City Beautiful Church : Audio

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.

11/13/22 We believe Jesus is the only one worthy of the throne of heaven and earth.

11/07/22 What still lingers? What is God inviting each of us to continue to explore in this next season?

10/30/22 Jesus on the cross reveals a God who opens wide his arms to embrace the whole world, both the oppressed and oppressors.

10/23/22 Paul invites us to orient our lives in the community of faith first; doing good “in here” is work done for everyone’s benefit.

We taste little bits of heaven, now, in order to receive heaven at the end of time.

10/09/22 Jesus knew who he was at all times, which empowered him to enter into our messy world freely and compassionately.