The paradoxes about money we've explored aren't meant to be resolved privately but lived out in the context of Christian community, where we help each other discern faithful stewardship. Individually, we must examine our hearts with diagnostic questions (Am I hoarding or stewarding? Giving or spending selfishly?) while recognizing that the answers will vary based on our unique situations—but we need the church to help us see our blind spots and resist cultural conformity. As a church body, we're called to practice the radical economic sharing of the early church, create space for honest conversations about money without shame, challenge materialism, celebrate generosity, and embody an alternative economy that witnesses to God's kingdom through mutual aid and sacrificial love.

Scripture affirms both the wisdom of saving and planning and the call to radical generosity and daily trust in God's provision. The path of faithfulness isn't choosing one over the other but discerning which word you most need to hear: if you tend toward anxious hoarding, you need Jesus' call to trust and give; if you tend toward impulsive spending, you need Proverbs' call to plan and provide. Mature stewardship means saving for real needs while giving sacrificially, planning wisely while trusting ultimately, holding everything with open hands ready to release when God calls.

Jesus cautions us against making judgment of others before doing our own self-reflection. Ultimately God is the judge of people. We should have an attitude of humility and compassion toward others.

The Bible presents wealth as both divine blessing and spiritual danger refusing to give us a simple answer about whether money is good or bad. The truth is that wealth, like any powerful gift from God, can either serve kingdom purposes or become an idol depending on the condition of our hearts. Money is morally neutral, in biblical times people bartered a lot. How do we receive both the blessing and not fall into the dangerous traps of money?

What do we believe about death, and what does it teach us about a life well lived? We honor the saints who have gone before us and explore the hope and mystery of rapture theology. As we remember those from our community who have passed in the past year, we ask: how does their legacy call us to live with greater faith and purpose today?

How do we embrace the gifts of technology without allowing it to become an idol we are addicted to or a force that dehumanizes our neighbors. How do we have a healthy connection with technology. How do we name where we are in our relationship with technology and strive to be healthier. We need to explore screen time, lack of human connection, scrolling, and mental health.

The world feels anything but peaceful these days many of us long for peace. Not merely absence of violence but the presence of real peace. Jesus offers his disciples the gift of peace of heart and mind. How do we receive peace and how do we live as peace makers?

In pop theology we think of heartbreak as something that happens to people who engage in sinful behavior. But heartbreak is a reality of sin and brokenness. The heart of God breaks many times in the bible, the fall of humanity in Genesis 3, Lazarus' death, crucifixion, the destruction of Jerusalem, the golden calf, and more. What's happening in the world breaks God’s heart today. Do we love God enough to allow it to break our hearts too?