Our attempts at love and commitment and devotion are never without fault and flaw. The beauty of Jesus is that he accepts our clumsy, fumbled, and fragile way of loving him and his love for us is always steady and unfailing. Tonight we explore Peter's denial and his restoration in John chapters 18 & 21 as he learns this about Jesus in a powerful way. 

season 04, 02.15 | four vignettes from john

As we revisit chapters that recount the arrest, death, and resurrection of Jesus, Zack draws out four unique takeaways from chapters 18-20 with fresh perspective. Tonight we explore the element of God's timing, dealing with accusation, exchanging the fear of God's punishments for embracing the intensity of his love, and the way emptiness gives way to fullness.

season 04, 02.14 | all that power

Jesus, with little time left in his earthly life, prays for his disciples while also praying for, amazingly, you and me. What he reveals is an access to his Authority and Power that he extends to us. Tonight, we explore what it means to see Jesus from an up close and personal vantage point as he leads us in these ways.

season 04 | mother’s day

Tonight, we look to a story featuring a woman named Martha. Martha is not a mother, though she understands the weight of expectation, the pressure to provide, and the exhaustion of running a household. Jesus doesn't minimize her overwhelm, but invites her in closer where she can meet his gaze and experience real reprieve and real joy. What might it look like for each of us, whether we are moms or not, to respond to this invitation?

season 04, 02.13 | the advocate

In the final hours of his last night on earth, Jesus introduces the promise of the Holy Spirit. Knowing he has to leave and that his departure will be devastating for his followers, Jesus intends on comforting them with this news that another Advocate just like him will make his home among them. We consider together how recovering the Spirit's nature and power might be a comfort to us as we face uncertainty, transition, and hardship. 

season 04, 02.12 | vines of connection

What we feel most connected to in life will become the guideposts we reside by. The voices, influences, and connections we remain in is what inevitably begins to shape and form us. Jesus talks about what it means to abide in him and in God, and what it means to be connected to both our Creator and to one another.

season 04, 02.11 | rivers and roads

At some level, we’ve all wrestled with questions about the direction, purpose, and plan for our lives wondering if we’re headed the right way. Tonight, we revisit the well known words of Jesus to his disciples, “I am the way, the truth, and the life”, uncovering the profound comfort and guidance we each crave and desire as we move forward through life.

season 04, 02.10 | love is lowly

We’re approaching a significant shift in the timeline of Jesus’ life as it’s told to us in the book of John. Tonight, we find ourselves in chapter 13 just hours before he’ll be dragged away to be crucified. In these last moments with his disciples, Jesus chooses to wash their feet - a shocking demonstration of the kind of love Jesus wants to characterize his people. We revisit this popular narrative with fresh perspective, letting it inform and reshape our ideas of service, sacrifice, and love.

season 04, 02.09 | the smell of wine and *expensive* perfume

The Book of John rolls on with a story about an extravagant show of love from Mary Magdalene, who breaks out expensive perfume to pour on Jesus. Tonight we explore the modern implications of this peculiar story and what it means for us to worship without limitation and without regard for who is watching.

season 04, 02.08 | out of darkness

Happy Easter Wednesday! Tonight, we revisit a famous story of resurrection that preludes Jesus’ own death, noting the way it whispers to us about what is about to happen. We explore the way Lazarus represents the parts of our own lives we have felt die, remembering that was is gone and buried can be brought to new life in Jesus. We remember that resurrection is for here and now, calling us to step out of darkness and into the light.

seas0n 04, 02.07 | bread + fish + freedom

The things we think will satisfy us often just lead us to more questions, pain and dissatisfaction. Jesus knows this, and so wisely shows us even when he meets our physical needs and wants, not only will we have new ones, but we will start to expect tangible blessing instead of the true, abundant, deep life he offers. In tonight’s story, he feeds thousands to remind us that we never have to hunger again.

season 04, 02.06 | “Do you want to get well?”

Wellness has taken on all kinds of interpretations and meanings, though what does it mean when Jesus asks it of us? In John chapter 5 we meet a man who was sick in ways beyond what his body revealed to the world. Tonight we explore what wellness requires of us and what healing can look like spiritually, emotionally, and relationally.

season 04, 02.05 | look right through me

Weary from traveling, Jesus stops at a well and meets a woman who wasn’t expecting to see anyone. Jesus sees past her skepticism and defenses, pointing right to the condition of her heart she was trying so hard to conceal. We discover tonight that being truly seen is the key to being free, and Jesus’ compassion and tenderness in our most vulnerable moments is what has the power to make us bold.

season 04, 02.04 | And one!

Under the cover of night Jesus invites a member of the religious elite to sit and have a conversation that is illuminating, confusing, and ultimately offers the most redemptive news for both Nicodemus and for all of humanity for all time. Dark takes on light, and we are invited into the mission of Jesus to save the world.

season o4, 02.03 | the tables turn

Tonight's chapter features a famous story about Jesus when we see him get angry at the injustices he encounters at the Temple during Passover. How does Jesus use this anger to fuel something beautiful and how can we be challenged to do the same?

season 04, 02.02 | wedding day disaster

Tonight, we move into John chapter two with a captivating story about a wedding. This moment highlights a significant shift in Jesus’ life, signaling the beginning of his public ministry and revealing what we can continue to expect from him. We explore what this mysterious moment where he turns water into wine has tell us about the power of transformation and the best still being ahead of us.

season 04, 02.01 | in the beginning

John’s Gospel starts the way the Scriptures he grew up reading did, “In the beginning …” Tonight we start to explore what this beginning meant to John as he addressed the culture he lived in, and what it means for us all these years and miles away from it. What would John want us to know about Jesus and his grace and truth as only he could deliver it?