Episodes
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50 Days of Kindness, part 5: Love Is the Way
October 14th, 2024 | 35 mins 25 secs
There is no lack of fearmongering during election season, but we don’t have to be afraid. While our political parties and candidates can’t save us, Jesus and his loving-kindness can, and he shows us that love is the way to create a kinder nation and world.
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50 Days of Kindness, part 4: Finding Common Ground: How Can I Love My Enemies If They Are Immoral?
October 6th, 2024 | 37 mins 2 secs
Biblical kindness never seeks anything but the best, even for those who seek the worst for us.
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50 Days of Kindness, part 3: Kingdom Kindness
September 29th, 2024 | 30 mins 31 secs
Most of us can be kind to the people closest to us—at least most of the time. But in the parable of the Good Samaritan, Jesus challenges us to an even greater level of kindness—Kingdom kindness—which demands that we are kind even to our enemies.
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50 Days of Kindness, part 2: Kindness is Not Always Nice
September 22nd, 2024 | 37 mins 20 secs
We all learned as children that it’s important to be nice, but sometimes we mistake niceness for kindness, and we even justify unkindness in the name of niceness. Jesus shows us what true kindness looks like, and invites us to be kind, even when it doesn’t feel nice.
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50 Days of Kindness, part 1: The Power of Kindness
September 15th, 2024 | 36 mins 16 secs
The U.S. Presidential election is 50 days away, and the atmosphere is anything but kind. Yet even small acts of kindness can make a significant difference in our communities. This election season, let’s campaign for kindness!
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25th Anniversary Celebration with Bishop Laura Merrill
September 8th, 2024 | 24 mins 52 secs
While our world today is plagued by division, suffering, and just plain meanness, God is inviting us to help create something new--a collage of people from all kinds of backgrounds and cultures, a community of belonging and delight.
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Family Matters, part 6: Health Matters
September 1st, 2024 | 37 mins 49 secs
If we want to have strong and healthy families and relationships, we have to become healthier ourselves by seeking God’s healing in our own lives. As our families become healthier together, our households can become places of joy, kindness, and hope for a weary world.
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Family Matters, part 5: Repairing Broken Relationships Matters
August 25th, 2024 | 37 mins 1 sec
Broken relationships are painful, but repair is possible. Repair is a process that takes significant effort, but when we’re both willing to make that effort, with God’s help, we can experience the joy of reconciliation.
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Family Matters, part 4: Brokenness Matters
August 18th, 2024 | 35 mins 5 secs
There are no perfect people. We are all broken in some way, but healing and forgiveness are possible. With God’s help, we can experience healing and even thriving in our relationships.
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Family Matters, part 3: The Four Commitments Every Relationship Needs
August 12th, 2024 | 34 mins 7 secs
Every relationship is built on commitment, but not commitment in general. There are four specific commitments every relationship needs, and you can learn to make those commitments and have better relationships.
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Family Matters, part 2: Character Matters
August 5th, 2024 | 34 mins 47 secs
Character matters in all of our relationships, from our family rooms to our bedrooms to our boardrooms. Your character matters and so does the character of the people you choose to trust.
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Family Matters, part 1: A Matter of Trust
July 28th, 2024 | 37 mins 9 secs
Family matters, and no family works without trust. Trust is the fuel that drives every relationship. When trust is broken, repairing it is difficult. When we can learn to build, strengthen, and repair trust in our relationships, we can experience lasting joy.