Jesus endlessly fascinates, and rightly so. There is not a single mo- ment, word or action in his life that is not pregnant with something more. Everything he says is “grace and truth”, everything he does is “boundless love”. There is a qualitative difference about Jesus that is unmistakable. Nothing in him echoes our frenetic [...]
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- [...]
The Christmas story tells us how God began a new chapter for humanity. Through the birth of Jesus, God took the lead on making a new world, a new humanity. Christmas is God’s idea, the surprise in the human story no one saw coming. But if we read a little deeper, we see that the [...]
Everyone loves a good story. And the story of Esther, queen of Persia, is as good a story you will find. It is also one of the more surprising parts of Scripture: would you believe there is a Bible story where God is everywhere at work but nowhere named? That’s the story of Esther. Over [...]
Our community believes in a low first step into this life of faith. We believe that the invitation of Jesus to follow is an invitation meant for absolutely everyone. None excluded. All in. But we also believe that the invitation to follow is never a static thing; Jesus intends to move us on from [...]
New season begins September 11, 2011 Last year we introduced a simple three-part strategy for what we do together here at Westside. We connect with each other, we seek ways to grow intentionally and on purpose, and we find ways to serve meaningfully. Connect, grow, serve. This year we want to continue in this three-fold [...]
This series is becoming a summer tradition at Westside. In 2009 we talked about the 10 major plot points in the biblical narrative. In 2010 we wound our way from Abraham to Exodus. For 2011 we want to spend the summer exploring the life of David. Join us for the third installment of the Hitchhiker’s [...]
Colossians and the Suburban Dream Working hard? Getting anywhere? How deep is your tiredness? When you allow yourself to dream, where does your imagination take you? This series intends to ask some fundamental questions about the world we live in and the patterns of life we take for granted. Taking Paul’s letter to the Colossians [...]
The Christian faith is an Easter faith. And that means it is a joyous and hopeful view of the world. Christ has triumphed over the enemies of life. Death, sin, and despair have been given an expiry date. Love, hope, and mercy have fully guaranteed futures. But the Easter faith we embrace does not come [...]
Starting February 6th, 2011 One of the unique qualities of our humanity is our ability to think in sequence, to understand meaning through the lens of past, present and future. Simply put, we live in a storied world. And the question for every story is this: how will it end? Jesus taught from these three [...]
In all of the current talk about spirituality, we soon realize that carefulness and clarity are required. It turns out that spirituality isn’t enough, that spirituality merely names a condition. It turns out that spirituality requires a true center from which to work, a definition to give shape and meaning. If spirituality is hunger, truth [...]
We started this year by jumping into the idea of Pure Religion; exploring faith at it’s highest ideals. Then we took that down into the smallest point of application possible; one life lived before God, as we explored the story of Jonah. As we move into the Christmas season we want to explore how God [...]
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