City Beautiful Church : Audio

04/30/23 Silence and solitude invite us to sit in the space where our deepest need - union with God - is met, before we re-enter the noisy world of our surface lives.

04/23/23 Our faith is a dynamic journey of growth as we learn to rest in God a bit more than the day before.

04/16/23 We are in another reformation moment. It’s messy and scary. But we must trust that the Lord works with us when we go out into all the world.

04/09/23 The human God does not dwell in death; but through his resurrection he invites all creation to hope for new life.

04/02/23 The human God enters into our world and experiences all forms of loss and devastation, to offer us salvation through solidarity.

03/26/23 The human God offers himself in obedience, allows the powers and principalities to do their worst, and passes through death in order to rebirth the world

03/19/23 God gives us practices meant to help us understand who he is, but they are just a doorway, not a destination.

03/12/23 The human God is generous. If we are made in God’s image, being generous is our most natural state

The human God resists and overcomes the power-hungry structures of the world, calling us to full allegiance to him.

02/26/23 Behold, it’s really happening; hear the way He speaks, see the way He moves, get familiar with Him, because He means everything.

02.12.23 Forgiveness is the gateway to the Kingdom. To hold onto offense - to refuse to forgive or be forgiven - is to make ourselves the gatekeepers of heaven.

The Good News of King Jesus is first a declaration followed by an invitation.

01/22/23 When we participate in the Body of Christ, Jesus secures us, strengthens us, and sets us high upon a rock to gain fresh perspective.

01/15/23 Words from the Lord are rarely prescriptive; they often open us up for possibility that surprises and delights us as the year goes on.

Be Strong & Take Heart

01/01/22 The Magi come to the infant God, not to get anything from him, but to worship him for who he is and what he will do for the sake of the whole world.

Advent is about welcoming all precious people into the presence of the Shepherd King.

12/11/22 Mary and Joseph teach us that Joy grows and expands not from fleeting spikes in good moods or news, but in the steadfast commitment to see things to completion.

12/4/22 Advent prepares the highway between the heaven and earth.

As we live squeezed between the first coming of King Jesus and his second coming, we recognize our waiting is different than the prophets of old - we know the true shape of God.