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The Garden Church (formerly Reality Church Boston) is a community of everyday people on a journey to be shaped by and share Jesus’ love in Boston and beyond. Follow along for our weekly Sunday teachings.

  1. Rewired by Love | Joyful Belonging

    2D AGO

    Rewired by Love | Joyful Belonging

    Teacher: Josh Wilson Text: Numbers 6:22-27 In week four of Rewired by Love, Pastor Josh explores Numbers 6 to show how God rewires our deepest reflexes through blessing, belonging, and shared identity. Connecting the priestly blessing with how our brains are formed, Pastor Josh explains how lasting change happens through joy-filled attachment to God and one another. Love takes root as we learn to live under God’s delight and within a community that practices it together.

    39 min
  2. Rewired by Love | The Parts We're Protecting

    FEB 2

    Rewired by Love | The Parts We're Protecting

    Teacher: Josh Wilson Text: John 8:2-11 Pastor Josh reflects on how we often use shame—consciously or unconsciously—to try to force ourselves to change. But in Jesus’ tender and disruptive response to the woman caught in adultery, we discover that real transformation begins not through fear or striving, but through the healing power of being fully seen, known, and met with grace.

    36 min
  3. Rewired by Love | How Our Filters Are Formed

    JAN 20

    Rewired by Love | How Our Filters Are Formed

    Teacher: Josh Wilson  Text: Exodus 17:1-7  In week two of Rewired by Love, Pastor Josh explores how our deepest reactions to God and others are shaped not just by what we know, but by the relational experiences that have formed our inner “defaults.” Through reflection on Exodus 17, Josh invites us to notice how our wounds shape our trust—and to discover God as a safe haven who patiently rewires us through a healing relationship with Him.

    32 min
  4. Rewired by Love | Two Kinds of Knowing

    JAN 13

    Rewired by Love | Two Kinds of Knowing

    Text: Matthew 21:28–32 Teacher: Josh Wilson Pastor Josh begins the series Rewired by Love by naming the gap many of us feel between what we believe and how we actually live. Exploring Jesus’ parable of the two sons, he introduces “two kinds of knowing”—what we know in our minds and what actually informs all our reflexes and relationships. He invites us to notice where there’s a gap between our own belief and practice, and to embrace the hope that Christ’s love can rewire us from the inside out.

    33 min
  5. Waiting In Hope | My Eyes Have Seen

    12/22/2025

    Waiting In Hope | My Eyes Have Seen

    Teacher: Josh Wilson Text: Luke 2:25-32 In our final week of Advent, Pastor Josh explores the joy of Christmas — not as a fragile feeling tied to circumstances, but as a steady hope rooted in God’s faithfulness. Joy is not pretending everything is resolved, but trusting where the story is headed because God has entered it. Where have you seen evidence of God’s faithfulness recently? What small sign reminds you that the story isn’t finished?

    30 min
  6. Waiting In Hope | Attentive While Waiting

    12/16/2025

    Waiting In Hope | Attentive While Waiting

    Teacher: Josh Wilson Text: Matthew 2:1–12 In the third week of Advent, Pastor Josh invites us to consider how easy it is to miss Jesus, even when we think we are ready to see Him. In the story of the Magi, insiders with power and knowledge miss Jesus, while unlikely seekers pursue Him with curiosity, sacrifice, and wonder. In this sermon, Josh invites us to slow down, notice where God is breaking in, and courageously follow the light toward worship and transformation. Advent Breath Prayer INHALE: Christ, You are with me EXHALE: Give me eyes to see

    29 min
  7. Waiting In Hope | The Work of Waiting

    12/09/2025

    Waiting In Hope | The Work of Waiting

    Teacher: Josh Wilson Text: Luke 3:1–18 This week, Pastor Josh meets us in the ache of Advent longing and echoes John the Baptist's call to "prepare the way" for Jesus. His message reframes waiting as faithful roadwork—the repentance, generosity, and justice that clear space for grace to land. We’re invited out of the “wait-and-wish” ditch of avoidance and the “work-and-worry” ditch of control, learning to do our part with courage while trusting God with His.

    30 min
  8. Waiting In Hope | Longing & Lament

    12/01/2025

    Waiting In Hope | Longing & Lament

    Teacher: Mandi Paszek Text: Matthew 1:18-25 NIV Christmas is an invitation to hope. But what do we do when our hopes are left waiting? In the first week of Advent, Mandi invites us to meet God in our longings, our lament, and our experience of liminal space. Questions for reflection: What longing am I holding back from God today?Where do I need God to meet me in my grief and lament?

    31 min
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The Garden Church (formerly Reality Church Boston) is a community of everyday people on a journey to be shaped by and share Jesus’ love in Boston and beyond. Follow along for our weekly Sunday teachings.

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