What do you do when the person you need to forgive is no longer around? When they're gone, or they're never going to say sorry, or the conversation has already gone nowhere?

In this episode, Vijay Krishnan, Jeff Brodie, and Dom Ruso get into the questions forgiveness sermons rarely have time to answer. The difference between forgiveness, reconciliation, and trust. Why forgiving someone doesn't mean going back to them. What to do when the debt can never actually be repaid. And why wounds that have healed still leave scars — and why that's okay.

If you're carrying something you can't seem to put down, this conversation is worth your time. Share it with someone who might need it too.

🎬 Watch the full sermon: "Why Forgiveness Feels Impossible (And What Actually Makes It Work)" at YouTube @connexuschurch

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You thought you'd dealt with it. You thought you'd moved on. And then something brought it all back — and you realised you haven't moved as far as you thought.

Why is forgiveness so hard? And why does it keep coming undone even when you've tried?

In this message, Vijay Krishnan introduces two words that reframe the entire conversation — debt and blood. He unpacks why forgiveness isn't just a choice you make once, why the instinct to hold out for payment is more human than we want to admit, and why something that happened 2,000 years ago outside Jerusalem is still the most powerful answer to the question we can't shake.

This is Week 3 of Questions You Can't Shake — a series tackling the questions people carry around but rarely ask out loud.

🎬 Watch the full message on YouTube @connexuschurch

Find us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and all major podcast platforms. If this episode helped you, share it with someone who's carrying something they can't seem to put down.

Most people have tried the strategies. The therapy. The self-help books. The mindset shifts. And for a lot of people — it helps. To a point.

But what happens when you've done all of that and something still feels broken underneath?

In this episode, Jeff Brodie, Vijay Krishnan, and Dom Ruso have an honest conversation about why simple answers don't fix complex brokenness, why the comparison trap runs deeper than just social media, and what it actually looks like to accept reality without giving up on healing.

This is the kind of conversation that's easy to share with a friend who might not be ready for a sermon — but is ready for something real.

🎬 Watch the full sermon: "Why Your Inner Critic Is Lying to You" at YouTube @connexuschurch

The sermon by Jeff, being referenced in this discussion, was shared in multiple churches. If you heard the version of the sermon Jeff shared at Connexus, he didn't reference the bestseller Mark Manson book "The Subtle Art Of Not Giving And F" and the Feedback Loop From Hell. However, it is referenced in this discussion because Jeff referenced it in the version of the message that Vijay and Dom heard before this discussion

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That voice in your head — the one that says you'll never be enough, you always mess things up, nobody really stays — where does it actually come from?

In Week 2 of Questions You Can't Shake, Jeff Brodie goes deeper on the inner critic. Why self-esteem and self-compassion can only take you so far. What brokenness has to do with the lies you believe. And why the gospel offers something neither psychology nor self-help can.

This isn't about positive thinking. It's about what actually sets you free.

🎬 Watch the full sermon: "Why Your Inner Critic Is Lying to You" at YouTube @connexuschurch

You work hard. You want things. You push for more.

But at some point, most people hit a wall and ask: is this it? Is ambition the problem — or is something else going on underneath?

In this companion episode to Week 1 of Questions You Can't Shake, Jeff Brodie, Dom Ruso and Vijay Krishnan pick up where the sermon left off. They dig into the hedonic treadmill, permafomo, and the real tension between healthy ambition and the kind of striving that leaves you hollow — no matter how much you achieve.

This isn't a self-help conversation. It's an honest one.

🎬 Haven't watched the sermon yet? Start with "Why Is Nothing Ever Enough?" — then come back here to go deeper.

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You've hit goals. You've bought things. You've built a life worth living.

So why does it still feel like something's missing?

The problem isn't that you can't find satisfaction. It's that you can't keep it. You get there for a moment — and then it slips. And the cycle starts again.

In this message, Jeff Brodie explores one of the most universal human experiences: the feeling that nothing is ever quite enough. What if your dissatisfaction isn't a failure? What if it's actually a clue?

This is Week 1 of Questions You Can't Shake — a series tackling the questions people carry around but rarely ask out loud.

🎙️ Want to go deeper? Check out the companion podcast episode — "Is Ambition the Problem — Or Is It Something Deeper?" — where Jeff, Dom Ruso and Vijay Krishnan keep the conversation going.

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What do you do with a door you thought was permanently closed?

In this Easter Sunday message, Jeff Brodie walks through John chapter 20 and three locked doors — a sealed tomb, a room full of frightened friends, and a man who refused to believe until he saw it for himself.

It's one of the most human accounts of the resurrection ever recorded. No heroes. No certainty. Just real people trying to make sense of something that shouldn't be possible.

Along the way, Jeff explores what the resurrection means for the pain you're carrying, the fear you can't shake, and the doubt you haven't been able to resolve.

Key verse: "I am the living one. I died, but look — I am alive forever and ever. And I hold the keys to death and the grave." — Revelation 1:18 NLT

Someone who has the power to open doors for you calls for a response. This message asks: what will yours be?

Connexus Church is located in Barrie and Orillia, Ontario. We believe God is for you — and your church should be too. New here? Visit connexus.com.

Most of us know what it feels like to carry something we can't seem to put down. A regret. A mistake. A version of ourselves we're not proud of.

This Good Friday, Jeff Brodie looks at what the cross actually means for the weight you've been hauling around — and why the message of Good Friday might be better news than you've ever let yourself receive.

Worth your time. Share it with someone who needs it.

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What does it look like when ordinary people get filled with something extraordinary?

In the final episode of Closer Than You Think, Jeff Brodie lands the series with the Holy Spirit's most provocative metaphor — fire. Not as spectacle, but as the thing that burns away fear and makes ordinary people bold enough to change the world around them.

He tells the story of Peter and John — fishermen who, after Pentecost, stood before the most powerful religious leaders of their day and didn't ask for protection. They asked for more boldness.

Then he makes it personal: most of us are settling for embers when God wants a fire. And the thing keeping us cold isn't a lack of belief — it's a love of comfort.

The episode closes with a simple but genuinely confronting question: in which area do you need the Holy Spirit to fill you — life, power, satisfaction, or boldness?

A strong standalone episode, and an even better series finale.

Closer Than You Think — 4 weeks on the Holy Spirit. All episodes available now.

Tom Brady won three Super Bowls in four seasons. Then told a journalist: "I think there's got to be more than this."

That moment opens one of the most honest and relatable messages in this series.

In Week 3 of Closer Than You Think, Luke Crawford speaks from a refreshingly vulnerable place — someone who's experienced the Holy Spirit's presence and also lived through seasons of real disappointment and confusion about where God is.

He explores the ancient vision of Ezekiel 47, where water flows from God's presence into the Dead Sea and brings it to life — and connects it to Jesus' invitation in John 7: "Anyone who is thirsty, come to me."

The message lands on a quietly confronting question: Are you living like a reservoir — collecting everything God pours into you and keeping it for yourself — or like a river, letting it flow out into the lives of people around you?

Practical, honest, and genuinely good for anyone who's ever chased satisfaction and come up empty.

Closer Than You Think is a 4-week series on the Holy Spirit. New episodes weekly.