A question about whether traditional worship’s days are numbered brings out four strong opinions on the nature of worship, experiencing God in all contexts, and how we ignore church history at our own peril.

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Isaiah 9:2 & 6

It's Marty's first sermon with us, and he launches us into Advent by talking about the difficulties of walking in the darkness (especially this year) and the everlasting hope that came to us in the Light of the World.

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Isaiah 64: 1-9

Donyale begins our Advent season by reminding us what it means to be clay in the Potter's hands.

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Andy tells the story of Jesus passing by a funeral, and moved by their grief, he raises the son from the dead. As we confront the difficulty of facing a holiday season without the ones we love, he shows us how we, likewise, can reach into difficult situations and turn them into something better.

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This commonly-asked question is quickly flipped on its head, as Ken questions the motivations of the people who most frequently ask it. Soon, it becomes a conversation about the way we cling to the church that we already have instead of becoming the new church that we need to be.

Also, Andy is very excited to be “the 24th most influential United Methodist podcast.” Here’s the link so you can see what he’s talking about: https://blog.feedspot.com/methodist_church_podcasts/“

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After another tragic loss of one of Houston's police officers, Andy talks about grief and pain, and what having a house "built on the rock" really means.

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The group talks about the way action creates feeling, the various times Jesus addressed this very thing throughout his ministry, and how to know if you’re asking good questions or just beating yourself up.

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As we look into grief, Andy looks at the story of Job and the trauma he experiences as a guide for how we should be dealing with the trauma of our current lives. Andy asks the listeners to dig into their grief and to not deny it, acknowledging that it is there and needs to be dealt with.

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For Marty's first podcast, Ben decides to throw him in the deep end and asks a listener question he hadn't been allowed to ask before: why does the Church struggle to talk about sexuality?

It leads to a surprisingly emotional conversation about the responsibility of a pastor when they stand on a stage, preaching vs. dialogue, and how to handle the reality of abuse and pain among the people you're trying to talk to.

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Today's question concerns if we are making Jesus "relatable" enough - is he too separate from us, and from our lives? Are we failing the young people we teach? Is that why young people leave the church?

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