Crosscreek Community Church

By Jon Silva

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November 24, 2025What If God Put You Right Here, Right Now, on Purpose? [Faith in Real Life, pt 6]
Even in the most ordinary moments, God is working behind the scenes. You are placed right where you are, right now, on purpose.
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Welcome to Crosscreek Community Church’s Podcast channel! Located in the Pacific Northwest, Crosscreek Community Church offers a welcoming online church community for those on a journey to discover their meaning in life, explore their doubts, ask questions, and discover more about God, Jesus, Christianity, the Bible, and more.
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This series: Faith in Real Life: Stories of Hope in a Messed-Up World
Each week, keep asking: What did this person discover about God in their mess that changes how we see Him today?
Main Ideas:
We want significant lives, but most of life seems so insignificant.
God created each of us on purpose for a purpose,
Faith redefines significance.
Sometimes God’s presence is most powerful in the silence.
Even when we feel lost or insignificant, God is at work behind the scenes.
It’s often in the very places that seem most ordinary that God works most powerfully.
Faith is trusting God with your ordinary and your unknown.
Faith redefines significance because with God, no act of love is wasted or unseen.
God is always orchestrating for our good behind the scenes.
Faith in real life makes every ordinary day significant.
Invitation:
Pray this every day this week: God, thank you for putting me right here right now. Show me my significance and show me my next step.
Discussion Questions:
Why do you think we often struggle to see significance in everyday tasks and routines?
How does Esther’s story challenge the way we define “important” or “significant” in life?
God’s name isn’t mentioned in Esther—yet his presence is felt. Can you think of ways God might be at work in ways we don’t notice?
What might it look like to live each day with the belief that God can use your ordinary life for extraordinary purposes?
How can your group pray with you this week?
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📜 |TRANSCRIPT →
https://www.yourcrosscreek.com/media/2025-11-23.pdf
✍️ | 5 DAY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE → https://substack.com/@crosscreeksalem
🍞 | GATHER TOGETHER → https://www.yourcrosscreek.com/#gather |
4:30pm on Sundays.
👋 | SAY HI → https://www.yourcrosscreek.com/welcome/
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 | JOIN A GROUP → https://www.yourcrosscreek.com/#connect
🤝 | DONATE TO CROSSCREEK → https://www.yourcrosscreek.com/donate/
...more
16min
November 17, 2025Real Faith Loves Without Limits [Faith in Real Life, pt 5]
When God’s love feels unfair, real faith means trusting a love that reaches even the people we’d rather exclude.
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Welcome to Crosscreek Community Church’s Podcast channel! Located in the Pacific Northwest, Crosscreek Community Church offers a welcoming online church community for those on a journey to discover their meaning in life, explore their doubts, ask questions, and discover more about God, Jesus, Christianity, the Bible, and more.
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This series: Faith in Real Life: Stories of Hope in a Messed-Up World
Each week, keep asking: What did this person discover about God in their mess that changes how we see Him today?
Main Ideas:
A life of faith is often a life of frustration.
a lot of us feel like a “fair” God would love some people more than others.
God’s love is offensively inclusive.
God’s heart is always for people, whether they deserve it or not.
We are often more eager to see God’s justice against our enemies than his mercy
Our quest for justice can make us think we are holier than God.
God’s love is often easier to receive than to give.
Real faith is about learning to love others like God loves us.
Real faith loves, and then leaves the results to God.
God’s love isn’t something to hoard. It’s something to share.
Invitation:
Is there someone or even a group you avoid, judge, or struggle to love?
Pray for them.
Do something loving.
Discussion Questions:
What’s something in life right now that feels “unfair” to you? How do you usually respond to that?
Why do you think we care so much about fairness, even though we know “life isn’t fair”?
Read Luke 6:36. Why do you think mercy is so central to what it means to live out real faith?
Jon said: “Real faith loves, and then leaves the results to God.” What would it look like for you to live that out this week?
How can your group pray with you this week?
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📜 |TRANSCRIPT →
https://www.yourcrosscreek.com/media/2025-11-16.pdf
✍️ | 5 DAY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE → https://substack.com/@crosscreeksalem
🍞 | GATHER TOGETHER → https://www.yourcrosscreek.com/#gather |
4:30pm on Sundays.
👋 | SAY HI → https://www.yourcrosscreek.com/welcome/
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 | JOIN A GROUP → https://www.yourcrosscreek.com/#connect
🤝 | DONATE TO CROSSCREEK → https://www.yourcrosscreek.com/donate/
...more
16min
November 09, 2025Real Faith Welcomes the Outsider [Faith in Real Life, pt 4]
In a world quick to draw lines and label outsiders, God who welcomes everyone in. Simple, everyday faith can turn feeling left out into finding your place in God’s family.
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Welcome to Crosscreek Community Church’s Podcast channel! Located in the Pacific Northwest, Crosscreek Community Church offers a welcoming online church community for those on a journey to discover their meaning in life, explore their doubts, ask questions, and discover more about God, Jesus, Christianity, the Bible, and more.
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This series: Faith in Real Life: Stories of Hope in a Messed-Up World
Each week, keep asking: What did this person discover about God in their mess that changes how we see Him today?
Main Ideas:
We’ve all felt like an outsider at some point in our lives.
We treat difference as a threat,
Even the most ordinary faithfulness can be woven into God’s extraordinary story.
Sometimes faith is loving well and not giving up… when you can’t see what’s next.
Faith can also be simply doing the next right thing.
Faith in action is following the heart of God in our everyday lives.
God’s grace and love break through every human barrier!
God’s heart has always been for people. There are no outsiders to him.
God’s people are always called to see, love, and welcome the “outsider.”
God’s story has always made space for outsiders
Invitation: Purposely see someone this week.
Discussion Questions:
Why do you think people (including us) naturally create “in” and “out” groups?
Who in your life has made you feel seen, welcomed, or included when you expected to be overlooked?
Thinking through the story of Ruth, why do you think it’s significant that Ruth, an outsider, becomes part of Jesus’ family line?
What’s one “next right thing” you could do this week to show someone God’s love or welcome?
How can your group pray with you?
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📜 |TRANSCRIPT →
https://www.yourcrosscreek.com/media/2025-11-09.pdf
✍️ | 5 DAY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE → https://substack.com/@crosscreeksalem
🍞 | GATHER TOGETHER → https://www.yourcrosscreek.com/#gather |
4:30pm on Sundays.
👋 | SAY HI → https://www.yourcrosscreek.com/welcome/
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 | JOIN A GROUP → https://www.yourcrosscreek.com/#connect
🤝 | DONATE TO CROSSCREEK → https://www.yourcrosscreek.com/donate/
...more
15min
November 05, 2025 When Ordinary People Take a Step of Trust, God Moves [Faith in Real Life, pt 3]
God moves in powerful ways through ordinary people who take one real step of trust… proving that your past, doubts, or failures can’t disqualify you from His purpose.
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Welcome to Crosscreek Community Church’s Podcast channel! Located in the Pacific Northwest, Crosscreek Community Church offers a welcoming online church community for those on a journey to discover their meaning in life, explore their doubts, ask questions, and discover more about God, Jesus, Christianity, the Bible, and more.
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This series: Faith in Real Life: Stories of Hope in a Messed-Up World
Each week, keep asking: What did this person discover about God in their mess that changes how we see Him today?
Main Ideas:
Faith can feel slippery… like trying to grab hold of fog.
When ordinary people take one real step of trust, God moves.
God’s heart is always to save people.
It takes courage to do the right thing when we don’t know if it will work.
Faith is acting in trust when you don’t have all the answers
Faith is the tool God uses to craft amazing stories.
Seeing ourselves as God sees us is an ongoing process.
God’s story is bigger than your past or doubts.
Invitation: Pick one area to really trust God
Discussion Questions:
Who’s someone whose faith inspires you, and what about their trust in God stands out to you?
Why do you think faith can sometimes feel hard to hold onto or define in real life?
What stood out to you most about Rahab and her faith?
What might “taking one step of trust” look like in your life right now?
How can your group pray with you this week?
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📜 |TRANSCRIPT →
https://www.yourcrosscreek.com/media/2025-11-02.pdf
✍️ | 5 DAY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE → https://substack.com/@crosscreeksalem
🍞 | GATHER TOGETHER → https://www.yourcrosscreek.com/#gather |
4:30pm on Sundays.
👋 | SAY HI → https://www.yourcrosscreek.com/welcome/
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 | JOIN A GROUP → https://www.yourcrosscreek.com/#connect
🤝 | DONATE TO CROSSCREEK → https://www.yourcrosscreek.com/donate/
...more
16min
October 27, 2025 How God Turns Our Pain Into Purpose [Faith in Real Life, pt 2]
God can take the pain and heartbreak in your life and turn it into a powerful purpose that changes the world.
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Welcome to Crosscreek Community Church’s Podcast channel! Located in the Pacific Northwest, Crosscreek Community Church offers a welcoming online church community for those on a journey to discover their meaning in life, explore their doubts, ask questions, and discover more about God, Jesus, Christianity, the Bible, and more.
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This series: Faith in Real Life: Stories of Hope in a Messed-Up World
Each week, keep asking: What did this person discover about God in their mess that changes how we see Him today?
Main Ideas:
The world will break your heart, and you can’t do anything about it.
When we look at the mess of our lives and the world, it’s easy to wonder, “Has God forgotten us?”
Even in silence, God is already at work. Sometimes in ways we never expect… sometimes through us.
Our best intentions can create the worst outcomes.
God’s silence isn’t absence… it’s preparation
God’s way will always be more loving and amazing than our own.
Your heartbreak can be where God’s healing begins.
Invitation:
Take your pain to Jesus
Ask:
What breaks your heart?
God, what do you want me to do?
Discussion Questions:
What’s something happening in the world right now that breaks your heart, and why does it hit you so deeply?
Read Exodus 2:11-12. Why do you think Moses’ heartbreak over injustice led him to act, but also led to failure?
Read Exodus 3:9-12. What might God have been teaching Moses during his 40 years in the wilderness after his failed attempt to “fix” things?
If God can turn Moses’ pain into purpose, what might He want to do through yours, and what’s one step you can take this week to trust Him with it?
How can your group pray with you this week?
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📜 |TRANSCRIPT →
https://www.yourcrosscreek.com/media/2025-10-26.pdf
✍️ | 5 DAY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE → https://substack.com/@crosscreeksalem
🍞 | GATHER TOGETHER → https://www.yourcrosscreek.com/#gather |
4:30pm on Sundays.
👋 | SAY HI → https://www.yourcrosscreek.com/welcome/
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 | JOIN A GROUP → https://www.yourcrosscreek.com/#connect
🤝 | DONATE TO CROSSCREEK → https://www.yourcrosscreek.com/donate/
...more
15min
October 23, 2025 God Meets You in the Mess (Even When It’s Your Fault) [Faith in Real Life, pt 1]
When life feels chaotic and broken, God meets you right in the middle of your mess (even when it’s your fault), offering hope, grace, and a fresh start.
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Welcome to Crosscreek Community Church’s Podcast channel! Located in the Pacific Northwest, Crosscreek Community Church offers a welcoming online church community for those on a journey to discover their meaning in life, explore their doubts, ask questions, and discover more about God, Jesus, Christianity, the Bible, and more.
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This series: Faith in Real Life: Stories of Hope in a Messed-Up World
Each week, keep asking: What did this person discover about God in their mess that changes how we see Him today?
Main Ideas:
Every one of us has felt forgotten by God at some point.
God doesn’t wait for us to clean up our mess. He meets us in it.
God shows up, not because we deserve it, but because of who he is.
True transformation takes more than a single mountaintop moment.
God comes to us right where we are, but refuses to leave us defined by our old failures.
When we wrestle with God, we discover the strength of his love.
Invitation:
Wrestle with God.
Tell him: “God, I’m wrestling with this… what do you want me to see/say/do?”
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📜 |TRANSCRIPT →
https://www.yourcrosscreek.com/media/2025-10-19.pdf
✍️ | 5 DAY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE → https://substack.com/@crosscreeksalem
🍞 | GATHER TOGETHER → https://www.yourcrosscreek.com/#gather | 4:30pm on Sundays.
👋 | SAY HI → https://www.yourcrosscreek.com/welcome/
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 | JOIN A GROUP → https://www.yourcrosscreek.com/#connect
🤝 | DONATE TO CROSSCREEK → https://www.yourcrosscreek.com/donate/
...more
15min
October 05, 2025The Secret to Real Connection. [Part 5 of Simple Rhythms]
Real transformation happens when we follow Jesus together.
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Welcome to Crosscreek Community Church’s Podcast channel! Located in the Pacific Northwest, Crosscreek Community Church offers a welcoming online church community for those on a journey to discover their meaning in life, explore their doubts, ask questions, and discover more about God, Jesus, Christianity, the Bible, and more.
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Series… Reclaiming the Ordinary: Simple Rhythms for a Meaningful Life.
Main Points
The weight of the division around us can be crushing.
We’ve created rhythms of isolation.
We reclaim unity by prioritizing a rhythm of community.
Faith grows by regularly acting it out with other people.
Real change happens when we follow Jesus together.
Following Jesus is more about a rhythm of practiced community than personal development.
We are committed to making our love stronger than our disagreements.
The world doesn’t need perfect people, just ordinary people reclaiming ordinary lives… together.
Invitation: This week purposely practice a rhythm of community.
Discussion Questions:
When you hear the word community, what comes to mind… positive or negative?
Have you ever pulled away from people because of disagreement or division? What happened?
Re-read Acts 2:42–47. What stands out to you about how the first Jesus Followers lived?
What’s one “ordinary” way you could practice community this week… sharing a meal, praying with someone, or reaching out?
How can your group pray with you this week?
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📜 |TRANSCRIPT →
https://www.yourcrosscreek.com/media/2025-10-05.pdf
✍️ | 5 DAY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE → https://substack.com/@crosscreeksalem
🍞 | GATHER TOGETHER → https://www.yourcrosscreek.com/#gather |
4:30pm on Sundays.
👋 | SAY HI → https://www.yourcrosscreek.com/welcome/
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 | JOIN A GROUP → https://www.yourcrosscreek.com/#connect
🤝 | DONATE TO CROSSCREEK → https://www.yourcrosscreek.com/donate/
...more
15min
September 30, 2025 Feeling Powerless? Here’s How God Can Use Your Ordinary Life. [Part 4 of Simple Rhythms]
Offering our ordinary lives to God and letting Him transform our minds turns everyday moments into sacred acts of worship and becomes his quiet way of changing the world.
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Welcome to Crosscreek Community Church’s Podcast channel! Located in the Pacific Northwest, Crosscreek Community Church offers a welcoming online church community for those on a journey to discover their meaning in life, explore their doubts, ask questions, and discover more about God, Jesus, Christianity, the Bible, and more.
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Series… Reclaiming the Ordinary: Simple Rhythms for a Meaningful Life.
Main Ideas:
There’s a large gap between what we think we should do and what we can do.
Giving God the small parts of our lives allows him to do something big in our lives.
Jesus gave his life for us so we can offer our ordinary lives to God
God wants you, not just your stuff.
We give God our ordinary by letting him transform us one thought at a time.
When God is transforming us, even our most ordinary days become sacred.
Jesus turns our ordinary moments into something extraordinary.
Invitation:
Begin each day by praying, “God, I give you this ordinary day. Please continue to transform my mind and my heart to look like yours.”
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📜 |TRANSCRIPT →
https://www.yourcrosscreek.com/media/2025-09-28.pdf
✍️ | 5 DAY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE → https://substack.com/@crosscreeksalem
🍞 | GATHER TOGETHER → https://www.yourcrosscreek.com/#gather |
4:30pm on Sundays.
👋 | SAY HI → https://www.yourcrosscreek.com/welcome/
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 | JOIN A GROUP → https://www.yourcrosscreek.com/#connect
🤝 | DONATE TO CROSSCREEK → https://www.yourcrosscreek.com/donate/
...more
12min
September 22, 2025How to Find Peace in a World of Chaos. [Part 3 of Simple Rhythms]
In a world shaped by outrage and division, staying connected to Jesus can transform your life with peace, joy, and lasting impact.
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Welcome to Crosscreek Community Church’s Podcast channel! Located in the Pacific Northwest, Crosscreek Community Church offers a welcoming online church community for those on a journey to discover their meaning in life, explore their doubts, ask questions, and discover more about God, Jesus, Christianity, the Bible, and more.
__________
Series… Reclaiming the Ordinary: Simple Rhythms for a Meaningful Life.
Main Ideas:
We’re formed by whatever we allow to inform us
The voices and rhythms that shape you will determine the fruit of your life.
Creating a rhythm of transformation will guide us to a life of love and peace.
Jesus is the source of the life we were created to live.
Pruning can hurt, but it’s always for a purpose: more fruit, more life.
If we are connected to Jesus, we WILL bear fruit.
We produce fruit by loving like Jesus would if he were living our lives.
A world in chaos needs a people in rhythm with Jesus.
Invitation:
Evaluate your inputs and voices. [Use Philippians 4:8 as your guide.]
Create a rhythm of being connected to Jesus [Take 5 minutes each day to the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5-7).]
Allow Jesus’ Words to live in and through you. Ask What does Jesus’ love look like?
Discussion Questions:
When you think about your weekends, do they usually leave you rested or more drained? Why do you think that is?
What makes rest so hard for you personally—guilt, distraction, busyness, expectations?
Read Matthew 11:28. Jesus offers rest for our souls. How do you think that’s different from just taking a day off or a vacation?
What’s one small, practical way you could begin to practice Sabbath rest—something that would restore you and connect you to God?
How can your group pray with you this week?
__________
📜 |TRANSCRIPT →
https://www.yourcrosscreek.com/media/2025-09-21.pdf
✍️ | 5 DAY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE → https://substack.com/@crosscreeksalem
🍞 | GATHER TOGETHER → https://www.yourcrosscreek.com/#gather |
4:30pm on Sundays.
👋 | SAY HI → https://www.yourcrosscreek.com/welcome/
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 | JOIN A GROUP → https://www.yourcrosscreek.com/#connect
🤝 | DONATE TO CROSSCREEK → https://www.yourcrosscreek.com/donate/
...more
15min
September 15, 2025God’s Rhythm of Work and Rest: How to Find True Peace in a Busy World. [Part 2 of Simple Rhythms]
God created us to have a rhythm of work and rest. True refreshment and peace aren’t found in constant busyness but in trusting Jesus as the source of real Sabbath rest.
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Welcome to Crosscreek Community Church’s Podcast channel! Located in the Pacific Northwest, Crosscreek Community Church offers a welcoming online church community for those on a journey to discover their meaning in life, explore their doubts, ask questions, and discover more about God, Jesus, Christianity, the Bible, and more.
__________
Series… Reclaiming the Ordinary: Simple Rhythms for a Meaningful Life.
Main Ideas:
We try to rest, but it rarely refreshes us.
Life works best when we follow the original rhythm.
We were designed to have a rhythm of work. And work done well mirrors God.
We were designed to have a rhythm of rest. And rest done well mirrors God.
Without purposely resting and reflecting, work becomes a burden instead of a gift.
Rest isn’t about what you do; it’s about who you trust.
The ultimate and true rest is found in Jesus himself.
Ordinary life becomes extraordinary when we rest in Jesus.
Invitation:
Set aside time each week to unplug, reflect, and reconnect with God and loved ones.
Ask: Does this restore me? Does this connect me to God and others?
Discussion Questions:
When you think about your weekends, do they usually leave you rested or more drained? Why do you think that is?
What makes rest so hard for you personally—guilt, distraction, busyness, expectations?
Read Matthew 11:28. Jesus offers rest for our souls. How do you think that’s different from just taking a day off or a vacation?
What’s one small, practical way you could begin to practice Sabbath rest—something that would restore you and connect you to God?
How can your group pray with you this week?
__________
📜 |TRANSCRIPT →
https://www.yourcrosscreek.com/media/2025-09-14.pdf
✍️ | 5 DAY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE → https://substack.com/@crosscreeksalem
🍞 | GATHER TOGETHER → https://www.yourcrosscreek.com/#gather |
4:30pm on Sundays.
👋 | SAY HI → https://www.yourcrosscreek.com/welcome/
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 | JOIN A GROUP → https://www.yourcrosscreek.com/#connect
🤝 | DONATE TO CROSSCREEK → https://www.yourcrosscreek.com/donate/
...more
15min

FAQs about Crosscreek Community Church:

How many episodes does Crosscreek Community Church have?

The podcast currently has 328 episodes available.