We begin a series focusing on what we've lost and how to mourn it together. In totaling up our grief, Andy points up that the damage done to us may be greater than we imagine.

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On Brandi's last week in the office, she sat down with Andy and Ben to answer some final, rapid-fire questions - the things she's most proud of, the things she's most disappointed to leave behind, and as many things as we could suprise her with as possible.

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Luke 5:27-32

Jesus sits down to eat with a crowd of tax collectors and sinners, and the Pharisees aren’t happy about it.

But Andy points out the way that they - and us - miss the need to be living a life of constant forgiveness. When we forgive and accept people, joy starts breaking out.

Take a look around you and see if that sort of party is breaking out - and if not, start one.

With Brandi on her way to becoming a head pastor of a nearby church, the group answers the question of whether head pastor is actually a role women are supposed to move into, or is that against what the Bible says?

Brandi has stories, Bible passages, and books to recommend. Even when she’s not ready for the question... she’s ready for the question.

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1 Timothy 1:12-17

Andy talks about transformation - inviting you to think back to the person that you were, and then to the person you are today, and realize how much you've changed.

We want to leave a legacy: a legacy of faith, a legacy of trust, but that only happens when we share what we know.

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On one of our last few podcasts with Brandi (this is your last chance to send in questions you’d like to hear Brandi answer, so please send those in!), the group takes on how involved Jesus was in government, how much they think he’d be involved today, and what a Jesus-like approach to politics would look like.

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Acts 13:47

Andy talks about how the disciples saw Jesus appear to them, resurrected, and how they were completely changed - and how we are in daily need of that “resurrection power.”

We all have those moments where we’ve had doubt and fear, and let them take over. But our God is a God who is always fighting for what is good. And when we embrace those things, the darkness fades away.

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Luke 18:9-14

Andy changes is wearing a Hawaiian shirt at the beginning of this (this is surprisingly important to understand at the beginning of this sermon in an audio format). It’s part of his explanation of the story of the Pharisee and the tax collector, and how little appearances matter to God.

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