Living Water Radio: For Today's Christian Life
Living Water Radio is designed to bring encouragement, reflection and a sense of relationship to Christians and others looking for Christian community in the Los Angeles area during the pandemic and in the "new normal" that follows. It is co-produced by Pastor David Berkedal and Reverend Sally Welch.
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 15 minutes
- Episodes
- 378
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
197 Give and Take
Summary: Who killed Jesus? Powerful leaders? Sinful people? Everybody? Nobody? Today, we’ll get an answer from Jesus, using a hen as a metaphor for God.
Referenced Bible verses: L…
196 Rivulets VI: Closer Than You Think
Summary: What is reality? Do we make our own reality, or does reality make us? Today, we’re going to share 10 means by which the Holy Spirit might work in people’s hearts to answer t…
195 Power in The Wilderness
Summary: Our power went out the other day. It was out just briefly, but it meant that clocks and timers needed to be reset. The power of the Holy Spirit never fails us. But it does l…
194 Living in Ashes
Summary:Someone once actually asked me, “What day is Ash Wednesday this year?” Ok, I’m pretty sure they meant, “What date…?”, but there are things about Ash Wednesday that may seem o…
193 The Go-figuration
Summary:Jesus was transfigured on a mountain and manifested some of his heavenly glory. Peter and James and John, who he had taken with him, had to go-figure what they had seen. Toda…
192 How to Be Judgmental
Summary: Some Christians have a reputation for being judgmental. Is there a sense in which Christians should be judgmental? Yes. Today, we’re going to find out what that is.
Refer…
191 A Really Golden Rule
Summary:Some people say that “The Golden Rule” is “Whoever has the gold, rules”. Today, we’re going to look at a really Golden Rule that goes beyond wisdom to something way better. …
190 Rivulets V: X Valentines
Summary:Are you exchanging valentines? Today we’re going to send you ten of them that could provide the means for someone to be transformed by the love of God.
Referenced Bible ver…
189 Removing Our Masks
Summary: People have been making, wearing, and removing masks for as long as there have been people. Today were going to look at why, and how Christians can respond.
Referenced Bib…
188 Rivulets IV: Return of The Rivulets
Summary: Do you pronounce a word for a small stream “creek” or “crick”? I grew up in Manitowoc, Wisconsin saying “crick”, but today we’re going to talk about “rivulets”, another name…
187 Catching People
Summary: Have you ever gone fishing and caught a person? Maybe you have. Today, we’re going to find out how.
Referenced Bible verses: Luke 5:1-11; Matthew 28:18-20
Please no…
186 How Do You Make God Laugh?
Summary: How do you make God laugh? Tell him your plans. Does that mean it’s wrong for us to make plans? Today, we’re going to find out.
Referenced Bible verses: James 4:13-17; 1…
185 Rivulets III: More Flow
Summary: The life of a Christian is a lot like a power station. Today, we’re going to find out why. And we’re going to see how 10 practical things can help us do what it does.
Ref…
184 Nehemiah
Summary: How do you get through when your life breaks up into 1,000 little pieces? Today an Old Testament prophet is going to show us how.
Referenced Bible verses: Nehemiah 8:1-3…
183 Five Other Uses for Omicron
Summary: Omicron is the 15th letter in the Greek alphabet. It’s the name given to the current variant of the coronavirus. It has many other uses, though. Today, we’re going to look a…
182 Rivulets: The Sequel
Summary: Sometimes, movie sequels are even better than the original. “Star Trek II: The Wrath of Kahn” comes to mind. Usually, though, they’re way worse. Last week, we did a vide…
181 Pronouncing Omicron
Summary: The fifteenth letter of the Greek alphabet has been getting a lot of press lately, none of it welcome. Today, we’re going to see how to pronounce “Omicron” and, more import…
180 Rivulets of Living Water
Summary: A rivulet is a small stream. Today we’re going to look at 10 practical means by which people might follow such a rivulet to a place that leads them to the streams of living…
179 Today Is January 6th The Day Marking The Epiphany of Our Lord
Summary: Today is a holiday that has been celebrated by Christians for as long as we have celebrated Christmas and Easter. God has been made manifest in Jesus Christ. Come and see w…
178 Christmas in Time
Summary: It’s Christmas-time until next Thursday, January 6th, the Church’s celebration of the Epiphany of Our Lord.
It seems weird to still be celebrating Christmas after New Ye…