Letting Love Echo
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Letting Love Echo

Allura shares her story about learning to love the person God created her to be. She then goes on to challenge each of us to let love echo in all of our lives.

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Poetry and Prophets
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Poetry and Prophets

Christian discusses the humanity at the heart of the poetry in Song of Songs, and compares it to other erotic poems throughout church history.

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A Commentary on 3 John
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A Commentary on 3 John

Pastor Craig Hadley opens the book of 3 John and discusses how this book doesn't provide a lot of answers... which is why it's perfect for us to discuss in the year 2025.

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The Story of Jonah
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The Story of Jonah

Cortez, Ellie, Kai, Elliot, Everett, and Pastor Craig lead the congregation through the story of Jonah and discuss how this story impacts our lives today. This conversation comes to a close with a secret being revealed at the very end.

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The Hassle of Humility
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The Hassle of Humility

Pastor Craig Hadley leads a conversation on the bizarre and unsettling fourth chapter in the book of Jonah in which Jonah begs for his death because a worm ate a plant.

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The Consternation of Change
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The Consternation of Change

The third chapter of Jonah contains a plot twist so dramatic, that it even catches the Creator of the universe by surprise. This part of the story invites us to reflect on our own belief about how we respond to our enemies.

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Resilience
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Resilience

Pastor Kim Krogstad tells the story of Peter and Jesus Christ, and how she has experienced resilience firsthand through heartache and joy.

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The Belly of the Beast
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The Belly of the Beast

While in the belly of a fish, Jonah prays a predictable prayer...until you get to the end of Jonah's story. Pastor Craig Hadley highlights this tension, and then discusses how Jonah's story contains two VERY different journeys.

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The Faith of Forgiveness
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The Faith of Forgiveness

Pastor Craig Hadley kicks off our four part series in the book of Jonah with a discussion on our focus on the fish in this story has distracted us from what this book is all about.

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Darkness & Light
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Darkness & Light

Pastor Craig Hadley discusses how unitive consciousness, young adult romance novels, how grief and love are actually the same thing, and how resurrection is meaningless without death.

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This Is Healthy Church
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This Is Healthy Church

Pastor Craig Hadley discusses the thesis statement of 1 Timothy, and talks about what a real, functioning church looks like when its healthy.

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This Passage Is Sexist
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This Passage Is Sexist

Pastor Craig Hadley discusses 1 Timothy 2:8-15 which is one of the most offensive passages of scripture in the entire Bible.

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The Power of Repair
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The Power of Repair

Pastor Donna Burkland, from Safe Harbor OC, discusses a firsthand experience of receiving repair from a religious community, and then shares how we can offer that same repair to others.

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This Isn't Anti-LGBTQ
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This Isn't Anti-LGBTQ

Pastor Craig Hadley looks closely at 1 Timothy 1:10, a verse which has been used over and over again to clobber people of queer sexual orientations, and discusses why this verse is talking about something else entirely.

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Paul Did Not Write This
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Paul Did Not Write This

Pastor Craig Hadley dives into the controversial book of 1 Timothy and discusses how much more enriching these words are when we accept that the Apostle Paul did not write them.

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Esther Part 5: Haman and Our Enemies
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Esther Part 5: Haman and Our Enemies

Pastor Craig Hadley talks about the terrifying part of Esther's story that is often skipped and then shares how it speaks to our lives today.

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Esther Part 4: Truth to Power
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Esther Part 4: Truth to Power

Pastor Cheryl Raine talks about the inspiration of Esther and how her story challenges all of us to speak truth to power (no matter how difficult it may be).

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Esther Part 1: Queen Vashti & Alice Ball
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Esther Part 1: Queen Vashti & Alice Ball

After a brief introduction to the book, Pastor Craig discusses the opening scene of the book of Esther and how it parallels the life of Alice Ball in the 20th century.

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