IRRESISTIBLE PART 2: Love

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 23rd, 2014
Ken Elsner, Lead Pastor

Ever been in love? So much so that it hurt? Have you ever loved someone so much that when you saw them in pain, you would do anything to make it go away? Love is complicated. It makes us do crazy and unspeakable things. Some good...some, not so much! But, when love is seemingly perfect, it's irresistible. It has power. It has pull. It's contagious.

As humans, we can't experience perfect love among ourselves. We're imperfect. Flawed. Broken. We can, however, experience perfect love apart from humanity. It's beautiful. Complicated. Breathtaking. Contagious. Irresistible. 

Part 2

IRRESISTIBLE PART 1: Beginnings

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 16th, 2014
Ken Elsner, Lead Pastor

When you hear the word "church", what comes to mind? What do you think about? What kind of emotions are at play? The most common response is "a building." And, for many, negative emotions bubble up to the surface. Whether there has been abuse, failure or disappointment, to name a few, the idea of church means many things to many people.

A couple of thousand years ago, something happened so amazing and so radical that it changed the world. A movement happened. A way of life began. And a man named Jesus started it. He didn't come to start a religion. He didn't come to build another building. He came to change the world.

Wouldn't it be amazing to explore what that could be like today? To shed our preconceived notions. To toss aside our assumptions and have an open conversation about...wait for it...The Church.

Part 1

RESTART PART 6: Amazed

Sunday, February 9th, 2014
Ken Elsner, Lead Pastor

So last weeks blurb was around making deals with God and about belief. We definitely talked about not stopping believing, we didn't really get into the "making deals" stuff. That's where we're heading tomorrow. We've all done it. Every one of us. In the quiet. In the midst of anxiety. We've asked for a favor from Someone. "If you'll just change _______, then I'll do ___________ for You." There's a problem with this line of thinking. Unfortunately for most of us, we think that it actually works.

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RESTART PART 5: Believing

Sunday, February 2nd, 2014
Ken Elsner, Lead Pastor

Have you ever made a deal with God? Whether you have a belief system or not, have you ever been in a situation where you couldn't see your way out and you just blurted out something like, "God if you get me out of this I'll _________!" Ever been there? Maybe more than once? Here's the deal. All of us have a belief system. Really, we all do! The issue comes down to what that belief is. When the challenging times come, do you want your belief to be in something you made or in something much, much greater? That's it.

Part 5

RESTART PART 4: Guiltfest

Sunday, January 26th, 2014
Ken Elsner, Lead Pastor

Guilt is debilitating. Crushing. For many, a life ender both figuratively and literally. We don't know what to do with guilt. When we've hurt someone or made a horrible choice. The guilt eats away at us like a disease. What if there was an answer? What if there was a way to get past our guilt? Would you accept it? Would you take the Red pill or the Blue pill that Morpheus offers Neo? Not sure?

Part 4

RESTART PART 2: The "S" Word

Sunday, January 12th, 2014
Ken Elsner, Lead Pastor

Part 2

RESTART PART 1: Back To Basics

SUNDAY, January 5th, 2014
Ken Elsner, Lead Pastor

It's the beginning of a new year and what do we do?  We make resolutions.  We start things over, or we simply start.  New jobs.  New relationships.  New workout.  Whatever "it" is, there's never a better time than the start of a new year.  So what would it look like to take our faith, or our search for faith and hit the "restart" button? What would it look like to get back to the basics about what we believe or hope to believe and not simply rely on "that's what I've always believed," or "that's what the Bible says?"

Part 1