Oasis Podcast

The Unexpected Place Week 2 of the Series: Expect The Unexpected Those looking for a Messiah would not look in a place like Bethlehem but towards centers of power.

The Unexpected Time Week 1 of the Series: Expect The Unexpected The focus of Advent is getting ready for Jesus.  The looking forward to the next arrival.

A Little Time and Some Manure Week 5 of Series: Pumpkin Patch Parables The parable of the manure and the fig interrupts our noisy, aggressive problem-solving ways. In a quiet voice the parable says, “Hold on, not so fast. Wait a minute. Give me some more time and work in some manure.”

Plant The Seeds You’re Given Week 4 of Series: Pumpkin Patch Parables The Lord sows great seeds, and you may have the best soil with all the right equipment.   However, if you don’t take the seeds out of the package and work with what you have been given, you face the consequences of not […]

Combatting Threats To The Vine Week 3 of Series: Pumpkin Patch Parables In the process of growth, there are forces trying to choke off grace. Until we yield our lives to Christ, we all are susceptible to the poisonous seeds of evil. The best defense is focusing on how to grow as mature disciples rather […]

Adding Soil Week 2 of Series: Pumpkin Patch Parables There are all kinds of soil in our souls.  We are a mixture of hard, rocky, weedy and good soil. The challenge in our faith life is to invite the Lord to work in the right amendments so that we can reproduce a hundredfold growth.  This […]

From Just A Small Seed Week 1 of Series: Pumpkin Patch Parables Our Lord wants us to grow. If we place ourselves in an environment of Grace, we will grow as full disciples that are fruitful. Through believing, trusting, and committing to a Savior we will we grow as God intends.

Go And Sin No More Week 7 of Series: Things I Wish Jesus Never Said On the surface these words of Jesus seem impossible.   Yet in light of the promises of transformation these words are more a sign of hope than an impossible ideal. We don’t have to be held captive to a life […]

Take Up Your Cross Week 6 of Series: Things I Wish Jesus Never Said In a culture where we easily become self-absorbed and self-centered, it is difficult to deny self, puck up a cross, and follow Jesus. But there is truly nothing more satisfying and more life-giving than following Jesus as Lord, even in the […]

Least Of These Week 5 of Series: Things I Wish Jesus Never Said We live in a culture where we can easily dismiss the needs of the poor, but Jesus calls us to create a “lifestyle” of caring for the poor and vulnerable. We must “invest the best of who we are” in serving other […]