The Bible is complicated.

It is quoted in wedding vows or wielded in political battles, stitched into funeral prayers or painted onto protest signs. Its stories have enchanted us and challenged us. It has been our answer book for life, our defense in culture wars, and if we’re honest, our stumbling block due to some of its more confusing passages.

Over the next four weeks we will endeavour to address some of these complications we experience with scripture. And as we read, meditate, study, and memorize scripture—giving ourselves the grace to set aside some of the baggage we might have with it—we just might find it sparking something deeply wonderful in us again.

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Naaman was a powerful commander, but no amount of fame could cure the illness he carried. His healing didn’t begin with a wondrous sign—it began in the intimacy of community with the small voice of a servant girl. This Sunday, we’ll explore how God’s faithfulness often shows up through unexpected people and shared connections. In a world that prizes independence, this story reminds us that we’re better together. Join us as we reflect on how healing, hope, and wholeness are often found not alone, but in community.

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Today, we’re focusing on Elisha’s story because it reveals one of the clearest ways God faithfully shows up in our lives: through mystery, through symbols, and through the people who guide us.

These guides—our friends, teachers, companions—invite us into something deeper. They help name and nurture the best of what God has placed within us. Symbols, meanwhile, are the physical reminders—of God’s calling, his provision, his faithfulness. And then there’s the mystery: the many ways God works beyond what we can explain, gently leading us into his story of renewal and hope.

Through all of these—guides, symbols, and sacred mystery—God is shaping us for the journey ahead.

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Four weeks ago, Jesus told his followers to wait for the gift of power that would come through the Holy Spirit. Then came Pentecost—smoke, wind, and fire filled the room, but most importantly, the Spirit was poured out on everyone gathered. Last week, we listened for Lady Wisdom, the personification of the Holy Spirit, as we learned how to discern her voice.

And today, we ask perhaps the inevitable question: What do we do when living into these promises and blessings just seems to not be working? 

What do we do when God’s promises feel distant, when God’s power seems absent, when God’s voice is drowned out by all the noise? What do we do when the world, and perhaps even our faith, seems to leave us in the lurch?

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In Proverbs chapters 1-9 there are four interesting characters vying for our attention; there’s the wise Fatherly King and a woman named Lady Wisdom, and they’re offering divine wisdom that leads to stability and life. Then there is also a Wicked Man and a wily woman called Lady Folly, and their way of life is attractive, but it leads to disorder and death.

This week we listen to Lady Wisdom from Proverbs 8—a passage that helps us consider the triune nature of God’s character by helping us understand a little more clearly the nature of the Holy Spirit’s Wisdom.

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A long time ago, God made a promise. He said, “One day, I will pour out my Spirit on all people.” That means God wouldn’t just be with a few special people anymore—he would be with everyone who wants him.

On Pentecost we remember the first sermon, the first baptisms, and the beginning of the Church, but most of all, we remember that God kept his promise. And if God kept that promise, we can trust him to keep every other one too.

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While the world chases speed and spectacle, Jesus invites us into something different—holy presence. Before the spectacle of Pentecost, the fledgling Christian Church was instructed to learn how to wait. This week, we explore how slowness, trust, presence, and witness are not signs of weakness in the modern church, but rather these are exactly what modern culture is longing for. Slow church is the antidote to corporate metrics and the exhausting grind of our fast world

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When Peter returned to Jerusalem with stories of Gentile inclusion and Spirit-led transformation, he didn’t come with arguments—he came with a testimony. In a world quick to judge and slow to listen, this story from Acts 11 reminds us that God often moves in surprising ways, and our calling is not to control the narrative, but to listen well, discern wisely, and love boldly. The Persistent Kingdom is advancing—will we have ears to hear?

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Today, we are picking up where we left off last Sunday in considering God’s great, on-going, never-forgotten project in the world, yet we recognize that things are not yet as they should be.

Creation, history, our own stories—they’re all marked by the fact that we know things are not yet right in our lives or in the world, but we often have no idea how to start putting things to right, so, more often than not, we don’t.

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