CrossBridge Christian Church, Lincoln, NE

CrossBridge Christian Church, Lincoln, NE CrossBridge believes that God has a plan to set things right; it's called the Church. We strive in all we do to embody Christ to a hurting world.

We're about setting things right, one heart at a time. CrossBridge Christian Church is affiliated with the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), a global community of faith of approximately three-quarters of a million Christians across 3,700 congregations. With a healthy respect for diversity, Disciples of Christ congregations come in all shapes and sizes. At CrossBridge we believe:

God is the

creator and sustainer of all life and every human being is created in God's image. Jesus Christ is the savior of the world, the son of the living God, and that a personal relationship with Christ transforms lives. The Holy Spirit is available to all people and responsible for the inspiration and energy to accomplish all things within the church. God continues to speak to us through the Bible, and we are devoted to the study of the scriptures for discerning God's will for our lives. In baptism by immersion when a person is old enough to make that decision on their own, although we honor other baptismal traditions. The Lord's Supper is the central experience of worship and is open to all believers in Jesus Christ. That becoming a fully-devoted follower of Jesus Christ is a goal every Christian should strive for, and that it's a lifelong process. In freedom and diversity in Christian thought and interpretation, guided by the Bible, the Holy Spirit, study, and prayer. Want to learn more about our core beliefs as well as our vision and values? Send us a message or stop in to chat with a pastor!

***Saturday Morning Coffee***My (Robert’s) daughter will turn 20 soon. Back on the day she turned 2, we took her to ride...
06/06/2026

***Saturday Morning Coffee***

My (Robert’s) daughter will turn 20 soon. Back on the day she turned 2, we took her to ride the camel at the local zoo. You could not ride the camel before you were 2, and she knew this, but riding the camel was the great dream of her life at that point in it

So weeks before we went to ride the camel on her birthday, Karyssa pestered me about it again and again… and again.

Sometimes she opened her eyes so wide she resembled an animation character, looked deeply into my eyes, and said in the cutest voice she could muster, “I wanna wide du camul, Daddee. Pleeez.”

Other times she threw herself on the floor with all the desperate drama of a person begging for her life before a judge and cried, “Camul! Camul! Camul!”

At still other times she commanded me with all the force of a Four Star General: “I wide camul. Now. I do. Yes. Now. Camul.”

Jesus tells a mini-story in Luke chapter 18. Luke gives us Luke’s take on the story’s lesson right off the top. The story goes like this:

1Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to show them that they should always pray and not give up. 2He said: "In a certain town there was a judge who neither feared God nor cared about men. 3And there was a widow in that town who kept coming to him with the plea, 'Grant me justice against my adversary.'

4"For some time he refused. But finally he said to himself, 'Even though I don't fear God or care about men, 5yet because this widow keeps bothering me, I will see that she gets justice, so that she won't eventually wear me out with her coming!' "

6And the Lord said, "Listen to what the unjust judge says. 7And will not God bring about justice for his chosen ones, who cry out to him day and night? Will he keep putting them off? 8I tell you, he will see that they get justice, and quickly. However, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on the earth?"

The unjust judge in the story doesn’t want to respond with care and justice to the widow, but he is finally worn down by her persistence. God, on the other hand, already desires to respond well (and will respond well).

In essence, God will bring the care to the vulnerable people in need. But, when God does, will the Lord find people persisting in their trust of Christ’s love in a rough and discouraging world? Will the Lord find people who want to be a part of providing that grace and care?

I wanted to take Reese to the zoo to ride the camel. I wasn’t holding out on her or wanting to be unjust. It just couldn’t happen until Friday the 19th of July, 2008. The factors weren’t in place before then.

But Karyssa’s persistence demonstrated to me that she really wanted this good gift, and I already knew she trusted me to be generous with her.

I pray again and again for the well-being of the congregation; for the death of war and the birth of peace; for food, housing, and dignity for all people; for a healthy marriage and home. I pray for these because they are things that matter deeply to me.


I pray for them NOT because I fear the Lord is a monster who will gleefully put people on the street and kill my child unless I pester him into doing something different.

I pray like this because I’ve seen enough of Jesus to know the Lord is just and graceful and life-giving. And I trust the God who looks like Jesus to be the source of good gifts in the world.

I pray because I want the Lord to know that I know this. I pray because it is deeply important for me to see Christ’s love flow into these parts of my life more and more fully. I pray because I want to be a part of God’s Jesus-shaped will being done on earth as it is in heaven.

Pass the word. Instead of going to the Capital Room at 10am... go to a picnic at Schleich Park. Sunday, June 7, 11amN 34...
06/06/2026

Pass the word. Instead of going to the Capital Room at 10am... go to a picnic at Schleich Park.

Sunday, June 7, 11am

N 34 street and Ridge Park Rd.
6200 N 34th

Take Fletcher off of N 27th and head east. The road curves and goes south. Look for Ridge Road and turn left. Go till the road turns into 34th Street. You can't miss it.

Potluck picnic. Plates silverware, casseroles desserts, salads -- whatever you want to share. Bring your camping chairs since there aren't a lot of tables.

See you Sunday at 11am!

06/05/2026

Pass the word. Instead of going to the Capital Room at 10am... go to a picnic at Schleich Park.

Sunday, June 7, 11am

N 34 street and Ridge Park Rd.
6200 N 34th

Take Fletcher off of N 27th and head east. The road curves and goes south. Look for Ridge Road and turn left. Go till the road turns into 34th Street. You can't miss it.

Potluck picnic. Plates silverware, casseroles desserts, salads -- whatever you want to share. Bring your camping chairs since there aren't a lot of tables.

See you Sunday at 11am!

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***Saturday Morning Coffee***Psalm 137 is one of the most moving songs in the Bible. It begins: “By the rivers of Babylo...
05/30/2026

***Saturday Morning Coffee***

Psalm 137 is one of the most moving songs in the Bible. It begins: “By the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept when we remembered Zion (Jerusalem).”


The Israelite singer is in exile and under the control of what we would call a “superpower nation”. The verse above is the beginning of a song of sadness, longing, and anger from someone who seeks a different world.


Many of the Psalms are songs of lament, songs like this one, songs born from a sense that something is broken or missing.


The biblical Prophets are also filled with desperate words about how the people of God are losing track of God, seeking their identity in wealth and arrogance, and treating the poor like garbage.

Like the psalmist’s, the prophets often long for the people of God to rediscover a faith and righteousness they’ve misplaced. The prophets often share angry poems seeking a beautiful, new world.


Come to think of it, the first speech of God in the Book of Exodus begins in a less than happy-go-lucky place: “I, the Lord, have indeed seen the misery of my people in Egypt….”


And, Jesus cries from the Cross in the Gospel of Mark, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”


The life of faith definitely contains joy and celebration. This is true, essential. Without joy, Christian faith is like the solar system without the Sun – impossible.


But, according to Scripture, the life of faith is also in touch with pain, longing, loss. In fact, our celebrations become cheap and hollow if we pretend this pain isn’t real, or act like it’s something we simply need to “get over”.


When you or someone you know feels pain, longing, or loss, don’t run away or assume their faith is dead.

Instead, bear witness to the reality of the struggle, claim the love offered in the heart of Jesus, and remember that resurrection overwhelmed even the blows that put Christ in his borrowed tomb.

(Robert)

05/24/2026

worship on May 24th

End of school...Memorial Day weekend...Pentecost...Great morning to gather in worship.10amCapital Room at Country Inn & ...
05/24/2026

End of school...
Memorial Day weekend...
Pentecost...
Great morning to gather in worship.
10am
Capital Room at Country Inn & Suites off N 27th

Have a beautiful Sunday, everyone!

***Saturday Morning Coffee***Years ago, I (Robert) scraped the underside of my bumper on some "hidden" parking lot curb...
05/23/2026

***Saturday Morning Coffee***

Years ago, I (Robert) scraped the underside of my bumper on some "hidden" parking lot curb. Scraped it badly. The sound still haunts me.

“SHA #&@^J666KS!!!!” I cursed. Loudly. I was instantaneously enraged and afraid. How could I do something so stupid?!?! Was the car broken?!?!

Even worse, I wasn’t alone in the car. My 11-year-old daughter was in the backseat. Parenting fail.

I’ve read that if you wanted to create outbursts of fear and rage, you couldn’t orchestrate a better environment than driving. The driver is isolated. It’s hard to see other drivers as people. Driving is inherently dangerous. We’re moving huge piles of metal around fast. Any moment could be our last.

To be a peaceful driver is to resist a violent environment.

What are our other environments like? Our political environment? Our media environment? Our workplace? Our home? Our relationships? The environment we create inside our heads by how inner voices speak about others and ourselves?

Are they orchestrated to help us become more fully Christian, more whole as human beings? Or, do they help do the opposite?

In the famous language of Galatians Chapter 5, do those environments, like a healthy garden, help grow the fruit of the Spirit: love, joy, peace, endurance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control.

In Luke Chapter 24 we get The Emmaus Story. Two broken-hearted disciples are met on the road of life by the Risen Jesus. Christ shares the story of God with them. They break bread together in a home. Hearts are warmed and eyes opened. The disciples rush out renewed by the incredible good news – the age of new life has come!

This is a story about Jesus, but it’s also about worship and the environment of life.

We journey through life, sometimes in sadness and despair, and in that life Jesus meets us, even if we don’t at first recognize him. We share words and food, and he is there with us, leading us, gifting us new ways to share his hope.

All life can become orchestrated to connect us to Christ, if we allow it to be so.

Good morning 🌞 10amWorship in the Capital Room at the Country Inn & Suites off 27th Street11amLunch for all interested i...
05/17/2026

Good morning 🌞

10am
Worship in the Capital Room at the Country Inn & Suites off 27th Street

11am
Lunch for all interested in some Italian food

***Saturday Afternoon Decaf Coffee***“Dad. Dad? My beetle is not alive anymore. She was a girl. A baby girl. My baby gir...
05/16/2026

***Saturday Afternoon Decaf Coffee***

“Dad. Dad? My beetle is not alive anymore. She was a girl. A baby girl. My baby girl. She was with me. Now she is not. She is dead. I want her to be alive again.”

“Karyssa? The beetle is dead? Did you smush it? I mean, did you smush her? You know, kill the beetle?”

“No, I didn’t. She was just by the car door, and I put my foot on her, and she just died. I hope she come back alive again with Jesus one day soon… Maybe I did kill her. I’m sad. I need to get a calendar so I can know when Jesus is coming back.”

“You probably didn’t mean to kill her, Karyssa. Don’t feel guilty. Jesus was dead and became alive again. Maybe it will happen for your beetle someday.”

“I am sad. But it will be OK.”

From my (Robert’s) perspective, this conversation with Karyssa from many years ago emerged from nowhere. And there was a lot going on in just a few words.

Karyssa was troubled, but not too much. I didn’t want to make her feel worse, but I also didn’t want to pretend like she hadn’t killed a living creature.

One of the things that hit me was that Karyssa was trying to connect her God-given humanity, the story of Jesus, and a specific moment in her own life.

Listening to her, it was clear that she felt a connection to the bug. There was a note of real concern in her voice about how the beetle had met its end.

There’s that wonderful language in the beginning of the story in Genesis about how people like us were formed to be caretakers of God’s garden creation. A part of this calling involved the naming of the animals, which would have been seen as a powerful, intimate act of connection.

And here was Karyssa naming, connecting with, and grieving “her” beetle. (Sadly, she didn’t take the best care of it, hence the grieving part.)

Karyssa also had heard the story of Easter, the story of Jesus reversing death and overwhelming the power of killing itself. (After all, on the Cross Jesus didn’t just happen to die. He was “smushed” by the forces of religion, politics, and military might.)

She had heard that Easter story told. She had heard that the faith of her parents involved trusting that Jesus is the beginning of the life God has in store for the world. And, Karyssa took the story seriously.

So here she was calling upon the story of Jesus rising from the tomb on behalf of her dead beetle. Why shouldn’t she? Maybe the new heaven and earth will indeed have room for beetles.

Christians read the Bible for a lot of reasons. But I believe that one of the main, healthy reasons to read Scripture is to get a sense of who God is and what God’s up to. With that sense we can notice where God is acting here and now and walk alongside God in the world we inhabit every day.

Sadly, sometimes that walk includes how to deal with stepping on a beetle.

05/10/2026

Worship on May 10th

Happy Mother's Day!

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2800 Crossbridge Place
Lincoln, NE
68504

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Monday 9am - 12pm
Tuesday 9am - 12pm
Wednesday 9am - 12pm
Thursday 9am - 12pm
Sunday 8am - 12pm

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(402) 438-6443

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