What does it mean to live as a Christian in a world where you don’t quite belong? Writing to believers facing social pressure and exclusion, the apostle Peter wants to share his vision of the Church as a royal priesthood: being nourished by God’s Word, built on Christ the cornerstone, and living faithfully as exiles in the world.

Rev. Matt Usherwood, 8 March 2026

How do Christians live out their hope in Jesus Christ? The Apostle Peter wants us to see that because we were ransomed by the precious blood of Christ and born again through God’s living Word, our hope takes visible form in transformed lives of holiness, reverence and love.

Creighton Friedrich, 5 March 2026 (rerecorded)

How do Christians relate themselves to the world we live in? Our calling isn't easy: we are in the world, but not of the world, yet for the world. So how do we live in the tension? The Apostle Peter tells us we live as faithful exiles: we are born again, we will have refining trials, and we have biblical confidence.

Creighton Friedrich, 1 March 2026

Where do we find hope in the face of sin and death? Psalm 103 points to a love stronger than death: God's patient, prodigal and paternal love for us. God remembers that we are dust, and becomes dust like we are to redeem us. Creighton Friedrich, 18 February 2026 (Ash Wednesday)

When you take stock of your life, what counts as gain? What do you treasure above all else? For the Apostle Paul, the answer is clear: In Christ Jesus, Paul finds his acceptance before God, a new identity, and a living hope for eternity. Could the good news of Jesus reorder our values in the same way? What would it mean for us to leave lesser things behind and press on toward the goal?

Bishop Dan Gifford, 15 February 2026 (Celebration & Rededication of New Song Church)

As the book of Jonah concludes, we find the prophet exceedingly angry with God. In fact, he'd rather die than accept the fact that God compassion toward sinners. Through Jonah dialogue with God we see that a self-righteous heart resents a gracious God: it will consider God's grace unjust, and it will consider God's mercy uncaring. But could the opposite also be true? What could it mean for us to humble ourselves before God and delight our hearts in his fathomless grace towards us sinners?

Creighton Friedrich, 8 Feb 2026 (World Mission Sunday)

Nineveh—the violent city at the heart of an enemy empire—is the last place Jonah wants to go. Yet God sends his Word to guilty sinners, calling them to turn (and live). How does God's Word work grace in the life of guilty sinners? It announces his anger toward sin, awakens the sinner to repentance, and assures the repentant sinner of God's grace. God’s Word proclaims death to sin—but life to sinners.

Creighton Friedrich, 1 Feb 2026

Jonah's resistance to God's gracious will have sunk him into the very depths of death and hell. Jonah cannot save himself, so what hope does he have? As Jonah prays he knows that even in the depths God still answers, raises and saves him. God's fathomless grace goes deeper than we can sink. Creighton Friedrich, 25 January 2026