Thin Places

February 24, 2012
Preacher: Pastor Chris Alford Celtic Christian spirituality talks about "thin places", those places and times where the "distance between time and eternity thins to gossamer", as Douglas Horton has said…

The Authority to Teach

February 9, 2012
Preacher: Pastor Chris Alford Guest teacher and elder Steve Pinson lead the discussion on this particular Sunday-- and the topic was perfect for the day: Who has the authority to…

Ultimate Authority

January 17, 2012
Preacher: Pastor Chris Alford This second Sunday of the Epiphany found us looking at two passages of Scripture, and both of them are places where God calls: The calling of…

Covenant, Not Contract

January 5, 2012
Preacher: Pastor Chris Alford On this first Sunday of a brand new calendar year, our community of faith continued a little tradition of newing the covenant. A New Year's covenant…

A Highway

December 9, 2011
Preacher: Pastor Chris Alford When you think of love, what image comes to mind? On this particular Sunday, Pastor Chris thought of a highway-- or perhaps a bridge. And add…

How Are You Waiting?

November 29, 2011
Preacher: Pastor Chris Alford On this first Sunday of Advent, the Epiclesis community continued its tradition of drawing and designing a Chrismon ornament during the teaching time. Each Sunday, we…

Total Existence

November 15, 2011
Preacher: Pastor Chris Alford In the closing installment on Paul's letter to the Thessalonian church, we looked at more of the apostle's word about what happens in the end-- and…
Preacher: Pastor Chris Alford Our trek through First Thessalonians continues with this look in the second chatper-- and once again, we're finding all kinds of scriptural evidence of the summation…