Right now on Sundays in our Jesus Breathed series, we are exploring the role of the Holy Spirit for our ongoing mission as Jesus’ followers. We spent last week in John 14, and in our bible studies this week, we looked at John 16. These chapters (13-16) all spring out of the reality that Jesus is trying to impress upon them: that he’s ‘going away’, and they won’t ‘see’ him any much more. What he means is, he’s going to die and won’t be

Last week, we continued in our “Jesus Breathed” series about the role of the Holy Spirit in the mission of the church. If you missed last week, here’s the logic of the sermon in a quick Q&A: Q: Jesus calls us to be his witnesses, but how can we be witnesses if we cannot see or hear Jesus ourselves? A: The Holy Spirit. Essentially, the Holy Spirit is who opens our eyes to see the risen Jesus who is unseeable (because he’s ascended

A guest post by Rebecca DeLucia, Next Generation Pastor I retroactively apologize for the popping, booming, and banging this past Sunday morning. During our BIBLEPALOOZA Sunday, we held what was affectionately dubbed BALLOONAPALOOZA. On Saturday evening, I blew up and labeled 66 balloons; one for every book of the Bible. The elementary students were then challenged to sort them into the Old Testament and New Testament. I was fairly impressed by how accurate they were, even though some of the Old Testament