Kern Talks

Pastor Will explores resilience through faith, reminding listeners that endurance has limits and hitting them isn’t failure. Drawing from James 1, he teaches that hardship can grow maturity and that when strength runs out, prayer is the way forward. God meets us at our limits with wisdom, grace, and guidance for what comes next.

Pastor Will explores how relationships often break down under pressure and how followers of Jesus can level them up. Drawing from Colossians 3, he invites listeners to “put on” compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, patience, forgiveness, and love. When conflict arises, let Christ’s peace be the umpire and ask, “What would Jesus do?”

Pastor Will shares how hidden foundation cracks at a beloved family cabin reveal a spiritual truth: real change starts below the surface. Drawing from Jesus’ words in Matthew 7, he challenges listeners to stop relying on resolutions and start building life on Christ. Storms come to everyone, but a life grounded in Jesus stands firm, grows deeper, and levels up.

In A Different Kind of Gift, Pastor Will reflects on the Magi and reminds us that every Christmas gift fades. Gold, frankincense, and myrrh were temporary, but the Magi’s first gift was worship. Before giving anything, they bowed and gave themselves. The lasting gift of Christmas is offering lives to Jesus, choosing a posture of worship that endures forever unchanging.

In A Different Kind of Love, Pastor Will reflects on Matthew’s Christmas story, showing love that isn’t sentimental or perfect. Through Joseph’s choice and God’s first move, we see Emmanuel—God with us—entering life’s mess. This love comes close, protects, forgives, and meets us in confusion, fear, and unfinished lives, inviting us to receive God’s presence as we are.

Pastor Will explores a different kind of Christmas joy—one deeper than lights and cheer. Acknowledging grief, doubt, and weariness, he points to Isaiah 35 and John the Baptist to show joy breaking in amid hardship. Jesus offers joy that welcomes questions, notices God’s quiet work, and joins in restoring lives, even when circumstances don’t change, during Advent and everyday faith.

Pastor Will continues A Different Kind of Christmas by exploring Isaiah’s vision of new life growing from a stump—reminding us that God brings peace where life feels cut down. Pointing to Jesus as the promised shoot, he invites anyone feeling stressed, grieving, or overwhelmed this season to receive Christ’s deeper peace that grows even in hard places and unexpected seasons.

Pastor Will explores how Advent invites hope amid holiday pressure, grief, and global uncertainty. Looking to Isaiah 2, he shows that God offers a future shaped not by fear but by peace, transformation, and shared journey. Hope grows as we walk together, learn from God, and let God reshape our hearts—taking small steps toward the light even when the world feels dark.

Pastor Will shares how Kern Church responded to a local food crisis with compassion, showing that “boring” everyday generosity—paying bills, supporting staff, funding ministry—makes extraordinary impact possible. He reminds us that steady, faithful giving is like sowing seeds: unseen at first, but multiplied by God to change lives, meet real needs, and keep the church’s mission alive.

In this message from The Grateful Life, Pastor Will explains that true generosity isn’t about amounts but about trusting God. Using Malachi 3 and stories of giving, he reminds us that giving is worship, not fundraising. God invites us to trust Him first, give proportionally, and take one step of faith—because generosity grows our hearts and deepens our dependence on God.