Suburban Monastery Retreat 2012
This year we invite you to deepen your experience of the holy season of Lent by joining us in spiritual retreat. Dr. Charles Nienkirchen will lead us in an exploration of sacred time, as well as a discussion of Jesus as the suffering man. Talks, guided prayers, and conversations will form the essence of these [...]
Sex & Money
Beginning January 15th. A quick and honest test: what occupies your mind the most? Before you give the safe or polite answer, think a little harder. It’s rather obvious, don’t you think? This series will address our human fascination with sex and money. While some topics (like prayer and mission) appear to be more “spiri- [...]
Deep Dive Journal for iPad
Every year we produce a journal for the Westside community that signals our intention to be thoughtful about what we do together, to take notice of what happens inside of us, to preserve what we hear and think. The Deep Dive Journal has information about who we are as a community and resources for those [...]
A Promise Kept
It seems to me that the word “lover” is thrown around too callously these days. But if there is anyone I would nominate for that greatly misunderstood term it would have to be Robertson McQuilkin. Robertson’s book A Promise Kept is nothing less than a contemporary classic on the theme of enduring married love. Robertson [...]
A Two-Part Invention
Marriage is our last, best chance to grow up. [Joseph Barth] This past Sunday we began our series Sex and Money. We began with a talk about the relational dynamics of marriage, the true center of sexual identity and expression. While our present era thinks about sex as mechanics and body parts, the Bible speaks [...]
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