Posts with the tag “knowing-jesus”

The woman at the well kept returning to empty sources. So do we. Discover what living water from Jesus really means and why it truly satisfies. Start here.  Read More

From the Sermon delivered on March 22, 2026 | Jesus' Creative Power & Glory The wedding at Cana is one of the most familiar stories in the Gospels, and one of the most misread. It is not primarily a story about hospitality or abundance or Jesus showing up when the party runs out of wine. It is a sign — John's word, not a modern one — and signs, by definition, point beyond themselves to something g...  Read More

From the Sermon delivered on March 15, 2026 | Follow Me Knowing Jesus — really knowing him — doesn't always feel the way you thought it would. If you came to faith with certain hopes attached, and those hopes have gone quiet or gone sideways, you are not alone in that. In John 1:43–51, a skeptic named Nathaniel encounters Jesus for the first time and raises a question that many people in this city...  Read More

From the Sermon delivered on March 8, 2026 | Come and See There's a particular kind of loneliness that doesn't always show up on our radars: it’s the loneliness of knowing a lot about someone and still feeling like you don't really know them at all. Knowing Jesus personally isn't about accumulating the right theology or showing up to the right services. According to the Gospel of John, it's someth...  Read More

From the Sermon delivered on March 1, 2026 | Behold the Lamb of God A few weeks before he died, actor James Van Der Beek said something most of us quietly dread having to face. He had been diagnosed with cancer — thin, exhausted, alone in an apartment — and found himself staring down a question he'd spent his adult life avoiding: Who am I, if I'm not any of the things I've built? Jesus, the Lamb o...  Read More

From the Sermon delivered on February 22, 2026 | The God Who Speaks For Himself There's a particular kind of loneliness that Manhattan specializes in. You can be surrounded by eight million people on the subway, in your building, on the sidewalk outside your door — and still feel profoundly unknown. Known by no one. Seen by no one. Just another face moving through the city.Most of us have learned ...  Read More