Campfire: Gather. Center. Wonder.
Ruth & Naomi
In this sermon, Pastor Osheta helps us take another look at the story of Ruth, not as a rom-com love story between Ruth and Boaz, but as a story about ‘found family’ between Ruth and her mother-in-law, Naomi.
David & Goliath
In this sermon, Pastor T. C. enlists the help of bestselling author, Malcolm Gladwell, to take another look at this very familiar story. Rather than seeing David as the archetype of an underdog who miraculously defeats Goliath who is the archetype of an indomitable foe, what if we saw clues in the text itself which point in a very different direction? Maybe David is instead the archetype of someone who creatively employs unconventional thinking and sees through the arrogant threats…
Jesus & Zacchaeus
In this sermon, Emily Morrison, reintroduces us to the story of Jesus & Zacchaeus. Seeing it again with grown-up eyes, there are several aspects of this story we may missed as kids.
Exodus
In this sermon, Pastor Osheta uses the exodus story to talk about our own personal journeys of deconstruction and reconstruction.
Joshua & Jericho
This is the third sermon in the “Campfire” series. In this message, Pastor T. C. shows how the story of Joshua & Jericho isn’t about a bloodthirsty tribal deity who wipes out other ethnic groups. No! It’s the story of God’s people rejecting God’s nonviolent and gradual plan of integration, while also taking upon Godself the sin-mirror shameful stigma to subvert it by showing mercy to Rahab. To see this, we need “Cross Vision”—the eyes of faith informed by a…
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