In this episode of Brewing Thoughts, we consider the power stories have to impact our lives while we hear the Story of Michael Scott Moore's two-year-eight-month captivity at the hands of Somali Pirates. Over the course of his captivity, he learned that forgiveness wasn't just something that would benefit his captors, but was also a life and death reality for him. His book on his experience is The Desert and the Sea.

This Sermon Reflects on John 2:13-22 - Jesus Cleansing the Temple. In comparison, Jesus's work is not dissimilar to the Herdman's participation in the Annual Christmas play in "The Best Christmas Pageant Ever." Today we are invited to follow the work of Jesus in doing the serious interior work of cleansing our own Temple of the Holy Spirit. 

In this episode of Brewing Thoughts, we explore how the Hubble Space Telescope failure, Breast Cancer, Queen Esther, and J.R.R. Tolkien have to say about your everyday faith life.

A Sermon reflecting on what it means to listen to God. Beginning with selections from Psalm 22 & Mark 8 and 9 this sermon wrestles with God's invitation to listen to Jesus. Today's world is busy and hectic with many competing voices, loud cymbals, and noisy gongs. Yet through it all there is the voice of Jesus.

In this episode of Brewing Thoughts, we explore Andrew Yang's talk about Universal Basic Income as a way to invest in people so they can in turn invest in their communities. This inspired the idea of being Missional Entrepreneurs; a faith community that invests in people who in turn invest in community.

A Brief introduction to the Ground Up Faith Podcast.

A Sermon entitled Big Yellow Taxi. Reflecting of Genesis 9:8-17 (God's covenant with Noah)  & Mark 1:9-15 (Jesus' Baptism and testing in the wilderness). Further inspired by the Song, Big Yellow Taxi, as written by Joni Mitchell and preformed by Counting Crows. This sermon wrestles with how God's good creation often plays an important role in God's meeting us again and again. 

A Sermon reflecting on 2 Kings 2:1-12 & Mark 9:2-9. In both texts there's some tension over where to stay. In this tension we'll wrestle with where we're called to stay in our life with Jesus.

A Sermon Reflecting on Jesus' work of Creation and healing and our call to respond creatively with our gifts.

A Sermon reflecting on the impossible possibility.