Brandon explains the 2019 podcast hiatus, Connection's 2019 theme, and a few thoughts on Easter.

We have been discussing the validity of not attending church and how that can be spiritually healthy. Sarah Stevens from the Beautifull Project shares here story about how she left the church--and why it has been so life-giving.

An alternative reading of the prodigal son shows us that (maybe, just maybe) we need to be the younger son sometimes. [By Brandon Carleton]

The problem may actually be the solution to the problem. We must listen to and learn from the problem instead of automatically getting rid of it. [By Jason Holtgrewe]

Just because something looks good on the outside doesn't mean it's good on the inside. Sometimes seemingly significant things are fear-based and done to manipulate, while seemingly insignificant things are freedom-based and done for love. [By Jason Holtgrewe]

Who is in? Who is out? Who is worthy of our time, love, compassion? Might we never fully understand the story of Jesus? [By Brandon Carleton]

We often miss what God is doing and what God is saying because we don't think God should look like that. We don't think God should look like God. [By Jason Holtgrewe]

We often use ideologies to cover over the painful inconsistencies in life. What if the inconsistencies didn't need to be covered over? What if there was beauty and meaning found in them? [By Jason Holtgrewe]

What does godliness look like? Sometimes it looks "unclean" or it looks like sin. Sometimes it looks small and weak. Sometimes it looks like failure. [By Brandon Carleton]

Pastors often say, "Go and tell people about Jesus." But what Jesus do they mean? [By Brandon Carleton]