THE GREATEST GIFT

There are only fifteen shopping days left before Christmas! Are you done?  Maybe the better question is - have you started?  
This Sunday at Storyline's Gathering Mike Gathright considered the possibility that the greatest gift we could ever give would be ______ . 
The good news, it is free.  The even better news - giving this gift will change everything.

CHAIN REACTION

It is easy for us to get caught up in who has the power and who doesn't because it seems like those have it always use it for themselves. Maybe that is why the bible shuns the love of power and instead insists it is the power of love that matters most.

Sunday at Storyline's Gathering Mike Gathright looked at the ways God is inviting us to move from the love of power to engage in the power of love.

FIRST IMPRESSIONS

Thanksgiving is a uniquely American holiday, but communal feasts for many different reasons are common throughout human history.  Jesus was invited to a feast once - and what happened there was the beginning of his mission on earth.

Sunday morning at Storyline's Gathering Mike Gathright  explored just what happened at that feast and how we are invited not only to enjoy it but also to become a part of it as well.

DRAWBRIDGE DOWN

This last election cycle had a lot going on, some of it was pretty ugly.  Yet underneath there a common theme that linked voters from both parties together - this theme was also present in the life and mission of Jesus.  What was it and how could it help us to live with more purpose and passion?
This was the question Mike Gathright considered Sunday morning at Storyline's Gathering.

CERTAIN UNCERTAINTY

Have you ever thought you knew something for sure?  Like you were absolutely certain and then... It is not a good feeling.  We all long to have more control over life than we actually, really have.

This Sunday at Storyline's Gathering Jill McNabnay looked at the nature of certainty, why it is so important to us and how it just might be keeping something very important from us.

THE WHOLE STORY

Families, schools, companies, organizations can sometimes look very different from one another.  But sometimes they look very similar - but FEEL very different.  Why do some groups, organizations, families and communities feel open, friendly, inclusive and others feel stiff, closed, exclusive and judgmental?  
All kinds of people felt included, welcomed and loved by Jesus.  How did he do it? And why do communities of faith in Him so often fail to "feel" like this?
These are the questions Mike Gathright  explored  Sunday morning at Storyline's Gathering

BRICKS

Greatness... It's a word that comes with so many implications. It suggests success and triumph and legacy. It instills images of winning a race or conquering a fear. You may think of great moments in history like landing on the moon, The 1980 Miracle on Ice, the crumbling of the Berlin Wall. But what did Jesus think of greatness? How would he have defined it?
This week at the Gathering, Paul Knapp ask that and explored what greatness might mean when it comes to living the life of faith.

REVOLUTIONARY BATTLE

When really bad things happen we want to know why.  It is a normal and natural response to suffering, tragedy and the evil in the world.  Yet Jesus wants to lead us forward by encouraging us to ask another question as well - "what now?"

This Sunday morning at Storyline's Gathering, Mike Gathright considered the unique and surprising path Jesus offers us in the face of life's most difficult realities.

REVOLUTIONARY REVOLUTIONARY

It is an election year!  (Ugh.)  For most of us we either roll our eyes, sigh with disgust or even worse when we think about politics. 
Jesus seemed to be able to relate - yet, he had a brand new, never seen or even considered approach to politics and how to make the world a better place.
This Sunday morning at Storyline's Gathering, Mike Gathright looked at the totally unique and revolutionary way Jesus approached politics.

LIVE TOGETHER, DIE ALONE

The truth is the best thing about life, and the worst thing about life is often the same thing - people.  Relationships are difficult, messy, unpredictable and.. absolutely necessary for our life to work.  There are all kinds of reasons to avoid relationships, to keep a safe distance, to keep life simple - but at what cost?

This Sunday morning at Storyline's Gathering Mike Gathright considered the cost of living in community and the benefit of the living community God is inviting us to.

 

 

WHAT'S NEXT?

We all have comfort zones; these spaces that we create and attempt to live life within. These zones are spaces of certainty and satisfaction... they are filled with what we know, which is why they are comfortable to us. But what happens when the life of faith calls us to step out of comfort zone?

This week at the Gathering, Paul Knapp explore why it is that we create comfort zones and ponder why certainty and satisfaction may actually be taking us in the wrong direction.