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Mar 30, 2021

Entering the Easter season we acknowledge that God redeems humanity not through a list of doctrinal bullet points but through a powerful true story. 

We acknowledge the King, come to earth, connecting with humans in living, caring, healing, and telling stories. Jesus connected his message to story, and in stories we...


Mar 23, 2021

We've heard it before. Someone says he or she grew up in the evangelical church. They speak to credentials they hold inside the church, an evangelical of evangelicals. But then they started asking questions.

What they talk about is that they didn't find good answers. There are likely few specifics given, and after a...


Mar 16, 2021

For nearly all of us the first thing we lay our eyes on every morning is our cell phone. In the course of listening to this podcast it's likely you'll check social media, respond to a text, and do some online shopping. Most of us are desperately aware of the addictive properties of the phone, but we struggle to...


Mar 9, 2021

Prayer is one of the most basic disciplines of the Christian life. Yet, many Christians are struck with fears and uncertainties as they speak to God. 

A curious thing happens when we turn to the Bible and see Jesus praying. We find anguish and honesty, anger and anxiety. There are times of sharp and pungent expressions...


Mar 2, 2021

Love just isn't enough to make a family. Congress stands poised to pass the Equality Act which brings on the final stages of a Mrs. Doubtfire view of marriage, family, and childrearing. Adult, and adult desires, are all that seem to matter to us. 

Surrogacy, same-sex marriage, transgender parenting, divorce, donor...