WS Update: The Hope and Joy of Music
In 1964, Martin Luther King, Jr. gave the opening address for the Berlin Jazz Festival. As he spoke about music’s power to connect to your soul and provide hope, he…
WS Update: At the Table
Theologian Robert Karris said that if you read through the Gospel of Luke, you’ll see that “Jesus is either going to a meal, at a meal, or coming from a…
WS Update: Prayer
Imagine for a moment that you’ve been given the location of a buried treasure. You’ve been told where it is and given everything you need to dig it up. This…
WS Update: The Stars of Our Future
A few years ago, one of our church’s youth ministry volunteers told me that serving with youth was a lot like being Alan Shepard. He explained: Shepard was “the first…
WS Update: The Indispensability of Community
A few weeks ago in The New Yorker, Al Pacino shared a story that vividly reminded me about the indispensability of community. He described a time when he was young…
WS Update: Encountering God
In his classic and helpful book, The Knowledge of the Holy, A.W. Tozer wrote, “What comes into our minds when we think about God is the most important thing about us.”…
WS Update: Welcome Back!
Exciting things are happening this week! Take advantage of these opportunities to connect or reconnect over the next seven days as we kick off the ministry year at Redeemer West…
WS Update: Fall Relaunch and New Staff
This is the final week when the slower August vibe resonates on the West Side, while restaurants have seats available, the park is inviting, and coworkers are on vacation (maybe…
WS Update: Kingdom Treasures
All summer, we’ve heard Jesus’ stories about the Kingdom of God. These parables, as we’ve seen, both reveal and hide what the Kingdom is about by couching their meaning in…
WS Update: Does Jesus Care How You Vote?
Of course he does, just like he cares about everything that we do. But, how do we discern our approach to American politics, given the complexities of our two-party system?…
