Learning to Walk in the Dark

In Learning to Walk in the Dark, Barbara Brown Taylor asks us to put aside our fears and anxieties and to explore all that God has to teach us “in the dark.” Through darkness we find courage, we understand the world in new ways, and we feel God’s presence around us, guiding us through things seen and unseen. Often, it is while we are in the dark that we grow the most. Read along as we explore these ideas together as a community!

Message line-up:

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Who's Afraid of the Dark?

Pastor Jae Newman

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Pastor Jae explores the core idea behind our Artisan Read, Learning to Walk in the Dark, and begins our deep dive into coded language, fear, and how we can keep our nerve in difficult seasons of our lives.

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The Dark Emotions

Pastor Scott Austin

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How can we bring the wholeness of our emotional being to God? In what ways does our "darkness" reveal what is true and holy?

2/16

The Other Senses

Pastor Jae Newman

Many of us rely heavily on our sense of sight to inform our sense of truth.  Pastor Jae explores how allowing our other senses to inform our self-reflection can help us to find more rest and make more gains toward our own shalom.

2/23

The Dark Night of the Soul

Pastor Scott Austin

Sometimes, the darkness is an emptiness, an absence, that threatens to consume us. Where is God when we perceive nothing at all?

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Reimagining Darkness

Pastor Jae Newman

Pastor Jae concludes the series and explores an alternative route to rethinking how we deal, collectively, with the inevitability of darkness around and within us.

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