A heartbeat in the community. When I read this line in our vision statement, it makes me think of a few things. For one, if this is going to be true, it’s important that we know our community. What are their names? What do they like to do? Where are they making good connections, and where are they hoping to make new ones? There’s an intentionality to the way Jesus enters into people’s lives. He goes to fishermen and says, “You’ll be fishing for people from now on.” He notices

I don’t want to overstate this. But I don’t want to understate it either. This next month is going to be an important season for KUMC. One year ago, I was getting ready to walk into my first worship service with all of you. I can hardly believe that a whole year has passed. You probably don’t realize how wonderful you’ve been to me and to my family. You have welcomed us, trusted us, encouraged us, challenged us, and made us feel at home. I hope you know how grateful I am. And

This last week I described a scene on a foggy morning. It was a scripture-come-alive moment where I imagined God creating the world, but in this subtle moment there was still more coloring and drawing left to do. How do you imagine God creating the world around us in the beginning? What does that process look like for you? Hey, I’m going to keep the rest of this short. Because tomorrow (if you’re reading this on Saturday) we’re slowing down to talk about one of my favorite wo