Bestselling author Kathi Lipp was in the Chapter House (our forum for conversations) to talk about her upcoming appearance at the Epiclesis Women's Retreat. The title of the retreat, "Overwhelmed," is taken from Kathi's popular book of the same name and the event will focus on how to quiet the chaos and restore sanity.

In this conversation, Kathi talked to Pastor Chris about the parallels between the physical clutter around us and the clutter that we can carry in our minds and spirits. She says that feeling overwhelmed can become a pattern, a state of mind, and a spiritually sticky place where you cannot move forward. Want to hear more? Join us!

Kathi lives on her Red House mini-homestead in the Sierra foothills with her husband Roger, a dog, and eight chickens, and it’s where she holds cozy writer retreats for content creators.

Oops, one more thing: Want to learn more about Pastor Chris and Epiclesis, the church that Kathi is going to retreat with? Just click right here.

 

There are at least seven beautiful titles for Christ we can draw out of Revelation 21:5-6. Among them is one that's especially familiar, "The Alpha and Omega." As we continue our series titled "Tell Us Plainly," Pastor Chris looks at yet another passage of Scripture where Jesus does, in fact, tell us exactly Who He is. Along the way, we examined that "Alpha and Omega" title, and also finished up by thinking about that wonderful phrase where Jesus says, "It is finished." Just exactly what was it that was finished and completed? Join us!

Our theme for this Eastertide is "Tell Us Plainly," and the idea is this: Did Jesus ever come right out and say that He was Messiah or God? The scribes and Pharisees told Jesus on that occasion on the Temple Mount, "We're in suspense!"

So, did Jesus tell them plainly? Well, in a word, yes, He did. It just wasn’t the answer they were anxious to hear. Jesus did claim deity. The very Lord of Light Himself, the Light of the World, did claim to be God that day. And, during Hanukkah, the Feast of Lights, no less.

Join Pastor Chris for a look at John 10 and a very tense showdown between Jesus and the religious leaders who, the text tells us, were in suspense!

 

Note: The painting associated with this sermon/podcast is titled "Woe Unto You Scribes and Pharisees" by James Tissot.