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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...
The Pathway of Liberation
Have you ever felt "trapped" by your circumstances or anxious about where your life is headed? Sometimes we are trapped by the bad choices that we ourselves have made,...
The People of Liberation
How would you describe yourself to others? In other words, what do you consider to be part of your fundamental identity, part of who you really are? We always start wi...
The Posture of Liberation
Can you think of a lesson that you had to learn the hard way? Maybe it was a career move that didn't go as planned, a disastrous relationship, or a conversation that b...
The Purpose of Liberation
Why is spirituality an important part of your life? What do you hope to get out of making religious participation a priority? Perhaps some of us are thinking about the...
The Power of Liberation
What would you say is the most important factor in achieving the life you've always wanted? Some people believe that it is money that makes the world go round, while o...
Refocusing on the Message of Jesus
Jesus said a lot of memorable things. But perhaps His most famous of all were a talk he gave that we now refer to as 'The Sermon On The Mount'. Tackling everything fro...
Re-Opening the Church
One of the questions people have been asking lately around here is, "When are we re-opening the church?" But the truth is, the church has never been closed. The presen...
Reclaiming the Role of Friendship
Life was never meant to be lived alone. In fact, alone-ness is the only thing God created and declared "not good." Bottom line: we're hard-wired for relationships. But...
Realizing There's No Place Like Home
It's been almost a year since we were told to "stay home." In that time, some have leaned into the gift of a slower-pace and an empty calendar, spending more time with...
