This week, Dennis Allan explores the way that practicing Sabbath is a form of active resistance against dehumanizing systems and structures. We’re immersed in a culture that values productivity, efficiency, and seems to reward exhaustion, almost like it’s a badge of honor. We’re told time… Read More »Sabbath as Resistance
This week, Dennis Allan discusses the way prayer is meant to be done in community and how it’s supposed to expand outward. Jesus invites His people to come to God and ask for the things they want, to be vulnerable and honest as they express… Read More »Prayer that Bears Burdens
This week, Pastor Dennis talks through Jesus’s prayer in the Garden of Gethsemane, when He asked God if there was a way to fulfill His mission without dying on the Cross. It’s here that we see Jesus practice a radical form of vulnerability and honesty… Read More »Prayer Requires Honesty
This week, Pastor Dennis begins our new series, “Being With God” by focusing on the way prayer is not about getting God to align with our agenda, but instead prayer is about building a deep, intimate, trusting relationship with God. We can make prayer into… Read More »Prayer is About Relationship
This Christmas Eve, Julia Allan leads Garden City’s kids and families through an interactive and conversational lesson about Jesus’s arrival and how, through Jesus’s birth, the work of inaugurating the Kingdom begins. Christmas isn’t just about the arrival of the long-awaited Messiah, it’s also about… Read More »Christmas Eve 2025
When the prophets envisioned God’s coming redemption, they sang of a world transformed. A world where deserts bloom, the lame leap like deer, and the ransomed return home with everlasting joy. The prophet, Isaiah, paints a picture of creation itself rejoicing at God’s restorative justice,… Read More »The Song of Justice
Micah promises that from Bethlehem, a small, forgotten, overlooked village on the edge of the Roman empire, will come a ruler whose greatness is marked not by power but by peace. When Gabriel appears to Mary, Micah’s prophecy begins to unfold: God chooses the humble,… Read More »The Promise of Peace
How can we hold onto hope amidst darkness? When the angel appears to Joseph and tells him that the child Mary is carrying, who he is supposed to name Jesus, has been conceived by the Holy Spirit and will forgive people their sins, the world… Read More »The Waiting Prophet
This week, Dennis Allan concluded our 12-week series on The Sermon on the Mount, focusing on on two verses that describe the crowd’s reaction to Jesus’ teaching. Matthew reports the crowds were “amazed” because of the “authority” of Jesus’ teaching. But, who is Jesus that… Read More »Who is this Jesus?
We all long for lives that can withstand the inevitable storms. We want our relationships to hold under pressure, our faith to stand strong when tested, and convictions to remain when circumstances shift beneath us. But what if the difference between a life that stands… Read More »Hearing and Doing