• Interview with a Trans Christian
    Mar 24 2025

    My interview with Jae, a trans woman who grew up in our church, left, and came back again.

    Here is the article she mentions during the episode: https://www.hrc.org/resources/what-does-the-bible-say-about-transgender-people

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    31 mins
  • How to Read the Bible
    Mar 10 2025

    For many Christians, the Bible is a crutch to faith. If you no longer had a Bible, would you still believe in God? Abraham didn't have a Bible, and he believed, and God credited it to him as righteousness. God is so much bigger than the bindings of a book. Rather than try to do mental gymnastics to justify/prove the Bible, what if we recognized that the Bible is a collection of writings from people of faith who are sharing their witness - their experience of God - with us?

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    33 mins
  • The Second Creation Story
    Mar 3 2025

    A continuation of last week's Bible study episode with the study of Genesis chapters 2 and 3

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    36 mins
  • The First Creation Story
    Feb 24 2025

    In this episode, Pastor Chris gives an in-depth overview of Genesis chapter 1. We explore how science and faith can both be affirmed as true and how the rich theological meaning embedded in the text helps us to show kindness and respect to all our fellow human beings, as well as the rest of Creation.

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    34 mins
  • Interview with a Gay Christian
    Feb 17 2025

    Special Bonus Episode - My interview with Zach, one of my former youth and current Associate Coordinator of Youth Ministries. Zach came out as gay in the youth group his Junior year in high school, and in this interview he shares his experience struggling with his sexuality and his faith.

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    18 mins
  • Culture Wars
    Feb 10 2025

    Pastor Chris talks specifically about the issues of abortion and sexuality (LGBTQIA+) from a progressive Christian standpoint. "Christians" (Trumpists) have by-and-large forsaken the weightier matters of Christian living in order to focus on human sexuality and reproduction.

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    32 mins
  • How Jesus Saves
    Feb 3 2025

    Christian always say "Jesus saves" - but how, exactly? There's the popular notion of substitution, but what are some lesser known theories of salvation? How does our language about Jesus and what Jesus does for us affect the way we live our every day lives?

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    28 mins
  • Faith in Action
    Jan 27 2025

    In this episode we explore what it means to live the life of faith and why we should always be striving to realize the Kingdom of God/Beloved Community on earth.

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    18 mins