Deep Roots for New Life

In this series of teachings “Deeps Roots for New Life”, we will be exploring how God invites us individually and as a community to live deeply rooted lives. For, a tree with deep roots not only can withstand strong winds that want to bend the tree to its will, but it also bears plentiful and good fruit. 

Colossians 2:6-7 “And now, just as you accepted Christ Jesus as your Lord, you must continue to follow him. Let your roots grow down into him, and let your lives be built on him. Then your faith will grow strong in the truth you were taught, and you will overflow with thankfulness.”

Becoming deeply formed by Jesus begins with the slow, hidden, and patient work of growing deep roots. The practices of Jesus aren’t an end in themselves, instead they train our roots to grow deep into Him. As we practice being with Jesus, being like Jesus, and doing what Jesus did, we are sending those roots further and further into that good soil of life with God (Father, Son, and Spirit).

Sermons in the Series

Personal and Group Reflection Guides

2/11/24 – Growing Deep Roots Takes Practice

2/18/24 – A community that remains steadfast in a culture of reactivity and impatience through the practice of prayer

2/25/24 – A welcoming family of committed relationships in a society of radical individualism and loneliness through the practice of hospitality

3/3/24 – A posture of humility and peacemaking in the face of polarization and division through the practice of community. 

3/10/24 – A community that trusts and gives in a culture of scarcity through the practice of generosity.

3/17/24 – A community of hope and courage in a culture of anxiety and fear through the practice of solitude.

(pause for Holy Week and guest speakers)

4/21/24 – A community of fidelity to Christ in the face of ideological idolatry through deep engagement with scripture.

4/28/24 – A community of presence in a culture of fragmentation and consumerism through the practice of simplicity.

5/8/24 – A community of sacrificial love in a society driven by self-interest through the practice of servanthood.

5/12/24 – A community of rest in a culture of hurry and exhaustion through the practice of sabbath.(Series Wrap Up)