When the old answers stop working
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Waterville Community Church doesn't fit the usual competing boxes:
Conservative or liberal.
Fundamentalist or progressive.
Stuck in tradition or chasing every trend.
Faith, for us, is not a battle to win. It’s a way of life.
One that is based on belief and grounded in real experience.
Our experience is Jesus.
Our belief is that God is better than we often think.
Our way of life is love.
What you will find here is a group of people who are Learning Love from a God we believe IS love.
Come learn with us.
Conservative or liberal.
Fundamentalist or progressive.
Stuck in tradition or chasing every trend.
Faith, for us, is not a battle to win. It’s a way of life.
One that is based on belief and grounded in real experience.
Our experience is Jesus.
Our belief is that God is better than we often think.
Our way of life is love.
What you will find here is a group of people who are Learning Love from a God we believe IS love.
Come learn with us.
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Conform Part 3 (9/6/2026)
Sep 6, 2026 • Mike O'Shea
Conform Part 2 (8/30/2026)
Aug 30, 2026 • Mike O'Shea
Conform Part 1 (8/23/2026)
Aug 23, 2026 • Mike O'Shea
Open Mic - Dustin Schmidt (8/16/2026)
Aug 16, 2026 • Dustin Schmidt
gods Of This Age Part 5 (8/9/2026)
Aug 9, 2026 • Mike O'Shea
gods Of This Age Part 4 (8/2/2026)
Aug 2, 2026 • Mike O'Shea
gods Of This Age Part 3 (7/26/2026)
Jul 26, 2026 • Mike O'Shea
gods Of This Age Part 2 (7/19/2026)
Jul 19, 2026 • Mike O'Shea
gods Of This Age Part 1 (7/12/2026)
Jul 12, 2026 • Mike O'Shea
Open Mic - Tyler Dunlap (7/5/2026)
Jul 5, 2026 • Tyler Dunlap
Open Mic - Amy Price (6/28/2026)
Jun 28, 2026 • Amy Price
Think Again Part 5 (6/21/2026)
Jun 21, 2026 • Mike O'Shea
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Pastor's Blog
Subsplash and church leadership
September 8th, 2026
Sunday I preached a sermon on the dangers of productivity while also rolling out a new church management platform that will likely make us more…productive.
And while increased productivity was not the purpose for the new platform, the irony was not lost on me.
Nor was the fact that this was Labor Day weekend, a holiday typically devoted to resting from labor and productivity....
Getting People Wrong
September 1st, 2026
Back in 2022 I wrote a post reflecting on Malcolm Gladwell’s book Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know Abou the People We Don’t Know. You can read that post here.
Gladwell’s basic point is that we’re bad at talking to strangers. That is, encounters with people we don’t know have a tendency to go very badly. According to Gladwell’s analysis, that is because; 1) we default to truth, that is we...
Proactive and reactive grace
August 25th, 2026
Christians are called to forgive. I call it “reactive grace.” It’s “reactive” in the sense that we offer grace in response or reaction to someone doing something to hurt or offend us.
But grace also has a “proactive” dimension, one we may not be as aware of or concerned about.
The proactive side to grace is less about forgiveness and more about how we choose to think about. All people. All the ti...
