Resilient Faith
Welcome to Resilient Faith, a podcast to support your journey to live a fully present life, and a deeper understanding of the resilient power within you. Opportunities to find deeper resilience within ourselves can come when life seems most challenging. This podcast is to help you develop that resilience and connection with God. Being Resilient and having power starts with Faith. Resilient Faith is sponsored by Brentwood Presbyterian Church in Los Angeles, CA. Our Podcast is Produced by Janice McQueen Ward and Cameron Ward; Music composed by Cameron Ward. Host- Janice McQueen Ward. Thanks - Nancy Reeves, Music Director, and Dave Carpenter, Pastor. You can follow Resilient Faith on Facebook @bpcteam and on Instagram @bpc_usa Please consider supporting our ministry by giving here - https://www.bpcusa.org/financial-ministry/
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 19 minutes
- Episodes
- 112
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
Ephrem the Syrian: Believing the Mystery of God
Our Youth Director, Dean Choi, shares his sinner saint for the BPC Sermon Series and a bit about himself. We are excited to have him share his perspective and his light.
Ephrem the Syrian wasn't orig…
Sojourner Truth: What's in and out of bounds?
Join Guest Pastor, Rev. Dr. Tom Tewell speak on Sojourner Truth.
Sojourner Truth was an African American evangelist, abolitionist, women’s rights activist and author who was born into slavery before …
The inside scoop with the Pastors of Brentwood Presbyterian Church
Join Janice McQueen Ward, Worship Eder and Instrumental Director, as she interviews Reverend Dr. Tom Tewell, Reverend Dave Carpenter and Associate Pastor Lora East.
Our pastors share their story and …
Howard Thurman: Make the Heart a Swinging Door
Rev. Lora East speaks briefly with Karen Wright Marsh on Howard Thurman. The Sermon Series continues with the Saints and Sinners theme with a beautiful sermon about the author and leader.
Here are so…
Mother Teresa : Dark Nights of the Soul
Reverend Dave Carpenter preaches about Mother Teresa, a true saint!
Mother Teresa was born in 1910 in Skopje, the capital of the Republic of Macedonia. Little is known about her early life, but at a …
CS Lewis: Can Smart People Believe in God?
Reverend Dave Carpenter speaks on CS Lewis and how his work and life inspired so many!
About CS Lewis (Wikipedia):
Clive Staples Lewis (29 November 1898 – 22 November 1963) was a British writer and lay…
Behind the scenes with Karen Wright Marsh
Join our Associate Pastor Lora East as she interviews Karen Wright Marsh, the author of the book that inspired our Sermon Series from early 2022. This podcast series will highlight 6 Christians that …
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Luke 24:1-12
Unsubscribe to find new growth and resurrection. Letting go of what no longer serves you allows you to receive in NEW beginnings. Enter into the next 50 days of Eastertide.
The Resurrect…
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John 13:21-32 NRSV
Jesus Foretells His Betrayal
21 After saying this Jesus was troubled in spirit, and declared, “Very truly, I tell you, one of you will betray me.” 22 The disciples looked at one ano…
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Gospel John 12:1-8 NRSV
Mary Anoints Jesus
12 Six days before the Passover Jesus came to Bethany, the home of Lazarus, whom he had raised from the dead. 2 There they gave a dinner for him. Martha serve…
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Loving your Enemies
Luke 6: 32-36
“If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them.
If you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is th…
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Luke 13:6-9 NRSV
The Parable of the Barren Fig Tree
6 Then he told this parable: “A man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; and he came looking for fruit on it and found none.
7 So he said to the g…
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Psalm 27 NRSV
1 The Lord is my light and my salvation;
whom shall I fear?
The Lord is the stronghold[a] of my life;
of whom shall I be afraid?
2 When evildoers assail me
to devour my flesh—
my a…
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We are 1 week in the Lenten Season. What have you let go so that new growth can happen? Growth and faith help us during the season of Lent.
Today we will ponder what tempts us ?
Luke 4:1-13 KJV
Satan …
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Unsubscribe: creating sacred space for God
The season of Lent has always been about ruthlessly eliminating distractions from our lives so that we can focus more fully on God and the things that actual…
Quenched: He is Risen, Indeed!
Christ is risen. He is risen indeed!
Let us rejoice in the final episode of our 2021 Lenton Series, Quenched.
We will now enter into Easter tide, a 50 day period until Pentecost.
Let us rejoice that J…
Quenched: Divine Reading
It is Holy Week, 2021... and what a year we have experience. Let's experience God today, through the living word. What do you hear? Listen...
The word of God from the Apostle Paul
Scripture:
1st Corint…
Quenched: Examining your life and how you feel...
God is constantly at work in our lives....we are either drawing close or pulling away. Where are you today? How are you feelng? Fulfilled or lacking?
Are you parched? Dry?
What is draining you?
What m…
Quenched: Having Loving Kindness in Today's World
After a very difficult, drought-filled year of loss, sickness, fear and the unknown, we are quenched by God's love and promise.
Loving kindness is a practice that is so necessary today....kindness fo…
Quenched: God is the true water of life, and He quenches our thirst.
How to have faith, resilience and be quenched during these tough times. It has been one year since this pandemic and we need God more than ever. Be quenched in His living waters, as we are nourished …