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Oct 20, 2019 6:00 AM America/Chicago
How would you describe your relationship with our own body ? What does a healthy relationship to food, exercise, and sleep look like ? We seem to live in a time of extremes when it comes to body image. Today we ask five difficult questions to help you get
Oct 13, 2019 6:00 AM America/Chicago
When it comes to sexuality, we live in confusing and divided times. Today we do an introduction to Christian Sexual Ethics. Our goal is not to conform to the political left or the political right but rather to hear what the New Testament is trying to teac
Oct 6, 2019 6:00 AM America/Chicago
Trying to raise kids well is one of the biggest challenges of life. But getting along well with our extended family can be a close second! Today we look at how we can bring spiritual disciplines to our families – that we might honor God in the way that
Sep 29, 2019 6:00 AM America/Chicago
Many influences in our modern culture make us feel more alone than ever, leaving us unskilled at real friendships and unprepared for the commitment that true friendships require. Real friendship is crucial for physical, psychological, and spiritual health
Sep 22, 2019 6:00 AM America/Chicago
Spirituals Disciplines, habits and routines of life, can help us grow in our relationship with God. But when it comes to Spiritual Disciplines, one size does not fit all. We need to find rhythms that work well for our particular shape, for the unique pers
Sep 16, 2019 8:18 AM America/Chicago
Ken Shigematsu argues “What ever we do repeatedly, (even if it is simple), has the power to shape us.” Much the way a grape vine can be trained on a trellis, our habits train us into a certain shape. This fall we are going to look at ancient spiritual
Sep 8, 2019 6:00 AM America/Chicago
What would it be like to get a glimpse of Heaven ? What if you could pull back the surface of the physical world and see the mechanics of Heaven at work behind it ? Today we look at the last paragraph of Psalm 103, the sixth window. We dive into the deep
Sep 1, 2019 6:00 AM America/Chicago
The fifth window of Psalm 103 is one a lot of us don’t like to look out – the window that faces our mortality, the one that causes us to think about our own deaths. And yet true wisdom and true freedom are found here. In fact, when understood the righ
Aug 25, 2019 6:00 AM America/Chicago
Often life can seem like a barren wilderness – a brutal desert where nothing grows. And there are many voices to tell us that any claim that there is more to life is a mirage at best and an evil lie at worst. But hidden down between the barren wasteland
Aug 5, 2019 6:00 AM America/Chicago
Is Christianity about individual conversion or about social justice ? Is the focus my personal spiritual journey or national policies for the poor and oppressed ? Today we continue our verse by verse exploration of Psalm 103 as we come to a fascinating tw
Jul 28, 2019 6:00 AM America/Chicago
Today we join the author of Psalm 103 as he looks back along his life and all the ways that God has blessed him. We take a wild ride that ranges from the choices we have made all the way down to the latest scientifc discoveries about what is going on insi
Jul 21, 2019 6:00 AM America/Chicago
Today we begin a wonderful six week journey through Psalm 103. Join us as we study and experience a psalm that can reset and reorient our relationship with God. See the Episode Notes for great quotes and resources.
Jun 30, 2019 6:00 AM America/Chicago
In an attempt to try to live forever, some people do crazy things like having their bodies frozen in a cryogenic chamber in the hope of one day being brought back to life. Most of us are not that extreme, but are there ways we are attempting to live forev
Jun 23, 2019 6:00 AM America/Chicago
Today we look at two stories in Harry Potter to help us understand the multidimensional meaning of three crucial words: Temptation, Repentance, and Reconciliation. We track what happened to Hagrid and Percy, and discover an amazing parallel to the story g
Jun 16, 2019 6:00 AM America/Chicago
What do you do when you come across teachings of Jesus that seem cold, abrupt, even rude ? What do you do when the teachings of Jesus offend you ? Would a good person ever come across as abrupt, rude, or cold ? Is there a difference between being a good p
Jun 9, 2019 6:00 AM America/Chicago
How can you know if your faith is real ? In a classic scene, Harry Potter is told that the passage to the other world of Hogwarts is achieved by going through what looks like a solid wall. On the surface, this advise makes no sense, but some kinds of trut
Jun 2, 2019 6:00 AM America/Chicago
Do we really have free will, or is it just an illusion? Do you think you can control your future or do you believe whatever is going to happen is going to happen ? Is there such a thing as fate or destiny ? If there is a God and he is in complete control,
May 26, 2019 6:00 PM America/Chicago
One of the reasons Harry Potter is a world-wide phenomena is that beneath the magic and fantasy it touches strangely familiar experiences in our own lives – including what it feels like to be tormented by other people and what it feels like to be tormen
May 19, 2019 6:00 AM America/Chicago
In the Harry Potter series JK Rawling does a great job helping us see and feel what it is like to experience prejudice and rejection. We meet Lucious Malfoy, the poster child for what the bible calls “the wicked.” But the goal is not to despise fictit
May 12, 2019 6:00 AM America/Chicago
As we kick off our Harry Potter series on Mother’s day, we look at what can learn from the very different parenting styles of three very different mothers. series. We then explore how the series illustrates and brings to life what the bible teaches abou
Apr 14, 2019 6:00 AM America/Chicago
Does life ever feel like a briar patch to you – like every where you turn you get poked and snagged, and everything is connected, and there seems like no way out ? Does life sometimes look like a thicket – a maze of thorns everywhere you turn? Today w
Apr 7, 2019 6:00 AM America/Chicago
Today Paul tells us to put on spiritual armor because we are in a spiritual battle. Is that really true ? Is there really such a thing as demonic forces ? If so, what is this armor and how do we use it? Paul shows both the cosmic battle and the practical
Mar 31, 2019 6:00 AM America/Chicago
Today we get some practical advise about parents and children but then we jump into deep waters when Paul addresses the relationship between household slaves and their masters in the ancient world. Why doesn’t Paul take a much stronger stance against th
Mar 24, 2019 6:00 AM America/Chicago
Today we look at one of the most debated and difficult sections of scripture. What does Ephesians teach about the roles of husbands and wives ? Is the bible the source of sexism, oppression, and inequality, or is it the source of revolutionary freedom and