Imago Dei Community

This Sunday, Pastor Michelle Jones begins our new series, Freedom through Forgiveness. Forgiveness is not quick, easy work. In this introductory message, Michelle explores what forgiveness is AND what it’s not.

We are all seekers. No matter what we buy, acquire, or reach, we ultimately find ourselves seeking something more. We seek because we were created in the image of a relational, triune God—Father, Son, and Spirit who seek to love and delight in one another. As we begin a new year, Pastor Rick McKinley looks to the Scriptures to consider what it might look like to give ourselves over to seeking what God seeks. 

In this special podcast episode, Rick interviews Dr. Amy Oden, a professor and author of Right Here, Right Now: The Practice of Christian Mindfulness. Focusing specifically on spiritual practice and hospitality despite the challenges and obstacles of the pandemic era, this conversation is a timely resource as we enter a new year. This conversation was recorded via Zoom; we apologize for the moments of poor sound quality.

While most of us are glad to see the end of 2020, we know the new year will likely carry many of the same challenges and struggles. So how do we move forward with hope? Pastor Michelle Jones preaches from Mark 6.

This Sunday is the start of Advent, the season in which we anticipate the coming of our Savior at Christmas. This year, our Advent sermon series seeks to connect Israel’s anticipation for the Messiah leading up to the birth of Jesus and our own longings as we wait for Christ to come again. How do we pray between these two Advents? 

Jesus spoke more about money than about faith and prayer combined; eleven of His forty parables are about money. How we use and approach it reveals a lot about our hearts. Jesus not only understood this but directed much of His teaching to challenge the destructive ways in which our hearts tend to get wrapped around money. Pastor Rick McKinley continues our series.