Bible Story Series: Whispers in the Wind

https://youtu.be/hc8VO4tdrvo Thus far in this Bible Story series, we've focused on the establishing presence of God and how creation in Genesis means function. But before moving on to the specific functions that emerge in creation, there is a detail and pattern that must be addressed in Genesis 1:3. A detail and pattern that give shape …

Ep 1.18_Bible Story Series: The Functionality of Creation

https://youtu.be/xRg6M58fUmc In this second episode of our Bible Story Series, we explore how Genesis 1:1-2 initially introduces Israel to the origin story of the world she was living in and establishes a worldview of God-created functionality.

Ep 1.17_Bible Story Series: “Just whose story is this?”

https://youtu.be/xQbKO299DY8 In this first episode of our new Bible Story series, we begin by asking "Just whose story is this?" To help navigate that question and what it might mean, we explore, wrestle with, and quantify the wide-scale, multi-dimensional journey this Story has taken to end up in our hands all nicely bound. My hope …

Ep_1.16: New Series Announcement!

https://youtu.be/oh9o4vD_60Y In today's short episode, I announce the new series we will be embarking on for the foreseeable future. I hope you will join me in this unfolding adventure on The Way Word Podcast; where the Word paves the Way.

Ep 1.15_Applying Jesus’s Parable of the Good Samaritan

https://youtu.be/6J_MrAHyRmo In today's application episode, we will look at five things within this text that Jesus used to challenge the law expert. Things Jesus still uses to challenge us in learning and living the way of mercy. This particular video is the first to incorporate info slides and images to help further communicate the message.

Ep 1.14_Interpreting Jesus’s Parable of the Good Samaritan, Part Two

https://youtu.be/jrYP286aiPE As we pick up where we left off in our previous interpretation episode, we finally look at the third story character Jesus was using to effectively communicate his vision of mercy. By the end of his story, Jesus reframes the question he was asked with a question of his own that we, as Jesus's …

Ep 1.13_Interpreting Jesus’s Parable of the Good Samaritan, Part One

https://youtu.be/TqBbx-X1Kck At the end of our previous episode, we were left with several questions: -Why did the law expert insert himself into Jesus’s kingdom conversation with his disciples? -Why did the law expert suddenly need to vindicate himself, especially after Jesus affirmed his correct answer to his first question? -What is going on with the …

Ep 1.12_Observing Jesus’s Parable of the Good Samaritan

https://youtu.be/_htErmMaKGs We are beginning the New Year by digging into Jesus's parable of the Good Samaritan. When asked a question by someone struggling with something in his heart, Jesus spoke to him through the clarifying form of story. A story that still speaks to us. To make room for the activity and material within this …

Ep 1.11_Advent VI: The Hope That Endures

https://youtu.be/ZCxdSdFnSxw After the presents have been opened, the food has been enjoyed, the parties are over, and the lights are turned off, what are we to do with Advent? In today's episode, we meet two people whose lives exemplify how we must go forward.

Ep 1.10_Advent V: The Insurgence of God’s Hope

https://youtu.be/DVLke8f4W5g In this fifth episode of our Advent series, we finally arrive at Jesus's arrival! But what exactly does Jesus's arrival mean for this world? Please join me in this discussion about how the birth of Jesus signals a big change for how the world functions. And Merry Christmas!