This episode invites listeners to consider how we share testimony and give witness to our faith. Pastors Kris and Amanda reflect on their favorite quotes from the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and his legacy of inspiration. We can learn from the example of John the Baptizer to point to Jesus in John 1:29-42. If we invite someone to “Come,” would they “see” the love and light of Christ reflected in our community?

To wrap up the Christmas season, Pastors Amanda and Kris invite listeners to reflect on what happened after the Epiphany story from Matthew 2. They discuss how the Holy Family became refugees. Quotes are shared from the book The First Advent in Palestine, by Kelley Nikondeha, and the article “All nativity scenes are political” by Mac Loftin. Engaging with the theme, “What Child IS This?” prompts deeper questions and encourages considering how we go home “by another way.”

For the fourth week of Advent, Pastors Amanda and Kris invite listeners to reflect on what they most love about the Christmas season. Then they discuss the role of Joseph in the story from Matthew 1:18-25. The ancient tradition of engagement and implications of divorce are shared from the book The First Advent in Palestine, by Kelley Nikondeha. Engaging with the theme, “What Child IS This?” prompts deeper questions and looks beyond the lullaby.

For the third week of Advent, Pastors Amanda and Kris invite listeners to consider small moments of joy that can empower resiliency. Then they discuss the story of the angel’s visit to Mary from Luke 1:26-38. Engaging with the theme, “What Child IS This?” prompts deeper questions and looks beyond the lullaby. The Blue Christmas service is also explained and encouraged.

Continuing this Advent series, Pastors Kris and Amanda invite listeners to consider Advent traditions that make the season more sacred. Then they discuss the story of Zechariah from Luke 1:5-25. Engaging with the theme, “What Child IS This?” prompts deeper questions and looks beyond the lullaby. The question of peace is always a matter of perspective.

Beginning a new season and a new series, Pastors Kris and Amanda invite listeners to consider setting an Advent intention to make the season more sacred. Then they discuss the setting and scene of the Christmas story from Luke 2:1-5. Engaging the theme, “What Child IS This?” prompts asking deeper questions and looking beyond the lullaby. Several quotations are share from the book The First Advent in Palestine, by Kelley Nikondeha.

This episode takes its inspiration from Isaiah 65: 17-25. Anticipating the beginning of Advent, Isaiah 65 has us looking back as well as forward. The promise and good news for the people then, and God’s people now, is that anxiety can be overcome with hope. In God’s creation, there is joy.

This episode is a Bible Study conversation about Psalm 145. Pastors Kris and Amanda invite listeners to consider new ways to make the ancient words become relevant by translating and updating with their favorite names, adjectives, and descriptions of God, from A to Z. Can we find ways to praise God every day? Can such praise help us see a new vision of the world as God intends it to be?