Oak Life Podcast - Oak Life Church - Oakland, CA

This week we started a new conversation where we revisit the ancient practice of Lent. For many of us this experience is brand new (not to be confused with dryer lint), and for others it's as familiar as family.  Wherever you're at, we hope we can journey together. 

This Sunday we held our final "Stories Sundays" as we listened to a few folks from within our community share, something that has become a tradition for Oak Life.  It was powerful to experience and was yet another reminder of how beautiful it is to have a space like Oak Life where each of our stories can be embraced and loved as they are

This Sunday we held our first of two "Stories Sundays" as we listened to a few folks from within our community share, something that has become a tradition for Oak Life.  It was powerful to experience and was yet another reminder of how beautiful it is to have a space like Oak Life where each of our stories can be embraced and loved as they are

On Sunday we continued our conversation called True-ish where we're looking at various concepts you may have heard around the church but that might not totally be right.  This week we explored the idea of calling, some of the misconceptions around the concept, and considered some ways for us to discern how we might each be invited to reflect God's love to the world in our own way.  As we close out our True-ish theme this week, our hope is that we'll continue to wrestle together in ways that draws us nearer to God's love.  Wherever you're at on your journey, we hope we can travel together.  Like always there are lots of things going on in our community beyond Sundays, so be sure to read below:

True-ish is our current series of discussions where we look at various concepts you may have heard around the church but that might not totally be right.  This week we explored the saying "God/Bible said it, I believe it, that settles it" and considered together the ways it's problematic and not exactly practical. We also considered what might be a more true statement.

True-ish is our current series of discussions where we look at various concepts you may have heard around the church but that might not totally be right.  This week we explored the saying "God won't give you more than you can handle" and considered together the ways it's problematic and not exactly Biblical before being challenged to judge less and love more

This Sunday we started a new conversation called True-ish where we're looking at various concepts you may have heard around the church but that might not totally be right.  This week we explored the saying "love the sinner, hate the sin" and considered together the ways it's problematic and not exactly Biblical before being challenged to judge less and love more.