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 1.12_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!

Ep 1.6_Advent I: A World in Need of Hope

https://youtu.be/rQgSo2jnSRQ While the season of Advent is shaped by a story of hope, it is set in a world deeply familiar with hopelessness. In today's episode, we look back at how that hopelessness took shape in the land of Israel, and set the scene for what God was about to do next. This episode is …

Ep 1.3_Seven Markers of God’s Trustworthiness

https://youtu.be/X_u_qIY80h8 When we look at the entire salvation event from the moment God hears Israel's cries in Egypt to the moment when Israel is delivered through the Red Sea, how do all these events fit into a framework that demonstrates God's trustworthiness? On today's episode I will discuss seven markers from this event that demonstrates …

Ep 1.1_Welcome to the Way Word Podcast!

https://youtu.be/IN-Y06mXamk In this first episode of Way Word, you will meet your host and be introduced to what this podcast may have in itself to be! May you find wonder upon this way! (FYI, the podcast name you hear in the episode was changed soon after recording.)

Jesus’s Ascension: A High Point for Hope

On the announcement slides at church on Sunday, my sister included one informing everyone that next Sunday is “Ascension Sunday”. My initial reaction was “Huh? Oh yeah, that’s right”. Because a lot of churches tend to energetically focus on Easter Sunday and its surrounding weeks’ worth of activities, and then Pentecost Sunday just fifty days …

Looking for Lordship beyond leadership

Saturday afternoon I went down to a local park beautifully situated along the Mississippi River. Bringing along an article and a black coffee, I intended to relax with some quiet reading. What I experienced instead was a bit livelier. Soon after planting myself on a bench beneath the shade, a group of President Trump supporters …