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Holy Monday helps us see repentance as a superpower. Repentance grants us direct access to God's heart. Many of us believe that repentance creates distance from God. Jesus however, shows that true repentance leads to intimacy with God. By cursing a fig tree Jesus condemns empty religion. Life with God is experienced through vulnerability and grace not behavior modification. Through vulnerability, repentance becomes a pathway to deepening our relationship with God, moving beyond the need to earn acceptance.

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Jesus said those who lose their lives will find them. He didn’t say those who lose their life will lose their life. We are dying to live. Everyday this Holy Week we’re releasing meditations on the teachings and actions of Jesus as he heads to the cross. We want to be with our Rabbi and do what our Rabbi does. He is dying to live. How can we do the same?

The world is a mess. One glance at your newsfeed can set you off on an angry rant or make you run to distraction or numbness. What if there’s a better way to deal with pain? Listen in as Molly talks with Kim Stewart about the uniquely Christian practice of lament.

We need to confront the “Consumption Assumption” to spiritually mature. Is everything we receive for us to consume? Or have we been given gifts and resources in order to love?

Text: John 12:1-11

Emotions move our faith from abstract ideas to intimacy. It’s one thing to believe God loves people. It’s another to see ourselves through the lens of God’s love. Jesus the teacher shows us how to move from abstract to intimate and he’s deeply emotional as he does.

Text: John 11:17-44

In moments of crisis we rarely rise to the occasion. We rather default to our training. How do we train to trust Jesus in times of crisis?

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How do we close the gap between what we believe and how we live? In the way of Jesus intimacy closes the gap. But how?

Text: John 10: 22-31

Inactivity and passivity feel like the best response to disappointment. Our good shepherd, however, invites us to activity and ownership when we encounter disappointments

Text: John 10:11-21

What shapes you? Is following Jesus about more than just knowing the right bible verses and reciting a prayer? A key focus at Compass Church in 2024 is spiritual formation. In this limited series podcast host Molly Bottorff will sound off on a host of formational issues from prayer, to sharing your story, partisan politics and more.