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Surrendered Love
The idea of worshiping idols (which the second commandment forbids) is a strange one to Western society, and to the way we practice our religions. Aside perhaps from C...
Devoted Love
What are you most "devoted" to? Most of us are devoted to relationships: with our families and friends, even with our favourite teams and bands. Some of us are devoted...
The Life of Love
So much of our religious energy is spent in trying to clarify what we think about God, but have you ever wondered what God thinks of you? We probably have our suspicio...
The Law of Love
"What does God want from us?" That is the question that throughout history has formed the heart of every genuine human quest to connect with the divine. Entire religio...
A Potential Beyond Yourself
Think back to the most significant influences in your early life, the people who changed the trajectory of your life. Maybe it was your parents, grandparents, or foste...
A Purpose Beyond Yourself
In 2009, Simon Sinek delivered the third most watched TED talk of all time. Its premise was simple: the most effective people, movements, and organizations all start b...
A People Beyond Yourself
We’ve spent much of the last year and a half self-isolated, quarantined, working from home, navigating massive challenges and changes mostly on our own. In addition, C...
A Power Beyond Yourself
This has been a challenging season for most of us. COVID has been significantly disruptive in our financial and work lives, friendships and family relationships, menta...
The Point: Beyond Yourself
Our culture values and promotes a healthy sense of "self." We are told to know ourselves and love ourselves, to have a healthy self-esteem, full of self-confidence and...
Open to Healing
These days it feels like we are starting to get our lives back. We are out and about more than we have been in a year and half. We are seeing friends more, rediscoveri...
Open Invitations
There is an old joke that says, "A vegan, an atheist, and a cross-fitter walk into a bar... and thirty seconds later everybody knows it." The joke is that when people ...
Open Lives
"Where your treasure is, there your heart will be also." With these words, Jesus affirms that our hearts are fully devoted to whatever we most fully invest in. Or, to ...
Open Arms
The fear in our world is palpable, and seems to be growing. We talk as though everyone is fighting someone, and "they" are fighting against "us." We say that the polit...
Open Minds
You've heard the saying, "Knowledge is power." You've experienced its truth in too many ways to count. The idea is thousands of years old, found in the Jewish book of ...
Open Hearts
Have you ever felt "used" by someone you thought genuinely cared about you? Perhaps it was someone who vowed to love you no matter what, only to walk away when the rel...
The Power of Potluck
It’s often said that it takes a village to raise a child. And when it comes to raising the next generation at Southridge, all of us are that village! There’s no substi...
The Perfect Pairing
The art of delegation is a valuable skill, but there are some things you simply can’t outsource. We sometimes behave as though it’s the school’s job to make my kids sm...
The Proper Place-Setting
Every good parent strives to give their kids a better life; to have more, do more, and be more than they could. Knowing no parent can do it all, we often access outsid...
Liberating Peace
Every family has its rules. They are the foundational principles that give shape to family life and family relationships. There are rules about chores and responsibili...
Liberating Allegiance
Who is your team, the community with whom you share something important in common, which creates a deep sense of belonging? For sports fans, if you see someone wearing...
Liberating Trust
The are few things more frustrating than being "let down" by someone who wasn't as good as their word. We've all experienced that feeling, whether in small ways like b...
Liberating Dependence
It has been said that over the past year we have been battling two pandemics: one medical and one financial. It has been a challenging year for many of us who have los...
Liberating Obedience
Have you ever taken a "shortcut" to try to accomplish an important goal? Perhaps you experimented with a fad diet or intermittent fasting to try to get ready for beach...
The Privilege of Following Christ
Many people seem obsessed with the Royal family. People love to celebrate their weddings and childbirths and to indulge in their turmoil, like Harry and Meghan relinqu...
Come To The Table Flipping
Who is the most hospitable person that you know? Think of someone you know who is a model of the kind of friendliness, generous welcome and warmth we associate with gr...
Hidden Beauty
Most of us have mixed feelings about our bodies – parts of ourselves that we’re proud of, and parts that make us feel ashamed. Whether it’s the smile we got from our m...
Easter Sunday
It’s been a long, dark, cold, and lonely winter. We’ve been isolated, polarized, and fatigued, surrounded by despair and even death. But even though we’ve journeyed th...
Good Friday
No event in history evokes such a mix of emotions, debate, and faith as the story of the arrest, trial, and crucifixion of Jesus. It has become the subject of countles...
Palm Sunday
The image of Jesus hanging on the cross is one of the most iconic images world-wide. But what not many people realize is that this was set in motion by one of the most...
The Promise of Liberation
As you watch the events of our world unfold around you, where do you imagine the world is headed? The COVID-19 vaccine spreading around the world might suggest that wi...
