This one is not a sermon or a talk. It is a guided meditation.

More can happen through holy Silence and Centering prayer than may ever happen through words.

Enjoy!

This one closes with a benediction.

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(03/29/26)

Luke 22:31-62 This episode explores how Jesus looks at us before and on the days that absolutely everything is falling apart.... even though we are doing our best....

Trying so hard.

Meaning well.

Wanting to get it all right.

Credits & Sources:

Bruce Malina, Richard Rohrbaugh, Stephanie Rigg, Casey Gwinn, Chan Hellman, Justo Gonzalez, Alan Culpepper, Moises Silva, Eugene Peterson, Joel Green, David Garland, Tim Geddert, Jonathan Martin, Craig Keener, Dan Kent, Greg Boyd.

Sermon by Aaron Carlson.

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(03/22/26)

Luke 22:20-27; 9:46-48

Does this sound familiar?

You start thinking about yourself, who you are, your attributes, and your performance.

And in almost no time flat you are comparing yourself to someone else. You are using someone else as a measuring stick to evaluate yourself.

Does this sound familiar? This episode explores the different way of relating to greatness that Jesus offers in order to free us from the comparison trap.

Credits and Sources:

Dan Vander Plaats, Rita Halteman Finger, George McClain, Leon Festinger, Kendra Cherry, Don Riso, Russ Hudson, David DeSilva, Ben Witherington, David Garland, Joel Green, Alan Culpepper, Craig Keener.

Sermon by Aaron Carlson.

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(03/15/26)

"I thought I could trust you. I was counting on you. Relying on you.....and then....I couldn't. It really hurt."

Betrayals come in all shapes and sizes. Some are small. Some are massive. Some are intentional. Some are unintentional.

Friend drama, workplace drama, family drama, marriage/romantic partner drama, business drama, and neighborhood drama.

This episode explores how Jesus treats betrayers.

Credits & Sources:

Christian Miller, Brian Zahnd, George MacDonald, Moises Silva, Fred Craddock, David Garland, Alan Culpepper, Tim Geddert, Shirley Glass, Joel Green, N.T. Wright, James Alison.

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(03/08/26)

Luke 21:5-38

Under stress some of us over-function, some of us under-function. It doesn't work to tell us to, "Stop it." We need something that releases us from the stress and strain.

This episode looks at what Jesus does it release us from the inevitability of keeping on over-functioning or under-functioning.

Credits and Sources:

Murray Bowen, Michael E. Kerr, Roberta M. Gilbert, Edwin H. Friedman, Steve Cuss, Craig Keener, Justo Gonzalez, Alan Culpepper, Joel Green, David Burns, Bruce Malina, Richard Rohrbaugh, David Garland, Tim Geddert.

Sermon by Aaron Carlson

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(03/01/26)

Luke 19:47-21:4

We all know what it is like to face options, categories, and choices that leave us stuck because there is no way to move forward without violating a core part of who we are. None of the options or categories work.

It is a stalemate, a double-bind, an impasse, a lose/lose.

This episode is about navigating these kinds of situations with Jesus. There is a way through, and Jesus is the way through.

Credits:

Richard Rohrbaugh, Bruce Malina, David Garland, Joel Green, Justo Gonzalez, Tim Geddert, Alan Culpepper, Craig Keener, Edwin Friedman, Steve Cuss.

Sermon by Aaron Carlson

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(02/21/26)

Luke 19:28-44

"Peace" and "peacemaking" are words that get thrown around a lot. People have very different ideas of HOW we achieve peace.

So many people say that they want peace, and yet we live in a world so lacking in peace.

This episode extends the conversation from simply saying that we want peace, to ask what does Jesus show us that we can do that makes peace possible and actual?

Credits and Sources:

Dallas Willard, Scot McKnight, Bill Wilson, Joel Green, Edwin Yamauchi, David Garland, Tim Geddert, Justo Gonzalez, Alan Culpepper, Bruce Malina, Richard Rohrbaugh, Preston Sprinkle, Dan White Jr.

Sermon by Aaron Carlson

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(02/01/26)

Luke 19:11-27

We are living in a time when the names "God" and "Jesus" are claimed by all different kinds of people who either claim or truly believe that their angle, actions, and agendas truly reflect the kingdom Jesus declared. This is nothing new. It's something Jesus dealt with as well.

This episode explores what Jesus had to say to people who presumed that his kingdom would function in the same way as the kingdoms of this world.

Credits and Sources:

Alan Culpepper, David Garland, Greg Boyd, William Herzog, N.T. Wright. Josephus, Bruce Malina, Richard Rohrbaugh, Chris McKinny, Craig Keener, H. Bond, Fred Craddock, Joel Green, Kenneth Bailey, Justo Gonzalez, Tim Geddert, Donald Kraybill.

Sermon by Aaron Carlson

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(01/25/26)