Denver Community Church

August 8, 2021: Shift Happens - Bekah Stewart

This week we hear from DCC Spiritual Formation Pastor Bekah Stewart, as she guides us through an exploration of the various ways we engage with God in seasons of disorientation.

August 1, 2021: I Am Your Shield - Amanda Lum

As we continue our summer season of teaching, DCC Pastor Amanda Lum shares what's been stirring within her in this season as she brings into focus the safety that is available to us when we understand God's desire to be our shield.

July 25, 2021: A Life Entrusted - Landon Lynch

As we continue our summer season of teaching, we welcome back former DCC pastor Landon Lynch to share a message about the life that is available to us should we release our anxieties and expectations and live in the present moment, entrusting all things to God.

July 18, 2021: Remember Who You Are - Ryan Taylor

In another week of our Summer season of Teaching, "A Stirring In Our Souls", friend of DCC, neighboring pastor and "Awkward Spirituality" author Ryan Taylor encourages us to not lose sight of who we are.

July 11, 2021: Be With Us – Kristin Wright

This year our summer season of teaching will be a mix of DCC Leadership and friends of DCC sharing what’s most stirring in our souls – what’s been moving and re-shaping these individuals in this long season we have found ourselves in across the globe.

July 4, 2021: Good Grief - Michael Hidalgo

Our summer season of teaching, 'A Stirring In Our Souls' begins with an examination of the role grief plays in a life of healthy spirituality. Join us as we examine how being present to our grief can open us up to the aliveness God intends for us.

June 27, 2021: Burning Like a Furnace – Michael Hidalgo

The Italian prophet Malachi (please use this joke in my absence) writes to the people pointing out the ways they continue to break the covenant with God. In the midst of this he also points out how God has remained faithful to them. It is God’s faithfulness and power, that will ultimately bring both judgment and renewal for the people. And when that happens, “… He will turn the hearts of the parents to their children, and the hearts of the children to their parents” (4.5,6). But it’s not all roses, there will be punishment as well during the “great and dreadful day of the Lord.”

How do we square this sort of thing in our time today? The idea of a God who punishes seems, for some, antiquated, and many struggle with the idea of ever worshipping a God who does this sort of thing? Does God really only love those who are faithful to God (see verses Malachi 1:2-3)? Perhaps our answer comes through the vision of Elijah returning. Many associate Elijah with the Messiah, who we believe to be Jesus. When we look at Jesus what do we think when it comes to a God who is angry?

June 20, 2021– Remembering Rightly – Bekah Stewart

The name Zechariah means “The Lord Remembers.” And there is a thread of God inviting the people to remember their history. look back, learn from mistakes and remember the faithfulness of God. This is no small thing, as humanity continually fails to learn from history. Hence, we repeat the mistakes of the past. This is, in part, what Zechariah insists the people pay attention to, their history and God’s faithfulness.

What can it mean for us, then, to remember well? To remember “rightly”? How do we look at the sins of the past, the wrongdoing of those who came before us, and respond in a way that remains faithful? In what ways will we see God’s goodness and faithfulness in the midst of that?

June 13, 2021: Build My House –Michael Hidalgo

The temple in Jerusalem was the center of Jewish life. When Babylon sacked Jerusalem they destroyed the majestic temple, built by King Solomon. The Babylonians exiled the Jewish people, and they hung up their harps - refusing to sing. Eventually, Babylon was sacked by Persia, and the Persian King Cyrus allowed the Jewish People to return to Jerusalem to rebuild the city and its temple. There was some opposition, along with discouragement that the second temple would never be as majestic as Solomon’s.

Enter Haggai. He brings words of encouragement to the people. It expresses God’s longing to have a house, a place where the people are able to once again enjoy fellowship with one another and with the Divine. There is something beautiful about this. A God who sends a prophet to strengthen and encourage people so they can spend time together. 

June 6, 2021: Rooftops, Stars, Clothing and Thresholds - Michael Hidalgo

Today as we read from Zephaniah, we ask the question: how do we learn to see "the other" in the same way we see ourselves?