For the session to be discussed on June 2, 2024 Mark 2:23-3:6 David Cassady Nikki Hardeman Crystal Shepherd Daniel Glaze Jesus and the disciples run afoul of Sabbath laws as they care for others, including healing a man. We discuss the need for and meaning of sabbath for each of us, but also of the call to also free others to find peace and sabbath…

For the session to be discussed on May 26, 2024 Romans 8:12-17 David Cassady Nikki Hardeman Crystal Shepherd Daniel Glaze David Adams For this Trinity Sunday session, we discuss a passage from Romans. What does the Trinity show us about God’s nature? If we are heirs of God, what do we learn about our own nature? Learn more about our team. Notes Try…

Firstfruits: Hope for the Harvest For the session to be discussed on May 19, 2024 Romans 8:18-27 David Cassady Nikki Hardeman Crystal Shepherd David Adams For this Pentecost Sunday session, we discuss a passage from Romans. Paul was trying to help people cope with the suffering they were experiencing in the world. But that is a micro view, and Paul…

Real Ministry For the session to be discussed on May 12, 2024 Acts 1:15-26 David Cassady Nikki Hardeman Crystal Shepherd Daniel Glaze We discuss what it means to do “ministry.” Whether we are pastors, counselors, homemakers, physicians, bankers, teachers, retirees, financial planners, nurses, librarians, volunteers, administrative assistants, graph…

For the session to be discussed on May 5, 2024 Acts 10:44-48 David Cassady Nikki Hardeman Crystal Shepherd Daniel Glaze We continue our journey through the book of Acts, this time discussing Acts 10, where Peter orders the baptism of Gentiles, previously excluded from the waters. How does the movement of the Spirit lead us to respond? In what ways …

For the session to be discussed on April 28, 2024 Acts 8:26-40 David Cassady Nikki Hardeman Crystal Shepherd Daniel Glaze In today’s story, Philip is driven by the Spirit of God to go south from Jerusalem to Gaza. Along the path, he comes across, and I’m quoting verse 27, an Ethiopian eunuch, a court official of the Candace, queen of the Ethiopians…

For the session to be discussed on April 21, 2024 Acts 4:1-12 David Cassady Daniel Glaze Nikki Hardeman David Adams After the healing of a man in desperate need, John and Peter are hauled before the Sanhedrin to defend themselves. Daniel Glaze comments, “So much of the Book of Acts is about the Spirit of God that cannot be contained. An early Chris…

For the session to be discussed on April 14, 2024 Acts 3:12-19 David Cassady Daniel Glaze Nikki Hardeman David Adams Crystal Shepherd In the opening of Acts 3, we find Peter and John heading to afternoon prayer. Fresh off of Pentecost and the influx of the Holy Spirit, Peter encounters a lame man begging for alms – who is healed. The healing was pr…

For the session to be discussed on April 7, 2024 Acts 4:32-35 David Cassady Daniel Glaze Nikki Hardeman Crystal Shepherd In the light of Jesus death and resurrection, with the hope we now have, how shall we now live? With the hope of resurrection, should we live a different life? What does it look like to live as a people of hope? Does the world ne…

For the session to be discussed on March 31, 2024 Acts 10:34-43 David Cassady Daniel Glaze Nikki Hardeman Crystal Shepherd What does resurrection mean to you? Where do you see resurrection in your everyday life? Where does God’s salvation extend into our world even today? And what does that look like? For this Easter session, we take a look at a pa…