the courage to need: faith, fatigue, and the myth of self-sufficiency

the courage to need: faith, fatigue, and the myth of self-sufficiency

In this deeply personal and theologically grounded teaching, guest speaker luca reflects on burnout, trauma, interdependence, and the spiritual damage caused by cultures of endless productivity and self-sufficiency.

Collective Care in Uncaring Times

Collective Care in Uncaring Times

In this opening teaching for Haven’s new series, “Collective Care in Uncaring Times,” Leah explores how communities of compassion can resist the hostility, isolation, and exhaustion of the modern world.

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Resurrection Amidst Fear, Easter Sunday Service

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Resurrection Amidst Fear, Easter Sunday Service

In Resurrection Amidst Fear, Leah wrestles with the tension between the Easter proclamation and the very real fear shaping our world today. Grounded in Matthew’s resurrection account, she highlights how the women at the tomb experience both fear and great joy, revealing that resurrection does not eliminate fear but transforms how we live within it.

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Her Great Love

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Her Great Love

In this week of the Tell Me Something Good series, we explore the story of the woman who anoints Jesus’ feet in Luke 7. While others judge her past and her presence, Jesus recognizes her act as a profound expression of love and gratitude.

Midwife Power

Midwife Power

In this new series, Everyday Heroes, Leah invites us to look beyond biblical “heroes” we already know and toward the quiet courage of everyday people who resist violence and preserve life. Centering the story of the midwives Shiphrah and Puah in Exodus, the sermon explores how faithfulness can take the form of moral courage, sacred skill, and strategic resistance.

Love Calls Us

Love Calls Us

In this final Sunday of Advent, Pastor Leah reflects on how love calls us to move through fear and into solidarity.

Adulting In Solidarity

Adulting In Solidarity

In the final instalment of Adulting in Faith, Pastor Leah explores what it means to grow into mature, justice-oriented faith through the practice of solidarity.

Growing While Adulting

Growing While Adulting

What does it mean to keep growing in faith once we’ve already “grown up”? In this teaching, Pastor Leah invites us to explore “centered-set” spiritually: a faith not defined by boundaries of who’s in or out, but by our collective movement toward the Divine center of love and justice.

Adulting Amidst Violence

Adulting Amidst Violence

In this timely teaching from the Adulting in Faith series, Pastor Leah addresses how we can mature in our faith while living through escalating violence and division.