For their last show of 2020, the group looks back on the lessons they learned, the things that they missed the most, and the things they've discovered how to appreciate.

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Someone who thought Christmas would be easier without all the busyness is discovering that this is a much tougher season than they expected. Andy, Marty, and Ben talk about why so many people find Christmas to be hard, how to handle this year's particular difficulties, and the way loss affects the Christmas season.

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Andy tells the story of the “LEON” Christmas tradition that his family celebrates every year.

He explains how we need to allow room for God to come in and change where we’re going. Mary doesn’t hold to one thing, she allows God to turn her life in an entirely new direction. And that’s what gives us this Christmas story.

“Sometimes we get in ruts… we get established, we get focused. And if we take that too far, we shut ourselves off from what we need.”

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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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