Scripture: Genesis 1:1-31, Matthew 6:25-34 Dear Church, In 1992 James Carville was the key strategist for Bill Clintons presidential campaign, hung a sign on the wall to get campaign staff to remain

Scripture: Luke 7:36-50 Dear Church, This Sunday we wrap up our six-week session of Sin School, and Im sure that some of you are wondering what the point of it all was. Given all the harm that has

Scripture: John 8:1-11 Saints, Sin is offensive. Jesus is a disruptor of sin. When we put those two together, were left with a conundrum. How could Jesus, deemed Lord of Lords, Holy Magistrate, Coun

Scripture: Romans 5:12-21 Dear Church, This week at Sin School we turn to the passage in Pauls letter to the Roman church that we call chapter 5. For millennia, scholars and theologians have been st

Scripture: Luke 11:1-13 Dear Church, Last week, when Octavia led our time of corporate confession and pardon, she shared how a weekly practice of confessing sins was unfamiliar to her when she first

Scripture: Genesis 11:1-9 Dear Church, Does God just not like tall buildings? That was my question the first time I heard about the Tower of Babel and no Sunday School teacher ever answered it to my

Scripture: Genesis 3:1-24 Dear Church, This Sunday, were going to sin school. Because lets be so for real, as the kids say. We have some un-learning to do. Some of us were taught that sin was what

Scripture: Joshua 24:1-15 Hello Grove! I am so looking forward to sharing the message with you this Sunday. There are so many changes taking place as we wind down the summer. We are beginning to pack

Scripture: Psalm 8, Psalm 13 Dear Church, Weve just wrapped up an astonishingly good week of Camp Wonder (VBS, if youre old school!) with children and youth at the Grove. Each morning we played an

Scripture: Exodus 25:1-9, Exodus 31:1-11 Dear Church, We come to the Grove from a lot of different places and backgrounds. We like different foods and root for different teams and celebrate with diff