Jonathan Sprang - May 29, 2016

Inside Out

Inside Out

INSIDE OUT claims that sadness is actually good because it fosters relationships. In the Church, we avoid sadness as a negative emotion, but the Psalms teach us to make room - lots of room! - for grieving even in our worship. How can the Church recover the gift of grief?

From Series: "Top 10: Movies"

Star Wars. Avatar. Up. When a story resonates with so many people it becomes a blockbuster, we should ask, "Why? What is it about this film that resonates with us?" People of faith can gain a window into desires of our culture, and we can discover how the Spirit is at work, that we might join in!

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Too often, we think faith is about winning – getting our way in the culture or in our homes. But during Lent, we’ll trace the human journey through the Old Testament and see that getting what we want never works out like we hope. We’ll see how Jesus enters into our failure and becomes a loser just like us. Somehow, his failure is good news for us.

It turns out God is for losers, which is good news for all us failures.

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