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LARK BLOGCAST
by LARK
The LARK BLOGCAST is a written exploration of God’s scandalous grace read aloud for those who don't have time or don't like to read. Listen in and be encouraged as you go. Read at larksite.com/blog. Join the conversation by emailing [email protected].
Episodes
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Belief vs. Becoming: Reimagining Faith
Is faith about becoming something you're not or about believing in someone else? Jesus didn't score very high on the good Rabbi assessments, so although imitating him is already out of reach, it wouldn't have gotten us very far anyway. There must be something else going on when Jesus said…
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A Toast To Robert Capon
This episode is an ode to the late Robert Capon on his birthday. Simply put, we'll never be the same after reading Capon's work. He's so astonished at the person of Jesus - his scandalous grace and closeness to us - that his preaching and writing have only begun to shape the life and faith of the...
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The Throes Of Grace
This blog is all about the absurdities of what we call religion and how everything changes on a dime when you take Jesus at his word. In short, grace is not a result of faith. When you discover sin can't actually separate you from God, a sort of freedom appears that you've never imagined. Dive…
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No Wilder Lark Than Grace
This episode consists of a poem - a new element for this blogcast. It is pure revelry in the reality of our union in Christ. But it is also encouragement for the weary and the wounded. Which is all of us, if we admit it. The poem is followed by some interaction between Russ Johnson and Jameson....
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What Must I Do? Part 4 of 4
In this final part of the 4 part series called What Must I Do, we take a look at perhaps the most significant reason the answer to the question “What Must I do to inherit eternal life” isn’t what we often think. That reason is, in short, that the incarnation means that in Jesus, we are in the One...
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What Must I Do? Part 3 of 4
This is part 3 of a 4 part series dealing with the biblical question, What must I do to inherit eternal life?" This is arguably one of the biggest questions of all time. Jameson triple's down on his insistence that this question isn't answered in the Bible with a list of to dos or disciplines to...
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What Must I Do Part 2 of 4
"What Must I Do" is a series of blog articles observing how scripture answers the question, "What must I do to inherit eternal life?" Apparent common knowledge assumes the obvious answer is improvement, but the answers biblical authors provide throws a heavy duty wrench into the spokes of that...
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What Must I Do Part 1 of 4
"What Must I Do" is a series of blog articles observing how scripture answers the question, "What must I do to inherit eternal life?" Although many think eternal life is in some way contingent upon us, the answers our biblical authors provide puts a heavy duty wrench into that idea. What better…
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Why The Cross?
Just about anything but the undiluted Gospel gets the press in religious communities. Without the Goodness that makes the Good News Good, you not only miss out on the Truth, but you miss out on the Life. A misunderstanding of the cross lies at the heart of the matter. Always has. Always will.…
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Only The Lowly Know
There's always more than meets the eye in Scripture. Reimagine the story of Jesus turning water to wine with us. What if this wasn't a miracle to prove Jesus could do miracles? What it John included this story to proclaim something much more scandalous than just that Jesus can do miracles? What…
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Jesus Is Our Union With God
How do you practice union with God? How can we be united to God? What role does religion play in our oneness with God in Christ? Is Christianity a way to achieve union with God? Are we or can we be united with God? How will we be reconciled? Abiding, worship, faith, and discipleship are all...
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The Father's Children
Let's combine the Fatherhood of God and Jesus' idea of childlike faith. What might it mean that Jesus held up playful, vulnerable little people as exemplars of faith? What does the life of faith look like if we've thought all along that we're supposed to progressively get more mature…
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Living Loved In Work
In a nation where workaholism is arguably the most prevalent religion, figuring out how to live and work in peace as one who has assurance of God's love is a real trick. But, letting go of some of the urgency and ultimacy of our work opens up the opportunity to see the people we're working with…
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Enjoying The Faithfulness Of God
If you've ever wondered what it means to do Christian community or to follow Jesus with other people, you're not alone. Confusion and opinions abound, but what I've found in a decade of ministry in Chicago is you can learn a lot by observing what's missing. There's a big difference between…
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Why We Moved Into A Camper
Jameson is the newest member of the Lark team. As the Director of Community Development, he moved his family into a camper to do life on the road tending to the connection and encouragement of folks who are following or exploring Jesus with Lark. Check out his story about why he lives in a camper...
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Guilt Management Systems Failure
What it is about guilt that keeps us from managing it well, or better yet, from letting Christ have the final word on managing it? The danger of what we do with our guilt may just be one of the most important conversations you haven't had in a while. The freedom we have in Christ has more to say...
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God With Us: Raggedy Rags
It takes some form of bravery to admit that everything you have to offer God is viewed by him as dirty rags in comparison to what Jesus has done. The Christmas story declares that none of your efforts mattered in the first place. Life flows out of Jesus and who he made us to be, not who we think…
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God With Us: Father's Embrace
One of the most difficult things to believe is that God's posture towards us is one of embrace. We typically believe anything but. We especially believe that 'God With Us' is possible only upon our ability to meet some criteria. But the incarnation, the arrival of God as a man in Jesus Christ, is...
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God With Us: Storyteller
It's easy to think the Christian story about Jesus is full of sermons, commands, theological teaching and Scripture. But, a simple reading of the Gospels reveals that so much of Jesus' recorded speech is cryptic stories we refer to as parables. God With Us, the Incarnate Son and Word of God…
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God With Us: Count The Waves
What really are the implications of God With Us, Immanuel, the God who has come to be with his creation? What is the Incarnation and does it actually have any impact on me, my life, how I live, and what I hope for? In short, the incarnation is the supreme mystery of the faith for those who follow...
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Improper Thanksgiving
With all the swirling thanksgiving emails, tweets, reels, Hallmark cards, and sermons, you'd think if we don't give thanks rightly, we will be putting ourselves in the crosshairs of God's judgment. But what if giving thanks isn't about giving thanks, but about reveling in and enjoying the gift...
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"I've Never Seen A Pastor Cry"
Lark stories help illustrate why we are so adamant about spreading the message of the cross. Check out this one to hear about how one friend never saw a pastor cry until he told me about his story and experience in Churches. There's something so beautiful and powerful about sharing and listening…
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Jesus, Galileo & Giving Thanks
The story of how the Church dealt with Galileo is an important point of conversation for today's Church. Have we learned at all from how that story played out? Have we given up on getting it right or have we just changed the furniture around? What exactly does it mean to be the Church, and who...
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Give God Nothing
The question of how do we live now that we believe God has redeemed us is a troubling one. Many of us live and die in anxiety about whether or not we did it right. But what if the life of faith is expressly opposed to the life of getting God to love us? What if the call is to trust God, not to…
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Words Change Matter
Words of encouragement are far more scarce than we usually recognize. Learning about how the human being's brain responds to both the absence and the presence of encouragement opens up another level of understanding about the power of speaking the Gospel about Jesus and words of encouragement and...
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Believing The Gospel
What it means to actually believe the gospel is actually one of the greatest confusions within the church. But, according to Jesus, it's a lot more like trust than trying. The interaction between Jesus and the Samaritan woman at the well shows us so much about what Jesus thinks people need.…
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How To Grow In Christlikeness
What exactly does it mean to be like Christ? To grow in Christlikeness? Who causes it and how does it happen? What exactly is it we turn into if we are transformed? Jesus didn't set up an impossible life we have to live. He invited us into his life so we could share in his righteousness…
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Transformation is a Dirty Word
Transformation can be a tricky subject for the Church. It often shows up not as the blessed aftermath of getting wrecked by grace, but as the strategy instead. If you've ever felt like you're supposed to prove that you've received grace by demonstrating transformation, this short piece is for…
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Do Doubts & Questions Disqualify?
The doubts and questions we all come by honestly are all too often dismissed or demonized by other people. Unfortunately, belonging is also often intimately connected with whether or not you agree with everyone else's answers to your questions. Looking deeper, we see that insecurity, or the...
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Freedom Is In Dependence, Not Independence
More than any other moment in history, today independence is hailed as the ultimate goal of humanity. Independence is seen as the epitome of freedom. But in light of what Jesus said and did, we learn freedom is actually in dependence. We can't not be dependent. To live as if we can ever actually…
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Encouragement For The Exhausted
Discouragement, depression, despair, and even despondence plague people everywhere in a myriad of ways. Although the difficulties of life never seem to end, the Good News of Jesus has something to say. If you're feeling the darkness, listen in here for some encouragement. The perspective on life...
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The God No One Sees Coming
Who God turns out to be surprises us and catches us off guard every time we think about it. His coming to dwell with and in his creation turns our idea of hospitality on its head. We just about never expect to find him in and with us, and this is why we seem intent on searching for our home...
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What The Grace Of God Is All About
Stories and explanations of grace are as vast as there are books on the topic. Contrary to many versions of this story, grace isn't about second chances or simply the forgiveness of sins. It's about something so absurd that we tend to balk at it. Grace really is amazing. Check out this episode to...
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Faith Is Like Sitting Down
Redefining faith in terms of sitting down helps us see that faith is not understanding. A life of faith is learning to trust, not to strive. Russ unpacks this idea in this piece and helps us reimagine faith in light of ordinary life instead of fear and confusion. Unfortunately, many of us have…
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Why You Can't "Live Out The Gospel"
The idea that we can and should "live out the gospel" is one I think may actually be causing a great deal of confusion and anxiety. Consider the thought that there's a better way. Listen in and see what you think. Sometimes the most obvious and most loved sayings end up being the sneakiest ones....
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What Is The Gospel?
It is easy to assume we know what we think we already know about the Gospel. But when pressed, we may be surprised to find that our assumptions aren't actually rooted in what Jesus actually said and did. We need safe places to wrestle with questions like this, like this blog. Your questions and...
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Go & Do Likewise?
It is far too easy to miss the entire point of the story about the Good Samaritan that Jesus tells in response to a Lawyer's testing questions. When you let the author, Luke, tell his story, the Good Samaritan actually ends up meaning the opposite of what most of us have been taught! In this...
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The LARK BLOGCAST is a written exploration of God’s scandalous grace read aloud for those who don't have time or don't like to read. Listen in and be encouraged as you go. Read at larksite.com/blog. Join the conversation by emailing [email protected].
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The LARK BLOGCAST is a written exploration of God’s scandalous grace read aloud for those who don't have time or don't like to read. Listen in and be encouraged as you go. Read at larksite.com/blog. Join the conversation by emailing [email protected].
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