Ever feel like you’re in a storm; like the weight of life seems to be bearing down in an unrelenting way? It feels like you just keep getting pummeled? It’s the diagnosis you never expected; it’s the relationship that seems unsalvageable; it’s the winds of another war. At times, we Read more…
We live in a pressure cooker world. We feel this acutely, whether it’s the pressures of work, the pressures of home, or the pressures of a life not going according to planned. We wait for the pressure to be released, thinking life will be found on the other side. But Read more…
Super Bowl Commercials – are they the main point or a distraction? On this Super Bowl Sunday, our Lead Pastor Nate looks at a story in Luke 4 where the people in Jesus’ audience have lost the plot. Have you ever discovered you’ve lost the plot? You’d be in good Read more…
Our Lead Pastor Nate Ray reflects on the Apostle Paul’s words, “Carry each other’s burdens, and in this way you fulfill the law of Christ” (Gal 6:2). We confuse radical independence with freedom, but if we don’t allow people to carry our burdens, radical independence is nothing more than slavery. Read more…
When we think of church, we tend to think of church buildings. But the first church buildings weren’t built until the mid 300s. Before there were church buildings, church met in homes. Church, at its core, is community formed by Jesus’ story. And the first communities formed by Jesus’ story Read more…
“Who, me?” “Who, them?” Jesus is like a captain picking the wrong people for his team. But if we’re not careful, we’ll miss why Jesus assembles his team like he does – we are formed in community. Community is messy, but community is worth it. Community is the way Jesus Read more…
We were made for community. But in the Christian story, we take a step even further back: we were made *from* community. This week, we’re developing a Christian theology of community. We begin with God. At the source of all things is a relationship of self-giving love (the Trinity). We Read more…
A lot of us are lonely, which means we need to ask ourselves an important question: Does our way of doing life lend itself to loneliness? Maybe it’s time to rethink our routines. Listen as our Lead Pastor Nate Ray kicks off our new teaching series, “Community Formed by Jesus’ Read more…
Does it ever feel like God’s forgotten you? You aren’t alone. Our Lead Pastor Nate looks at the story that the Israelites began every new year with – the Passover. It is during the Passover celebration – a meal meant to retell the story of Passover and remind God’s people Read more…
This week The Front Church has a guest speaker, Pastor Nate’s dad! Watch as Bob Ray shares “Things I Wish I Would’ve Known at 35.” December 26, 2021