We live in an age of connection and yet, many of us feel more alone than ever. In this message, Pastor Sean shares stories of sending his daughters to college, reflections on his own freshman prayers for friendship, and practical steps for building the kind of community our souls crave. Whether you’re longing for deeper friendships, curious about why relationships matter so much, or looking for encouragement to say “yes” to community, this teaching reminds us: people need people.
The 6 Rhythms of Ecclesia
Pastor Chris shares six rhythms that shape a meaningful life of faith: being real, being kind, being hospitable, seeking beauty, seeking God, and serving others. These rhythms invite us to live with honesty and vulnerability, practice everyday kindness, open our homes and hearts, notice God’s glory in creation and culture, prioritize His kingdom, and lift our eyes off ourselves to serve others.
Walking With God In Every Season
Pastor Chris explores what it truly means to walk with God—not through grand miracles or public recognition, but in everyday moments of connection, humility, and love. Through the story of Enoch, we discover how faith shapes who we become, helps us serve others, and frees us from fear—even in life’s hardest moments.
The Internet Trains You to Hate, Here's What God Invites You to Do Instead
The internet has become an enemy-creating machine. Scroll long enough and you’ll start to believe the lie that everyone who disagrees with you is someone to fear, shame, or destroy. In this week’s message, Pastor Sean challenges that narrative by exploring Psalm 23 and the life of David, who had real enemies and yet chose rest, trust, and the table of God. What does it mean to sit at the table in the presence of your enemies without needing to destroy them?
When Obedience Looks Like Trust
This week, Pastor Sean shares the story of Noah. A man who built an ark over decades with nothing but a single word from God to guide him. In a world obsessed with speed and control, we’re invited into the slow, steady path of trust. Explore what it means to walk with God through silence, confusion, and long seasons of waiting. Discover how the power of obedience isn’t about control—it’s about trust. Because what lasts forever…takes forever.
What If Your Story Isn't Over Yet
What if your story isn’t over yet? In this powerful message from our Faithful & Brave series, we turn our focus to Rahab—a Canaanite prostitute whose faith didn’t just save her family but earned her a place in the lineage of Jesus. This sermon explores what it means to live “at the edge of the inside,” where transformation, empathy, and radical inclusion are possible.
When Faith Costs You Something
Pastor Chris takes us through the life of Moses, not as a distant Bible hero, but as a man who chose justice over comfort, courage over clarity, and calling over convenience. Drawing from Hebrews 11, personal stories, and modern-day injustices, this message challenges us to examine our own willingness to stand with the suffering, embrace the wilderness, and live a faith that costs something.
Faithful & Brave: Silence Does Not Mean Innocence
In this challenging and timely sermon, Pastor Sean continues our Faithful & Brave series by exploring one of the Bible’s oldest and most haunting stories: Cain and Abel. But this message goes far beyond ancient history. It confronts the dangerous idea that God's silence gives permission to our behavior and excuses in action when in reality, God expects us to know better—even when He doesn't speak out loud.
When Faith and Doubt Collide
What Kids Teach Us: Wonder, Wisdom, and the Way of Jesus
In a world that often prizes productivity and certainty, Jesus invites us to become like children: curious, imaginative, and full of wonder. Pastor Chris reflects on the gift and calling of caring for kids, not just as parents, but as a whole community. Through stories from Ecclesia, partnerships around the world, and the example of Christ, we explore what it means to trade indoctrination for imagination, information for formation, and passivity for presence.
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Is Your Life Big Enough To Live For? | Faithful & Brave | Sean Palmer
What’s a big enough life to live for? As we enter a new season—whether it’s summer break, a new job, or a quieter home—this message invites us to reflect on the deeper rhythms of life. Drawing from 1 Corinthians 11 and the powerful tradition of the Lord’s Supper, this sermon kicks off our summer series, Faithful & Brave, by reminding us that we’re called to live lives that are faithful to our sacred inheritance and brave enough to move into God’s future.
Becoming the Church Together
What does it really mean to be a Christian? Pastor Chris reminds us that following Jesus isn’t just about believing the right things—it’s about becoming a people who belong to each other. Drawing from Acts 2 and Acts 4, this sermon is a call to live out the Nicene Creed through hospitality, shared rhythms, and courageous community. Pastor Chris invites us to jump off the proverbial high dive and take one small step into a deeper life of connection, generosity, and grace.
Stronger from the Climb: Finding Grace, Resurrection, and the Holy Spirit in Everyday Struggles
Get Your Hands Dirty: What It Really Means to Follow Jesus | What is a Christian?
This week’s message digs into the heart of the Nicene Creed, the incarnation of Jesus, and the call for every believer to live out a hands-on, mission-driven faith. Pastor Chris shares stories from a recent medical mission in Guatemala, including the powerful healing of a 12-year-old girl named Sara and reminds us that true Christianity isn't about staying clean and comfortable, but about stepping into the mess and loving radically.
Seeing Jesus Clearly
Who is Jesus, really? Rochelle Palmer teaches who we are in Christ and how we should reflect Jesus and not create a mythical Jesus that reflects us and our lifestyles. Through stories of radical love and faith from within our own church community, Rochelle invites us to reject the impulse to remake Jesus in our image and instead surrender to the reality of who He truly is. When we see the real Jesus, everything else comes into focus.
Who’s Really in Charge? Trusting God When the World Feels Broken
When the world feels chaotic, unjust, and completely upside down, it’s natural to wonder: Who’s in charge here? Pastor Sean wrestles with suffering, injustice, and the hiddenness of God. Through the Nicene Creed and Jesus’ parable of the wheat and the weeds, we’re reminded that God the Father, the Almighty, is the one holding it all together even when it doesn’t feel like it.
We Believe: Why Christianity Is a ‘We’ Faith, Not an ‘I’ Faith
Pastor Sean explores what it truly means to be a Christian — not as individuals, but as a community. As we step into the Easter season and begin a new series centered around the Nicene Creed, Sean reminds us that Christianity has always been a we religion, not an I religion. In a world that idolizes independence and personal belief, we rediscover the beauty of shared faith: believing together, carrying each other through seasons of doubt, and embodying a communal love that reflects God’s heart. Join us as we begin this journey of reclaiming what it means to say, “We believe.
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Finding Joy in the Silence
As we continue from our Lenten series, Pastor Chris explores the spiritual discipline of silence and its power to reconnect us with God, ourselves, and one another. Drawing from voices like Blaise Pascal, Henri Nouwen, Thomas Merton, and even a Buddhist monk, this sermon invites us to turn down the volume of our lives—externally and internally—and rediscover the presence of God in the quiet.