Episodes

  • Back to Basics

    Back to Basics
    Jul 24 2022
    28 mins
  • Wayfinding Sharing

    Wayfinding Sharing
    Jun 30 2022
    Telling God's story through our story.
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    30 mins
  • Wagon or Wheelbarrow?

    Wagon or Wheelbarrow?
    Jun 30 2022
    Those little red wagons we had as kids; it’s like we drag them around piling in anything that might enhance our career, our reputation, our net worth as well as our ability to sway others. The wagon looks impressive, but gradually gets harder to pull and maintain. There’s a word for this. It’s called hoarding.

    But what if we trade in our wagon for a wheelbarrow?” Think about it. We now arrive on the scene pushing all our stuff out in front. Nothing to hide, protect or explain. There it all is in plain view where we can just give it away to help others. No more need to acquire.
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    18 mins
  • Room Elephants

    Room Elephants
    Jun 30 2022
    What is it with elephants in the room? The bully who uses sarcasm to get their way. A chronic liar, desperate for approval. A conversation monopolizer who disrespects everybody else in the room. The manipulator who hones passive aggression to a razor’s edge.

    How do we do community in a healthy way given toxicity in our midst? There are essential elements for group harmony: respect, honesty, open minds, patience, generosity, compassion. These are hard to find in our first paragraph. Do we kick the bums out? Shun them? Electroshock therapy? Listen to this week's Pathway podcast for a few suggestions.
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    24 mins
  • I'm Gonna Win Her Over

    I'm Gonna Win Her Over
    Jun 30 2022
    We grow into adulthood with messed up opinions of God. Like Molly, the idea that he wants to be best friends can find no footing in us. Some say it’s because we’re sinners. And yet, even when our sins have “officially” been forgiven, it feels more like we’ve been let off the hook by a stern judge than invited over for coffee by our Dad.

    From the cradle to the grave, Jesus left us no doubt. He wants close human companionship. He’s relentless trying to gain our trust. He’s gonna win us over!
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    23 mins
  • Ham Sandwich

    Ham Sandwich
    May 3 2022
    I spent years laser-focused on the straight and narrow … you know, believing and behaving just the right way. Back in those days when I gathered with others, especially at church, it was about outperforming everybody else in the room. At the end of the day fatigue, anxiety and full-on self-consumption.

    Sharing our stories creates and empowers community. The room becomes fully engaged. I find myself in you. You find yourself in me. We link arms, not over shared beliefs or ethics, but mutual hurt and happiness. Your story may not fix me. It does give me hope. It won't answer all my questions. It does let me know I'm not the only one asking. Walls come down when we share stories.
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    16 mins
  • The Cross

    The Cross
    Apr 13 2022
    Jesus didn't die to cool the red-hot wrath of an angry God. No, this was God laying down his divine power to allow us to discover where we go when we think we have power. But even after absorbing our most grievous blow, his love, the greatest power in the universe, exploded from the grave.
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    26 mins
  • Emotions

    Emotions
    Mar 23 2022
    There is no such thing as a true stoic. We all feel. Emotions are neither good nor bad. They just are. But to be human means we also think, do, desire, decide and relate to others. A healthy life is a balance of all these. If your emotions remain the loudest voice in the room, maybe it's time to start asking why.
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    25 mins