Commons Church Podcast

We all have a guilty musical pleasure. Admit it.
A band we return to as the soundtrack to some other season.
An album we replay because it.still. holds.up.
The song we blast in the car when it comes on …

Easter Sunday is here. Resurrection has come for us. Today we awake knowing that the story is not over. And it is a celebration!

But this is also our first Easter Sunday gathering together to worship …

Everything depends on Jesus, his dying and rising life. Everything.
With a clear sense of who Jesus is—God most clearly revealed to us—and a
clear focus on what he has done for us through the cross and…

John 9:1-7
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Jesus endlessly fascinates. There is not a single moment, word, or action in his life that is not pregnant with something more. 

There is a qualitative difference that is unmistakable abo…

John 6:15-21
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Jesus endlessly fascinates. There is not a single moment, word, or action in his life that is not pregnant with something more. 

There is a qualitative difference that is unmistakable a…

John 6:1-15
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Jesus endlessly fascinates. There is not a single moment, word, or action in his life that is not pregnant with something more. 

There is a qualitative difference that is unmistakable ab…

John 5
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Jesus endlessly fascinates. There is not a single moment, word, or action in his life that is not pregnant with something more. 

There is a qualitative difference that is unmistakable about J…

John 4
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Jesus endlessly fascinates. There is not a single moment, word, or action in his life that is not pregnant with something more. 

There is a qualitative difference that is unmistakable about J…

Jesus endlessly fascinates. There is not a single moment, word, or action in his life that is not pregnant with something more. 

There is a qualitative difference that is unmistakable about Jesus, tho…

“There is little doubt that our doctrine of the Holy Spirit is one of the least developed areas in mainstream Christianity.” —Alwyn Marriage
Whether you’ve been around the Christian story for a while—…

In my mind talking about the nature of God shouldn't be an exercise in gatekeeping—all of our God-talk is provisional, after all. There are, however, some important ideas in the Christian imagination…

Acts 10 + 15
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“There is little doubt that our doctrine of the Holy Spirit is one of the least developed areas in mainstream Christianity.” —Alwyn Marriage
Whether you’ve been around the Christian st…

John 14
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“There is little doubt that our doctrine of the Holy Spirit is one of the least developed areas in mainstream Christianity.” —Alwyn Marriage

Whether you’ve been around the Christian story fo…

“There is little doubt that our doctrine of the Holy Spirit is one of the least developed areas in mainstream Christianity.” —Alwyn Marriage

Whether you’ve been around the Christian story for a while—…

Toward. Away. Against: This is a really simple way to think about our default reaction to conflict, our stress reaction to conflict, and how as healthy humans we can choose to respond with the strate…

The experience of the global pandemic has changed us. And it has changed our friendships. Some may have deepened, while others have dwindled without getting a solid chance to take root.

Let's begin th…

The experience of the global pandemic has changed us. And it has changed our friendships. Some may have deepened, while others have dwindled without getting a solid chance to take root.

Let's begin th…

The experience of the global pandemic has changed us. And it has changed our friendships. Some may have deepened, while others have dwindled without getting a solid chance to take root.

Let's begin th…

The experience of the global pandemic has changed us. And it has changed our friendships. Some may have deepened, while others have dwindled without getting a solid chance to take root.

Let's begin th…

Try this thought experiment. What moments in your life do you consider pivotal? Maybe it’s a big trip, grad school graduation, or the birth of a child.

Now, imagine yourself taking ten minutes to writ…