Andy discusses a passage where God sends us out to bring peace to the world - something that's important because, as he notes, “We’re not very good at creating our own peace.” And a lesson he learned from a 91-year-old friend about how God gets him out of bed in the morning.

Micah 5:3-5a

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The group talks about how to get your family into the correct Christmas spirit, and accidentally spoils the secret that Santa isn't real (beware of listening with your kids around!). As a result, we get some unorthodox Christmas traditions, and the story of the time Ken successfully caught Santa Claus.

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We're back! After a long pause and some retooling, the podcast has returned, with a new vision and title that's easier to find on web searches. "Ask Me Anything" is now "You Can Hear Us In The Streets" (for reasons explained in the podcast), and we use our first episode to introduce one of our new cohosts, Jordan Czichos, and talk about how to prepare your heart for Christmas during a difficult Advent.

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The words of the prophets are often unpopular. But they help us get back on course.

“Wherever we’ve been off course, we can get back on," Andy says. “At the end, you and I have to make a decision to love, to hope.”

There’s always a way for us to respond.

Luke 1:41-45

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The light of God is powerful. Who is God calling you to seek out and be the light for?

Luke 1:76-79

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Today’s scripture is a common Advent passage - a passage about a time when God called Israel to follow the path he laid out for them.

That path is still before us. Andy asks us to take it.

“Put aside the things that divide us, and take a good look at the road Jesus has for us.”

Isaiah 40:3-5

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Luke 14 15-21

Amanda grew up with an open table - Thanksgiving was a time for all people, no matter how tangentially connected, to have a place.

It reminds her of the covenant God invited us to: to love each other as ourselves, and invite them to the table.

2 Samuel 1:9-10

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Andy discusses the importance of making an invitation to others by pointing out the way Jesus did just that: he ate with every kind of person. His table was always open.

What’s a way that you could do the same?

Luke 22:7-20

Does anyone really believe we can have world peace?

Kristen sums up our Missions series by exploring the many meanings of the word “shalom” in our world, and showing us what true peace on earth would really look like.

Isaiah 9:6