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
157 Why Servants?
Summary: Have you ever wanted to be a servant? Why does God call us to be servants of one another? We are servants in response to God’s love for us, shown on the cross. “For the Son …
156 VIP Service
Summary: The VIPs in the Reign of God are those who have shared the most, trusted the most, sacrificed the most, suffered the most, been the most dependent on God, and lived their li…
155 Good News/Bad News
Summary No matter the news, no matter the times, good or bad, God is present calling and equipping we who are in this world but not of this world, for a life that truly is life, live…
154 Winning the Lottery
Summary The problem in wealth is that it tends to make us think that we are independent of God. We who are wealthy are to be rich toward God. Poverty makes us more likely to know tha…
153 As Little Children
Summary: Jesus welcomes all people to life in the Reign of God and points to children as models of dependence upon God. We are called to receive faith in a childlike relationship wi…
152 Yeah, Sin
Summary: Jesus’ strict teaching on divorce was to correct those who were focused on finding loopholes rather than knowing their need of a Savior.
Referenced Bible verses: Matth…
151 Pomegranates and Your Life
Summary: The pomegranate, as a symbol, reminds us that the abundant life Jesus came to give is eternal. That is, it is both here and now and forever. Like a cracked-open pomegranate…
150 Progressing Past Polarity
Summary: What brings us through this current polarization will be our willingness to moderate our extremes, our willingness to bear the weight of the task before us, keeping our foc…
149 Pictures at Your Exhibition
Summary: God the Holy Spirit can speak to the viewer in the act of viewing art just as to the artist in the act of making art. Each can be a witness to the creative, redeeming, and …
148 Light through Stained Glass
Summary: We can only see the meaning of stained-glass because of the light. Jesus is walking with in the darkness of this pandemic and showing us the way because Jesus is the light …
147 On the Road to Our Damascus
Summary: The pandemic has been a journey through change toward a New Normal. The Christian faith is a journey from death to life. It is a transformational gift in Jesus who is, in h…
146 Labor's Day
Summary: Our vocation is a blessing with which we can be a blessing to others. It gives our work meaning as we wait for the final Day, God’s Labor’s Day, when the redemption of all …
145 Cornbread Muffin Evangelism
Summary: Corn and wheat are the main ingredients in cornbread muffins, and both start with a seed. So does evangelism. We start by sharing our stories and God guides and/or provides…
144 Gross
Summary: “Gross” can carry many meanings, but the gross forgiveness of sins, life, and salvation and the gross grace of God are deep foundations for a life that endures.
Referenc…
143 This is The Way
Summary: There is no “Way of Jesus”. Jesus is The Way in himself. He is God made visible, fully God and also fully human being. We need not be troubled about where we are going.
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142 Boring
Summary: Life that truly is life is Jesus Christ, and that life is never boring. It is meaningful and purposeful and filled with joy.
Referenced Bible verses: John 14:6; John 15:…
141 Variant
Summary: Christians are variants, we are different forms of the same thing, the human race. We are a new Creation, we are born again, we are a people set apart. We are defined by th…
140 Dominion
Summary: We are middle managers of God’s Creation under God’s dominion. Our dominion is a reflection of the living relationship with the one true living God that we have been given …
139 Artificial Intelligence
Summary: Human beings have innate value because they have been created, whatever the mechanism, by God. We were created in God’s image to manage creation responsibly. We were create…
138 PB&J, Holy Communion & The Olympics
Summary: A peanut butter and jelly sandwich will give us temporary nourishment in this life. Holy Communion is a present foretaste of the eternal feast to come. We work as an Olympi…