CrossWalk Community Church Napa

Sowing Seeds

Jesus shared two provocative parables - one about sowing seeds and the other about mustard. How do these relate to our lives today? How do they inform our actions in a world that needs more shalom?

i8: The First Step Toward Freedom

We are prone to repeating and repeating and repeating behavior that keeps us in cycles that at least hold us back and sometimes cause enormous pain and suffering in ourselves, relationships, and world. There is a way forward that leads to freedom, health and growth for one and all.

Space, Croissants, Trees, and an Expanding YOUniverse

Enjoy this fantastic teaching offered by Angie Barker-Jackson, built around the story of God visiting Abraham under the trees of Mamre. Profound insights here!

CrossWalkMoth: Unsung Heroes

Stories connect us. Listen to these stories celebrating people in our lives who made a difference. Who is an unsung hero in your life?

Pentecost 2024

This week we take a look at the event that made this day the birthday of the Church, and spend some time celebrating CrossWalk's many people who make it such a great space.

Freeing Jesus: Presence

In this final segment of the teaching series informed by Diana Butler Bass' Freeing Jesus book, we pay special attention on the spiritual presence Jesus promised would come, with a special nod to the Spirit's feminine characteristics.

Freeing Jesus: The Way

John 14 offers a passage of hope that has also been used as a "clobber verse." In this teaching, we find help and hope from Diana Butler Bass - a different way of thinking about the word "except" that is truly liberating.

Freeing Jesus: Lord

Any of the titles we ascribe to God or Jesus both liberate and limit. Lord is both wonderful and problematic, helpful in some ways and restrictive in others. But what if the Lord's Kingdom has been misrepresented to us? What if our vision has been overly influenced by our conquering past and world-dominating Super Power present (hint: it has). This teaching explores "the Lord" and leaves us unsettled. Good luck.

Freeing Jesus: Savior

History changed the understanding of savior into an otherworldly superhero who came to save the day and will come again to do it again a final time. Too bad that's not how Jesus - or his original audience - wanted to be known. Imagine how history would have unfolded differently if the actual rendering of the word savior as healer would have dominated? How can we embrace this meaning today? What are the implications for our private lives and even global conflicts?

Freeing Jesus: Teacher

What does it mean for us to refer to Jesus as our teacher? When we appreciate that Jesus was referred to as "rabbi" we begin to get a better idea about who he was and what the relationship meant between the rabbi and their disciples.