Two white guys talking about racism? How could you not want to check this one out?

Welcome to Episode 3 our new series on the Gospel , "Back to Basics." Featuring Lindsey Peacock and Pastor Don, this series takes a different approach to the Gospel message, working line-by-line through the text and discussing just what exactly is going on with this sometimes confusing, often-misinterpreted story.   

This week, we settle in for the second half of Mark, Chapter 1, and we spend our time in part one talking about Jesus himself, his education, his background, and how his place as a member of the educated religious leadership connected with his prophetic role, and his role as a more itinerant preacher. Establishment vs. anti-establishmentism, all in the best biblical traditions!  

Of course, the video is just the start of the conversation; let's keep it going over on our Discord server, where we have a specific thread just for talking about what we've learned from "Back to Basics." Join us there to dig even deeper into the text, as we walk together through this wonderful, and occasionally frustrating, text!    

Links to the Discord server and more can be found on our website: http://pastorkuma.wixsite.com/unfinished

We're BACK again, with part 2 of our newest episode of Remote Pastoral Care!

Today, we join Pastor Don and Courtney Fraley for the second half of a conversation that basically boils down to, "Why church?" What's the point? Why are we doing this big-building'd, insular-community'd, power-hungry-leader'd....thing?

Join us for the exciting conclusion to our fun and hard-hitting conversation!

Of course, if you're hungry for more, come join us on Discord! As an online church community, our Discord server is the place where we all come together, 24/7, in fellowship and interaction with each other around the globe. There's threads on just about every topic imaginable, including a running Bible study (starting a new topic next week!), prayer-chains, general geekery, and even a place for angry, irreverent ranting. You can find the link to the server at our website below, and if you run into any problems, feel free to send Pastor Don an email directly ([email protected]) and he'll get you sorted. See you out there! WEBSITE: pastorkuma.wixsite.com/unfinished

Today is the SECOND episode of our new series on the Gospel , "Back to Basics." Featuring Lindsey Peacock and Pastor Don, this series takes a different approach to the Gospel message, working line-by-line through the text and discussing just what exactly is going on with this sometimes confusing, often-misinterpreted story. 

In part 2 this week, we're tackling the Ancient Greek text itself, and look at how things have been translated, and explore some of the surprising twists that have happened in the text's journey to modern English. Join us for a fun, interesting, and hopefully fulfilling conversation, as we take the Gospel message "Back to Basics," every week on Monday evenings (JST)!

Welcome to a new episode of our new series, "Kuma's Corner." Every Sunday, Pastor Don shares a brief message about a particular life issue, and how we can understand that in a healthy, Christian way.

For our first episode, we're looking at one of the core issues of inequality; those in power and privelege moving the goalpoasts, and calling the poor and vulnerable lazy when they can't meet the ever-changing standard they use to measure who is and isn't worthy of life in our society. Millennials, this one might hit home for you!

Check it out! And after you've checked it out, jump on to our DIscord server, where we have a specific thread just for discussing this week's "Kuma's Corner" episode, and exploring together how we can see the good in other people, even when they REALLY piss us off. Link is on the website, so feel free to hop in and join the conversation!

Hope to see you there!

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(Oh, and if you would prefer to read rather than watch/listen, you can find this episode on our Medium blog feed (https://medium.com/@kipc.pastor.don) You can also find this video on our Instagram account (@pastorkuma), on YouTube, and on our podcast channel too. Links to all of that can be found on our website, http://pastorkuma.wixsite.com/unfinished)

Now that #SummerSabbath has come to a close, we're BACK with a new episode of Remote Pastoral Care!

Today, we join Pastor Don and Courtney Fraley in a deep-dive discussion on church history, church and government, and the big question of what it *means* to be the church. What does church do for me, and what should it be doing for me? What is the point of these big damn buildings, sitting empty because of coronavirus but still asking people to donate money for upkeep and maintenance. What's the point?

Join us for part 1 of a fun and hard-hitting conversation!

Of course, if you're hungry for more, come join us on Discord! As an online church community, our Discord server is the place where we all come together, 24/7, in fellowship and interaction with each other around the globe. There's threads on just about every topic imaginable, including a running Bible study (starting a new topic next week!), prayer-chains, general geekery, and even a place for angry, irreverent ranting. You can find the link to the server at our website below, and if you run into any problems, feel free to send Pastor Don an email directly ([email protected]) and he'll get you sorted.   See you out there!   WEBSITE: pastorkuma.wixsite.com/unfinished

Today is the first episode of our new series on the Gospel , "Back to Basics." Featuring Lindsey Peacock and Pastor Don, this series takes a different approach to the Gospel message, working line-by-line through the text and discussing just what exactly is going on with this sometimes confusing, often-misinterpreted story.

First, we're tackling Mark 1, verses 1-13, and in part 1 we focus more on understanding the text in context, discussing what we can understand from how Mark presents the story, and what these events would mean in the context of 1st century BCE Israel. Next week, in part 2, we'll tackle the Ancient Greek text itself, and look at how things have been translated, and explore some of the surprising twists that have happened in the text's journey to modern English.

Join us for a fun, interesting, and hopefully fulfilling conversation, as we take the Gospel message "Back to Basics," every week on Monday evenings (JST)!

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Of course, the video is just the start of the conversation; let's keep it going over on our Discord server, where we have a specific thread just for talking about what we've learned from "Back to Basics." Join us there to dig even deeper into the text, as we walk together through this wonderful, and occasionally frustrating, text!

Links to the Discord server and more can be found on our website: http://pastorkuma.wixsite.com/unfinished

Now that we've come to the end of our #SummerSabbath, we want to introduce you to our new series, "Kuma's Corner." Every Sunday, Pastor Don will share a brief message about a particular life issue, and how we can deal with that in a healthy, Christian way.

For our first episode, we're looking at the way adults, and parents in particular, manage to look past the frustrating, stupid, and occasionally evil behavior of children, and thereby grasp the fundamental goodness within them, but fail to do so when it comes to fellow adults.

Check it out! And after you've checked it out, jump on to our DIscord server, where we have a specific thread just for discussing this week's "Kuma's Corner" episode, and exploring together how we can see the good in other people, even when they REALLY piss us off. Link is on the website, so feel free to hop in and join the conversation!

Hope to see you there!

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(Oh, and if you would prefer to read rather than watch/listen, you can find this episode on our Medium blog feed (https://medium.com/@kipc.pastor.don) You can also find this video on our Instagram account (@pastorkuma), on YouTube, and on our podcast channel too. Links to all of that can be found on our website, http://pastorkuma.wixsite.com/unfinished)

During our Summer Sabbath, we’re using our time to prep new material for September. However, for every piece of “new” content that we manage to get rolling, there’s always a few that don’t make it out. So, this month, we’re going to be showcasing some of the truly “unfinished” projects that we’ve tried to make which, for whatever reason, didn’t entirely work out.

Today’s Unfinished Project is the second of two completed episodes from our untitled podcast project, dipping our toes into that giant issue that is American nationalism masquerading as Christianity. 

We started working on this before we came up with the idea for Remote Pastoral Care, and you can hear some of the same general ideas here. However, unlike Remote Pastoral Care, this was a bit more scripted, researched, and academic, as well as a bit more polished in presentation. In the end, we didn’t wind up pursuing this project because, for now at least, the amount of careful editing necessary to make a quality-sounding podcast was a bit more time consuming than we could manage and, to be honest, it still didn’t end up sounding as good as we might have hoped.

However, as things resume…who knows? Maybe the “Unfinished Pod” project might bear revisiting!

Hope you enjoy, and we’ll see you all in September!

Visit our website at http://pastorkuma.wixsite.com/unfinished

Or follow us on Facebook at @UnfinishedKIPC

During our Summer Sabbath, we’re using our time to prep new material for September. However, for every piece of “new” content that we manage to get rolling, there’s always a few that don’t make it out. So, this month, we’re going to be showcasing some of the truly “unfinished” projects that we’ve tried to make which, for whatever reason, didn’t entirely work out. 

Today’s Unfinished Project is the first of two completed episodes from our untitled podcast project. We started working on this before we came up with the idea for Remote Pastoral Care, and you can hear some of the same general ideas here. However, unlike Remote Pastoral Care, this was a bit more scripted, researched, and academic, as well as a bit more polished in presentation. In the end, we didn’t wind up pursuing this project because, for now at least, the amount of careful editing necessary to make a quality-sounding podcast was a bit more time consuming than we could manage and, to be honest, it still didn’t end up sounding as good as we might have hoped. 

However, as things resume…who knows? Maybe the “Unfinished Pod” project might bear revisiting! 

Hope you enjoy, and we’ll see you all in September!

Visit our website at http://pastorkuma.wixsite.com/unfinished

Or follow us on Facebook at @UnfinishedKIPC