The Future Hope of Heaven - Kyle Hanawalt

Is heaven just a manipulative teaching tool to tell people to be good, instead of bad? Or is it much more? - a powerful and meaningful promise of true, real-life-influencing hope

RevelationVincent BrackettAugust 4, 2015HeavenComment

Miracles Today? - Vince Brackett

If faith has anything special to offer life, hasn't there GOT to be some supernatural, mysterious, “bigger-than-me” element to faith that I can’t explain or control.

John, Luke, Mark, MatthewVincent BrackettJuly 26, 2015HeavenComment

Journeying with Jesus - Leah Martens

A travel-log from one person's adventurous, challenging, transformational, awesome journey with Jesus. What's YOUR unique journey with Jesus taking you to right now?

MarkVincent BrackettJuly 19, 2015Guest Speakers July 2015Comment

Hearing God in Everyday Ways - Cindy Nicholson

How it looks and feels to hear God's voice in the mundane, and how incredibly life-changing and full-of-opportunity it can be.

Psalms, Matthew, ExodusVincent BrackettJuly 12, 2015Guest Speakers July 2015Comment

Some of us live in two worlds at once - Nader Sahyouni

BLV is a community held together not by sameness, but by Jesus bridge-building power. Some of us have grown up bridging more than one culture or worldview or ethnic tradition (as a result of immigration, for example), which presents challenges, but also makes those of us role models of love.

1 Corinthians, 1 PeterVincent BrackettJune 28, 2015Where do you come from?Comment

Some of us are not the religious type - Vince Brackett

BLV is a community made up of people with many different stories and backgrounds. Those of us who are "not the religious type" offer a valuable perspective that our longtime churchgoing friends don't have, but we also tend to carry with us an ugly inheritance of unearned privilege.

1 CorinthiansVincent BrackettJune 21, 2015Where do you come from?Comment

Some of us come from a churchgoing background - Kyle Hanawalt

BLV is a community held together not by cultural sameness, but by Jesus' unique ability to build bridges. What are the positive and negative inheritances that people who have grown up going to church bring to our community?

1 CorinthiansVincent BrackettJune 14, 2015Where do you come from?Comment

Fears Drive Us - Kyle Hanawalt

Living without fear doesn't really seem to be a legitimate possibility... But can God offer help in the midst of whatever fears we have, so that those fears don't drive us and our decision making?

Psalms, RomansVincent BrackettJune 7, 2015What Drives You?Comment

You want to feel connected to others... What to do about that - Vince Brackett

How much do we trick ourselves into feeling connected with other people when we're really left longing? Can Jesus teach us how to healthily pursue actual connection with other actual human beings?

JohnVincent BrackettMay 31, 2015What Drives You?Comment

Be Free from the Need to Prove Yourself - Vince Brackett

How St. Paul's encouragement to be "justified by faith" rather than by works can help us when we feel pent up with an exhausting drive to prove ourselves.

RomansVincent BrackettMay 25, 2015What Drives You?Comment