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November 29, 2020 Advent Week One: The Common Cup
Pastor Chris Seay invites us into the season of Advent, in which we
remember and await Jesus’ coming. As part of a global family of faith, we
believe that we are called especially in this season to share joyfully from
our abundance, and we will continue doing so as a church family this year
by partnering with efforts to bring clean water to places in desperate
need. Chris enters the scriptures to remind us that generosity springs from
a grateful heart, and suggests practices to grow us in gratitude.
54 min
November 26, 2020 A Thrill of Hope: Advent Disrupted
Welcome to “A Thrill of Hope,” a podcast and simultaneously an invitation —
an invitation to slow down, remembering all that is true of Christ: who He
was and is, His coming, His kingdom, and His love.
In this inaugural installment, Pastor Sean highlights our seemingly innate
desire for tradition, especially during this time of year. He asks what we
are to do when our situation mandates that those traditions change or even
cease. But is Advent the tradition, or is it possibly meant to be a
disruption to the mundane?
0 min
November 22, 2020 You Say You Want A Revolution?
Pastor Sean Palmer teaches from Matthew 16; inviting us to consider the
ways that the religious and cultural expectations of the anticipated
Messiah in Jesus’ day mirror our own gravitation to the conqueror rather
than the suffering servant. The path Jesus has given us is not one of power
and coercion, but instead the faithful obedience to take up our cross and
follow him.
55 min
November 16, 2020 Undistracted Time
Ericka Graham invites us to look again to the story of Moses and the
burning bush, offering the important reminder that practices which grow our
mindfulness and attention are only a first step. It is when looking up in
wonder and awe becomes a habitual discipline that we might hear God’s voice
calling to us more clearly.
48 min
November 09, 2020 Kingdom Citizens
Pastor Chris Seay reminds us, navigating a climate of such division, that
our true citizenship is not a question of nation or party-platform, but the
belonging in which we all share as members of God’s kingdom. Teaching from
the Sermon on the Mount, Chris invites us to recenter our hearts and lives
as we seek to walk the narrow path of Jesus’ expansive love.
54 min
November 02, 2020 Today
Pastor Sean Palmer guides us to consider the difference between hope and
optimism. God offers us an assured hope which dispels worry about tomorrow,
and instead empowers us to live today as though heaven has already come.
What are you waiting for?
48 min
October 26, 2020 Relationship, Not Rules
Pastor Chris Seay, with a special appearance from our brother Marcelo
Robles, reminds us that the heart of Christianity is not a checklist of
regulations, but an invitation into relationship with God. He urges us to
consider how we might renew a sense of friendship with our creator, through
intentional time, nurture, and care.
52 min
October 19, 2020 Stay Woke
Pastor Sean Palmer invites us into three parables that Jesus chooses to
tell together, and the common theme that binds them; the mistakes made when
we forget to live and prioritize our lives in a way that remembers that the
Master is coming back! Meeting others with kindness and attentiveness, and
seeking always to use our gifts to bless and serve, we live expectant that
we will encounter the Divine.
50 min
October 12, 2020 Not Alone
Pastor Chris Seay shares some of the lessons he has learned from the life
and teaching of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, who spoke pointedly to the Church in a
time of great crisis. We ask God to guide us as we seek a balance between
growth through solitude and the vital gift of community, as we learn to
love one another well in all our imperfections, and as we abide in hope to
be a faithful church in this ever-changing world.
49 min
October 05, 2020 The Good Life
Pastor Sean Palmer looks to Jesus’ teaching in the Sermon on the Mount,
inviting us to consider the ways that our culturally distorted idea of “the
good life” has resulted in anxiety and worry. God knows, sees, and cares
about the many concerns we have in this life, and calls us to seek first
the Kingdom, to relinquish our false sense of control, and to trust that
God will provide for our true needs.
43 min

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