Aug 29, 2018
How do you maintain our connection to God while in exile? This is the relevant question for the American church today. Like Daniel, we dig deep into our reservoir of faith so that our influence might be wide in our communities and in God's world.
Aug 22, 2018
Isaiah petitions God to "open upon the heavens" in a show of power, to put the people of God back in power and control. But soon the prayer of Isaiah turns to the realization that we are all God's children; we are home when we submit to the potter's hands that molds us in God's love.
Aug 14, 2018
Grace isn't something we often want to receive. We feel we have to earn it. But the nature of grace changes us from the inside out. Matthew 20:29-34
Aug 14, 2018
In exile, the church must constantly be attentive to the call of God. It may be harder to hear for many of us, but God still calls. How we respond will determine how deep our faith becomes.
Aug 10, 2018
In this first sermon from the series "Deep and Wide: The Church in Exile", Pastor Jon Waterson begins with a dialogue between Ezra and Jonah and how they speak to the people returning from exile. What do you do when you lose your center? Be faithful to God, and stop worrying about being "right."