Langdon Palmer

Ever know someone who, no matter what the conversation begins about, they always find away to make it all about them? Ever known someone who constantly needs attention and praise? Turns out, there is some of it in all of us, and this old sounding vice of VainGlory actually ends up cutting us off from both God and the people whose attention we want. We take a tough look at this and then the remedy found in scripture. Our long term happiness really turns on turnning from these seven primal vices to freedom walking with God. Join us! For additional resources go to http://www.southridgeworship.com/seven_deadly_sins.htm

Envy doesn't feel good at all. It's easy to see other people's envy, but aren't most of us tempted to get bitter when others have it better? It turns out that Envy is not just a cute phrase used in commercials, it is one of the deepest rooted sins in the human heart. It is more than coincidence that the very first sin recorded in the bible after the fall of Adam and Eve is the birth of Envy captured in the story of Cain and Abel. Join us for this tough but crucial topic. We start first with the classic movie Amadeus, then turn to scripture and some key insights for how to deal with the way Envy makes us absolutely miserable.

Do you ever go by the smell test - when something just smells wrong, seems fishy, but you dont know why? It is the one time when listening to your gut can pay off. In this installment of the Nudge Series we look at the amazing gift of smell, and how we can use the spiritual smell test in our lives. We end with the question - when you come into a room - can people smell Jesus on you ? We find out how it can be so!

The Song of Songs has some awfully sensual langauge in it. Spicy Language. In fact spices are mentioned over 40 times across 16 books of the Old and New Testament. Jesus himself enjoys giving sensual experiences to people. What is going on here? Is there a whole side of the bible we have been missing? What about the Cross? It turns out that after the Cross, one of the primary images of the scriptures is the Table. Come join us as we learn how to live in the space between the Cross and the Table - as people able to delight in physical senses because we first delight in the giver of all good gifts!

What does Jesus mean when he says "He who has ears - let him hear?" Why does the bible talk so much about listening for God? It was God's idea to give us the gift of physical hearing in this physical world. It turns out that the kind of sonic environment God designed and intended for our emotional and spiritual well-being included a lot more silence than most of us are experiencing today. In this interesting study we explore the famous parable of the sower, the soil and the seeds and think about what it means to listen to God, listen to other people and how to tell others about Jesus in a way they can hear it.

How is it that something can be right in front of our face and we don't even see it? If I had been there to see Jesus when he was walking the earth - would I have noticed, or totally missed it? I don't want to miss what God is doing in the world all around me here and now. It turns out that God has given us two books - the book of Scripture and the book of Nature - to help us pay attention to what is really important. This world is full of sign posts and wonders - if we only have eyes to see... The video referenced in this sermon is http://vimeo.com/32071937. For more information on this series see http://www.southridgeworship.com/nudge.htm

No matter how hard we try to avoid it, we are going to wait. The question is not whether we are going to wait but how we are going to wait. Mary teaches a way to wait that redeems the time and frames our life and our waiting in the big story of the redemption of the universe!

Recent neuroscience research indicates there is far more going on inside us then we realize. This is why it is so hard to change our selves - we don't even have access to some of the things that are broken in us - but God does. John the Baptist shows a way to live that opens us up to God's work deep beneath the surface of our lives. It is also a way to prepare for Christmas, it is the way of life that Advent is all about - Preparing and Turning to God. See http://www.southridgeworship.com/examen.htm for the spiritual discipline discussed in the Podcast as the perfect way to prepare for Christmas.

LYRICS Why do we tear down everything we cant explain? Break it all to pieces till it all looks the same We reduce mighty men, honest men of great deeds To a pocket full of unmet needs. CHORUS: Somebody tell me why we turn Mountains into Molehills we turn Mountains into Molehills we turn Mountains into Molehills Better change them before they change you Why do we tear down everything we cant explain ? Does it cause us that much pain? Who stole our wonder for this wild world - who stole our eyes? There's bigger things here than you and me - I 'll take scary reality over comfy little lies CHORUS We've close all the windows that face towards heaven Locked all the doors against unexpected answers But lately I've been thinking about the things we tossed in the name of reason - you can't last long in a sealed room Oh God, Somebody, -get me out of this tomb Take me to the mountains Take me to the mountains Take me too