Who belongs in God’s family? Isaiah 56 gives a beautiful and challenging vision for the people of God, joined together through the common experience of his relentless grace.

As we come to the end of Mary's recorded story we realize that it is only the beginning of the ongoing story of the mission of her Son, a story in which we find ourselves.

As we journey with Mary on her road of discipleship we find that grief is to be expected, yet ultimately Jesus not only bears our grief but he transforms grief to joy.

Mary’s experience with family was both typical and extraordinary. She bore the Messiah as a virigin, but with Joseph raised a NT Jewish family to put their hope in God the father, and her son Jesus. That is where the extraordinary comes in. We discuss family, the beauty and brokenness, through praise and lament. Journey with us as we seek a better understanding of family through the life of Mary and Jesus her son, the Son of God.

Mary's song is a an explosion of Gospel truth and a prism through which we see God our Savior more clearly.

Mary, an ordinary girl from an out of the way place, shows the way to blessing as she surrenders in faith to God's intervention in her life.

As Paul concludes his letter to the Philippians he returns to the theme of partnership filling out a beautiful vision for believers one last time.

Paul continues to strive with the Philippians and with us to pursue true unity within the fellowship of believers as something of paramount importance for the broader community and to be nurtured within individual believers.

As those who Christ has taken hold of we must learn to love the world that he loves, even as we long for the glory he has prepared for us.

Knowing Christ surpasses everything else in this life.