All Episodes

Episode 432: Persistence in Prayer

Episode 431: Getting Quiet to Wake Up: Learning to Listen in Christian Meditation

Episode 430: Just Start Talking | Learning to Pray, Week 1 | Psalm 13

Episode 429: Can You Love America Too Much? Patriotism, Nationalism, and Following Jesus

Episode 428: Why We Cannot Be Transformed Alone | Grace Becomes Love (Message 5: This is Grace)

Episode 427: Held in the Struggle (Message 4: This is Grace)

Episode 426: The Life Grace Makes Possible (Message 3: This Is Grace)

Episode 425: The Gift (Message 2: This Is Grace)

Episode 424: I’m Fine! | Why We Need Grace Even When Life Is Going Well

Episode 423: A Personal Update: I'll Be Away Through August

Episode 422: When Life Isn't What You Expected (Messy Families: Episode 5)

Episode 421: Honoring Your Parents without Losing Yourself (Episode 3: Messy Families)

Episode 420: Messy Families, Faithful God (Episode 2: Messy Families Series)

Episode 419: A Good Mother In a Messy World (Episode 1: Messy Families)

Episode 418: Don't Live In Reverse: Trusting God in the Second Half of Life (Episode 4: Fearless)

Episode 417: Recalculating: Trusting God in the First Half of Life (Episode 3: Fearless)

Episode 416: False Alarm Faith (Episode 2: Fearless)

Episode 415: Are You Afraid of Good News? (Episode 1: Fearless)

Episode 414: Sleep, Sword, or Surrender? (Bonus Message: Maundy Thursday 2026)

Episode 413: Stand Up Again! (Easter 2026)

Episode 412: Unlikely Allies

Episode 411: Unlikely Companions (Message 3: Unlikely Lent)

Episode 410: An Unlikely Freedom (Message 2: Unlikely Lent)

Episode 409: Unlikely Opposition (Message 1: Unlikely Lent)

Episode 408: Star Quality: Understanding Christian Love

Episode 407: Lit for the Long Haul

Episode 406: What It Means to Be Blessed (According to Jesus)

Episode 405: Why Hospitality Is Hard (Message 4: Making Room)

Episode 404: Open Hearts, Open Doors (Message 3: Making Room)

Episode 403: From Stranger to Neighbor (Message 2: Making Room)

Episode 402: Hospitality as a Christian Value (Message 1: Making Room)

Episode 401: Choosing God's Kingdom Everyday (Message 6: Waking to God's Dream)

Episode 400: When Love Finds Its Voice (Message 5: Waking to God's Dream -- Christmas Eve 2025)

Episode 399: Choosing Love in a Selfish World | Advent | Isaiah 7

Episode 398: Choosing Joy in a Cynical World (Message 3: Waking to God's Dream)

Episode 397: Choosing Hope in a World of Despair (Message 2: Waking to God's Dream)

Episode 396: Choosing Peace in a World of Fear (Message 1: Waking to God's Dream)

Episode 395: The King Has One More Move (Message 6: The Game of Life)

Episode 394: Grace and Greatness (Message 5: Game of Life)

Episode 393: Choosing Calling Over Comfort (Message 4: The Game of Life)

Episode 392: Resigning As the Gamemaster (Message 3: The Game of Life)

Episode 391: Keeping Score Where It Counts (Message 2: The Game of Life)

Episode 390: What's Your Endgame? (Message 1: The Game of Life)

Episode 389: Keep Climbing: Renewing Our Work, Waiting, and Will (Message 5: The Me I Want to Be)

Episode 388: Deepening Our Relationships (Message 4: The Me I Want to Be)

Episode 387: Living in the Flow of the Spirit (Message 3: The Me I Want to Be)

Episode 386: Renewed from the Inside Out (Message 2: The Me I Want to Be)

Episode 385: The Me God Wants Me To Be (Message 1: The Me I Want To Be)

Episode 384: Christians Hold on to Hope (Message 10: What Christians Do)

Episode 383: Christians Pursue Justice (Message 9: What Christians Do)

Episode 382: Christians Take Faith Home | How Parents & the Church Pass Faith to the Next Generation

Episode 381: Christians Extend Grace (Message 5: What Christians Do)

Episode 380: Christians Practice Active Empathy (Message 4: What Christians Do)

Episode 379: Sanctified and Savvy (Message 3: What Christians Do)

Episode 378: Found People Find People (Message 2: What Christians Do)

Episode 377: Christians Take Their Faith Seriously (Message 1: What Christians Do)

Episode 376: Humility, Community, and Truth

Episode 375: God’s Antidote to Gloom and Doom

Episode 374: From Ascension to Activation

Episode 373: When Heaven Comes Down: How the Hope of Heaven Shapes the Way We Live Today

Episode 372: Be a Blessing, Build a Friendship (Message 4: Friend-ology)

Episode 371: Navigating Difficult Relationships (Message 3: Friend-ology)

Episode 370: You Weren't Made to Go It Alone (Message 2: Friend-ology)

Episode 369: Resurrection Reversals (Easter 2025)

Episode 368: Final Teachings (Message 6: Message of Jesus)

Episode 367: Who Do You Say That I Am? (Message 5: Message of Jesus)

Episode 366: The Parables of Jesus and the Mercy of God (Message 4: The Message of Jesus)

Episode 365: The Sermon on the Mount (Message 3: The Message of Jesus)

Episode 364: The Kingdom of God (Message 2: Message of Jesus)

Episode 363: Dealing with Temptation (Message 1: Message of Jesus)

Episode 362: Love, Unity, Peace (Message 4: What God Requires)

Episode 361: Walk It Out: Humility, Faith, and Politics (Message 3: What God Requires)

Episode 360: Kindness, Faith, and Politics (Message 2: What God Requires)

Episode 359: God's Day In Court: Biblical Justice (Message 1: What God Requires) Rev. Oliver Wells

Episode 358: When the Innocent Suffer (Message 5: Wrestling with Doubt, Finding Faith)

Episode 357: When Prayers Go Unanswered (Message 4: Wrestling with Doubt, Finding Faith)

Episode 356: Do All Non-Christians Go to Hell? (Message 3: Wrestling with Doubt, Finding Faith)

Episode 355: Doubts About the Bible (Message 2: Wrestling with Doubt, Finding Faith)

Episode 354: Doubt and the Existence of God (Message 1: Wrestling with Doubt, Finding Faith)

Episode 353: Good News of Great Joy (Message 4: The Joy of Christmas)

Episode 352: Joseph and the Joy We Can't Yet See (Message 3: The Joy of Christmas)

Episode 351: Humility, Justice, and Joy (Message 2: The Joy of Christmas)

Episode 350: Finding Joy in Darkness (Message 1: The Joy of Christmas)

Episode 349: Joy and Contentment (Message 3: Contentment)

Episode 348: Gratitude and Contentment (Message 2: Contentment)

Episode 347: Generosity and Contentment (Message 1: Contentment)

Episode 346: Serve Impactfully (Message 5: Wesleyan Rooted)

Episode 345: Embrace Widely (Message 4: Wesleyan Rooted)

Episode 344: Love Actively (Message 3: Wesleyan Rooted)

Episode 343: Read Faithfully: Understanding the Inspiration of Scripture (Message 2: Wesleyan Rooted)

Episode 342: Grow Deeply: Salvation and Grace in the Wesleyan Tradition (Message 1: Wesleyan Rooted)

Episode 341: Read the World Around You (Message 5: Discernment)

Episode 340: Pay Attention to the People On Your Path (Message 4: Discernment)

Episode 339: Reading Our Way Forward (Message 3: Discernment)

Episode 338: Discerning the Spirits Within (Message 2: Discernment)

Episode 337: Listening to God in Solitude and Community (Message 1: Discernment)

Episode 336: Beyond Even (Message 2: What to Do About Mean People)

Episode 335: Respond, Don't React (Message1: What to Do About Mean People)

Episode 334: What Salvation Really Looks Like: Step 12 (Message 5: Breathing Under Water)

Episode 333: Dr. Tony Ferretti--Habits Matter: Steps 10 and 11 (Message 4: Breathing Under Water)