Embrace Podcast

Like the classic song says, God calls us to bring our finest gifts to Him. Are you bringing the best of your time, talent, and treasure to God? But God also wants our worst—the messy, imperfect, far …

We're all weary in some way. We're tired. The world can be a sad place, even at Christmastime. But there is still hope—a hope not found in circumstances or other people, but an unending hope found in…

"Let every heart prepare Him room" is one of the most famous lines from Joy to the World, but what does it actually mean to prepare room for Jesus in our hearts and lives this Christmas? There's a lo…

Fear will keep us from a lot of things in life, but most importantly it will keep us from fostering and growing our relationships with others, and with God. We deal with fear in many ways: through co…

We've all been given a race to run in life, but what will kill that race and our relationships faster than anything? Comparison. Looking around at what other people have been blessed with will kill a…

How do you find your calling, and once you find it, how do you live it out? Author and speaker Ken Costa of the Alpha organization talks purpose and passion no matter what season of life you're in. 

We all like to be right, don't we? But when liking to be right becomes a need to be right all the time we begin to hurt our relationships with others and God. How can we fix that? Stop defending ours…

Why does holding grudges kill our relationships? Because we're refusing to forgive like Jesus first forgave us. Some grudges are petty—the driver cutting us off in traffic, the offhand comment made b…

What's one thing that kills our relationships? Magnifying faults. All too often we use a magnifying glass to see what the people in our lives are doing wrong, when really we should be using a magnify…

We've all been thirsty before, but have you ever felt a thirst that only Jesus can fill? Jesus is the living water, quenching our thirst in a way nothing else in life can. But Jesus doesn't just fill…

Ever feel like God has left you without a trace? You're stuck and don't know where to turn next? Sometimes our lives can feel like the movie, Ghost—the one who was always supposed to be there has lef…

Have you heard about the gremlins? They may look cute and cuddly at first, but they can be deadly. Kind of like us and sin. It sounds nice to follow our hearts, but in the end our desires, apart from…

What do we have in common with a little alien from another planet? We both don't belong on Earth. All E.T. wanted was to go home—as Christians, our home also isn't here, it's in heaven. But while we'…

What can the 80's movie Back to the Future teach us about Jesus? A lot actually (and not just how to drive a DeLorean)! While Marty McFly travels to the past to change things, Jesus doesn't want to c…

In the last four weeks we've learned what we're made for: generosity, rest, work, and community. But before anything else, what we're really made for is Jesus. As fall begins and our schedules get cr…

We're all made for community—to share our lives with other people. The community Jesus wants for us is one where the people in our lives show up, when no ones else does. It's having people who will d…

Sometimes it's hard to think that we're made for work. But just like how we're made for rest, we're also made to glorify God through our work the other 6 days of the week! We were each created to wor…

We know we're all made for something, but how is it possible to be made for rest? Like, I have so much to do, who has time for rest? But the truth is, we were each made to have Sabbath in our lives—t…

We're all made for something, it's the way God designed us, but what does it mean to be made for generosity? Oftentimes we associate generosity with money and giving financially, but Paul paints a di…

God is faithful to us in all kinds of situations, but what about when we're unfaithful to Him— when we've walked away, replaced Him with other people, things, or passions, let our addictions rule us?…