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THE YOKE: June 28, 2026

Jun 27, 2026

There is a kind of hope that makes everything worse. We have all offered it. Most of us have needed it. There is another kind. It doesn't promise the weight will lift. But it will not leave you alone in it.

Jeremiah 28:5–9 | Matthew 10:40–42

DEAD TO SIN. ALIVE TO GOD. June 21, 2026

Jun 21, 2026

A core belief of our congregation is “God's love is not earned but is a free gift to broken people.” The question is, does God’s love revealed in Christ leave us broken? Paul says, “By no means!” To be baptized, to be a disciple of Jesus, is to leave the old life, the brokenness, behind and embrace a new...

WHAT CHRIST FINDS: June 14, 2026

Jun 14, 2026

We are remarkably committed to carrying things alone. Even when help is available. Even when the effort costs us more than accepting it. Somewhere in all that stubborn self-sufficiency, a belief settles in so quietly we don't notice it arriving: no one is coming.

Matthew 9:35–10:8 | Exodus 19:2-8a | Romans 5:1-8

ANOTHER WORD: June 7, 2026

Jun 7, 2026

The world is very good at speaking final words over us. And we have been carrying some of them for a long time. But there is someone who keeps showing up, past the booth, past the crowd, past the bedside, and he is not done speaking. That word has your name on it.

Matthew 9:9-13, 18-26