This weekend we start a brand new series called Lift Your Eyes. We’re spending the whole month of March in the Psalms, and this week Al Detter is speaking on how God’s Word can transform our lives. I love the Psalms (natually, since I’m a bleeding-heart artist, right?)–their passion, the way they cover the [...]

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This doesn’t really have anything to do with our weekend services or my job at Grace, but it’s something I’m involved in and I wanted to share the fun with you all.
Every first Friday of the month, Grace hosts an informal gathering called Meta Cafe. On the surface, it’s nothing more than your standard [...]

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We spend so much time talking about what happens during corporate worship, but how many of us take the time to prepare our hearts to encounter God on Sunday morning? Take a look at Psalm 24:
3 Who shall ascend the hill of the Lord? And who shall stand in his holy place? [...]

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Hey guys,
I’m going to try something new–I used my isight to do a “worship confessional”–basically it’s a video blog where I share some of my thoughts about that morning’s service–what we were trying to do, what went well, what could have gone better. It’s under 5 min, so go ahead and check it out. [...]

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Hey guys,
This week at Grace we’re on the final week of our Heroes & Villains series–Al will be talking about Moses, or rather, Moses’ parents and how they risked their lives to save his.
You can check out our services below. Nancy’s leading our Saturday night service, Marie is leading our commons service, and Rachel [...]

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At breakfast yesterday morning, one of my volunteers and I got on the subject of musical excellence. It came up because he expressed a feeling of longing when he heard some of the drummers on the albums he’d been listening to–he came to the realization that chops-wise, there were things he was hearing that [...]

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…for whenever our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and he knows everything.–1 John 3:20
Often on t.v. or in popular culture we hear the old cliche, “just follow your heart.” This is well meaning but horrible advice. Simple observation tells me that my heart is incredibly passionate, irrational, and fickle. [...]

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So this weekend was the 7th out of 8 in our series, Heroes & Villains. Since it was Valentines day on Saturday, we had picked Samson & Delilah, and our Senior Pastor Al Detter was preaching from Judges about Godly relationships.
We’ve been meaning to start trying to do some “ramp ups” before the services on [...]

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Check out our services for this weekend at Grace. We’re in our 7th week out of 8 in our Heroes & Villains series. This week Pastor Al is talking about Samson & Delilah. And look! Wouldn’t you know it, but this Saturday is Valentine’s day (sly grin). So bring your significant [...]

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Yesterday I outlined the problem of trying to use quantifiable data to measure spiritual health. If you missed it, make sure you go back get up to speed. Today we go deeper. Let’s look at a period of decline in Jesus ministry, and then ask ourselves, “What does acceptable failure look like?”
Healthy Things [...]

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