How do identities form in contemporary settings? How are identities formed in relation to our sexuality and experience of gender? This message engages historical, social, and linguistic changes that have influenced young people’s understanding ...

Why did God put an erotic poem in the middle of my Bible?I grew up in church. Sat through thousands of sermons. And somehow never heard about the Song of Songs—one of the most beautiful, confusing, and ignored books in the Bible.It'...

We live in a world where there are narrative tensions (4 of them) that are at play in what story of sexuality people are telling, or inhabiting. Caught within a mixture of pleasure, shame, longing, and confusion, this sermon explores the pertin...

What happens when we ask sex to do what only God can do?In this message, we explore why sex can feel like heaven—and why it can so easily turn into something painful, confusing, or enslaving. Drawing from the Scriptures, church history,...

Most of us were told what not to do with sex.Very few of us were ever told what sex is actually for.  In this message, we'll revisit a question my friend David asked in youth group: "What is sex?" It sounds simple, but the answer i...