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2010

January 10 - Open Water - Gordon Wiersma
January 17 - Sweet Excess - Jill Russell
January 24 - Hear WITH Understanding: When the Word Hits Home - Jill Russell
January 31 - Love Is - Gordon Wiersma
February 7 - G.I.F.T. Class
February 14 - Glory Revealed - Jes Kast-Keat
February 21 - Shelter - Gordon Wiersma
February 28 - Stronghold - Jill Russell
March 7 - Near and Far - Gordon Wiersma
March 14 - Home - Jill Russell
March 21 - Sheltering God - Gordon Wiersma
March 28 - Palm Sunday
April 4 - Easter Sunday - Alleluia - Jill Russell
April 11 - The Opposite of Fear - Gordon Wiersma
April 18 - All Creation - Jill Russell
April 25 - Counting Sheep - Gordon Wiersma
May 2 - Known by Love - Jill Russell
May 9 - Still Speaking - Gordon Wiersma
May 16 - Ascension Day - Jill Russell
May 23 - Too Close for Comfort - Gordon Wiersma
May 30 - Love and Delight - Jill Russell
June 6 - Losing Your Religion - Gordon Wiersma
June 13 - Who, Me? - Jeff Japinga
June 20 - Beyond Caves and Graves - Jill Russell
June 27 - An Exciting Farewell - Pablo Canche
July 4 - To Dust or Not to Dust - Gordon Wiersma
July 11 - Collateral Grace - Beverly Zell
July 18 - Sisters of the Same Family - Andy Fierro
July 25 - What's Prayer Got to Do with It? - Jill Russell
August 1 - Kill-Joy - Gordon Wiersma
August 8 - In the Conversation - Jill Russell
August 15 - Let it Burn - Denise Kingdom Grier
August 22 - Healing, Hypocrisy, and Hope - Ruth Hawley Lowry
August 29 - A Place for Everyone and Everyone in Their Place - Lynn Japinga
September 5 - The Potter, the Clay, and the Way - Gordon Wiersma

 

2009

January 11 - Let's Start at the Very Beginning - Gordon Wiersma
January 18 - Seeking More Light - Jill Russell
January 25 - The Fierce Urgency of No - Gordon Wiersma
February 1 - G.I.F.T. (Growing in Faith Together) Class
February 8 - Resisting Demand Finding Call - Jill Russell
February 15 - Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God - Gordon Wiersma
February 22 - A Glimpse of Glory - Jill Russell
March 1 - Believing in Blessing - Gordon Wiersma
March 8 - The Challenge of the Cross: Throwing Away the Survival Guide - Jill Russell
March 15 - Losing Your Religion - Gordon Wiersma
March 22 - Grace Works - Gordon Wiersma
March 29 - The Fruitful Life - Jill Russell
April 5 - Faith and Power - Jill Russell
April 12 - Easter Around the World - Gordon Wiersma
April 19 - Resurrection: The Divine Erasure? - Jill Russell
April 26 - Heaven on Earth - Gordon Wiersma
May 3 - Children's Sabbath - If Necessary Use Words - Jill Russell
May 10 - You Can Do Nothing - Gordon Wiersma
May 17 - In Praise of Friendship - Jill Russell
May 24 - Surrounded by Blessing - Jill Russell
May 31 - Pentecost Sunday - Making Noise - Gordon Wiersma
June 7 - Coal and Call - Gordon Wiersma
June 14 - Out with the Old, In with the New - Jill Russell
June 21 - Who's in Charge Here? - Gordon Wiersma
June 28 - Making Space - Jill Russell
July 5 - God and Country - Gordon Wiersma
July 12 - Kill-Joys - Lynn Japinga
July 19 - A Place of One's Own? - Jill Russell
July 26 - (n)ever enough - Gordon Wiersma
August 2 - Guest pastor
August 9 - Be Angry? The Freedoms and Limits of Anger - Jill Russell
August 16 - First Step - Gordon Wiersma
August 23 - Where Does God Dwell? - Jill Russell
August 30 - Minding Your Manners, Mannering Your Mind - Gordon Wiersma
September 6 - Keeping Tension Alive - Jill Russell
September 13 - Surviving & Living & Dying - Gordon Wiersma
September 20 - From Great to Last - Jill Russell
September 27 - Risking Faith - Gordon Wiersma
October 4 - For God's Sake - Jill Russell
October 11 - Jes Kast Keat
October 18 - The Other Way - Gordon Wiersma
October 25 - What It Takes to Open Your Eyes - Jill Russell
November 1 - L.I.G. - Gordon Wiersma
November 8 - Speaking of God and Widows - Jill Russell
November 15 - Her Song, Our Song - Gordon Wiersma
November 22 - Living Legacy - Jill Russell
November 29 - Just in Time - Gordon Wiersma
December 6 - Discovering the Way of Purity - Jill Russell
December 13 - The Opposite of Joy - Gordon Wiersma
December 20 - Pursuing Peace in Surprising Places - Jill Russell

2008

January 20 - Too Light a Light - Gordon Wiersma
January 27 - Party Politics - Lynn Japinga
February 10 - Bad Ideas - Lynn Japinga
February 17 - Life's a Trip - Gordon Wiersma
February 24 - Life's a Bad Trip - Lynn Japinga
March 2 - Double Vision or First-Person Plural - Gordon Wiersma
March 9 - Breathe - Lynn Japinga
March 23 - Dead and Alive - Gordon Wiersma
March 30 - Peace Signs - Lynn Japinga
April 6 - What Should We Do? - Gordon Wiersma
April 13 - Model Behavior - Lynn Japinga
April 20 - Ordinary Royalty - Gordon Wiersma
April 27 - Surrounded - Lynn Japinga
May 4 - Homeland Security - Gordon Wiersma
May 11 - Prophet Sharing - Lynn Japinga
May 18 - Tri-Point Sermon - Gordon Wiersma
May 25 - Minority Report - Gordon Wiersma
June 1 - Lost - Lynn Japinga
June 8 - Caller I.D. - Lynn Japinga
June 15 - Our Call to Teach, Preach, Heal - Rowland VanEs, Jr.
June 22 - God Hears - Jill Russell
June 29 - Father-Son Binding - Lynn Japinga
July 6 - Simple and Specific - James Brownson
July 13 - Sow What? - Gordon Wiersma
July 20 - On Humility and Hope - Carol Bechtel
July 27 - A Mighty Mustard Bush is Our God - Jeff Japinga
August 3 - Big Time Wrestling - Gordon Wiersma
August 10 - The First Creed - Gordon Wiersma
August 17 - God's Family Values - Gretchen Schoon Tanis
August 24 - Rewriting History - Gordon Wiersma
August 31 - Defining Moments - Cindi Veldheer DeYoung
September 7 - Marking the Beginning - Gordon Wiersma
September 14 - The Identity of Mercy - Jill Russell
September 21 - Ever Enough - Gordon Wiersma
September 28 - The Power of 'No' " - Jill Russell
October 5 - The Law as Gift and Burden - Jill Russell
October 12 - Dress Code Strictly Enforced - Gordon Wiersma
October 19 - Seeing Glory - Jill Russell
October 26 - Seeds of Hope: Reflections on Stewardship - Beverly Zell
November 2 - Election Results - Gordon Wiersma
November 9 - Reading the Times - Jill Russell
November 16 - Breaking the Cycle - Gordon Wiersma
November 23 - Justice and the Sustainable Life - Jill Russell
November 30 - Be Careful What You Wish For... - Gordon Wiersma
December 7 - Standing at the Threshold - Jill Russell
December 14 - Anointed - Gordon Wiersma
December 21 - Abide with Us - Jill Russell