Spark Cast
Inspiring People to Live The Way of Jesus | The podcast of Spark.Church in Palo Alto, CA
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 40 minutes
- Episodes
- 718
- Years Active
- 2012 - 2025
Curt Rhodes, Part I
Dr. Curt Rhodes of Questscope shares intimate and powerful stories of his work in Jordan and Syria, on the ground, and in close relationship with refugees, fighters, and NGOs.
Sun 01 May 2016
Leviticus | Conclusion
As we conclude Leviticus, let us not forget our story. Even laws, commands, and rituals, according to the writers of the Bible, are not segregated from the historical narrative. So, if you ever find …
Sun 24 Apr 2016
Leviticus | You Don't Owe God Anything
In the year of Jubilee all debts are forgiven, and all prisoners go free. Not only is this an expression of justice, but it is a way of living that liberates us from the shackles of debt. Whatever du…
Sun 17 Apr 2016
Leviticus | Save The Date
Leviticus 23 gives us the festival calendar by which we mark seasons and celebrations. Not only is this a way to keep time, it is also a way to awaken ourselves to God's presence in the celebration.
Sun 10 Apr 2016
Leviticus | Justice = Holiness
All ancient cultures had religious rituals and practices. All ancient cultures also had laws. Only in Israel, however, do the two come together. Leviticus 19 calls us to consider a public justice tha…
Sun 03 Apr 2016
Leviticus | The Opposite of Life
What is "leprosy" in the Bible? Contrary to popular understanding, it is not the modern disease known as "Hansen's disease." Rather, there is a ritual impurity that is connected to other passages tha…
Sat 02 Apr 2016
Palm Sunday | The Victory Parade That Wasn't
The people who welcomed Jesus into Jerusalem, did so with hope and expectation. Yet, those expectations may have caused them to miss what God was actually doing. Let us not do the same. You can't see…
Sun 20 Mar 2016
Leviticus | The Sacred and The Profane
Leviticus 12 is odd. Different time frames for purification after birth, and then the woman is considered "unclean." So, what is this really all about? How can we make sense of this for the spaces we…
Sun 06 Mar 2016
Leviticus | Omnivore's Conundrum
Leviticus 11 begins the purity laws, and we start with our food, what we can and cannot eat. Here we begin to turn towards a rising conscience in being aware of our own ethical behavior in relation t…
Sun 28 Feb 2016
Sally Lieber | The Boats Are Coming
Special guest, former Assemblywoman Sally Lieber (www.sallylieber.org) shares her experiences in Lesvos, Greece working with incoming refugees, and exhorts us all to consider how we may respond when …
Sun 28 Feb 2016
Leviticus | High Voltage
Leviticus is in many ways a call for each of us to recognize the power and sanctity of the holy, that there is something distinctly different from the everyday, and common elements of life. And as we…
Sun 14 Feb 2016
Leviticus | Remorse
There is a series of conditions in Leviticus 5 that give hint of a major development in the history of human reconciliation. Rather than mere ritual recompense, this passage seems to indicate that fe…
Sun 07 Feb 2016
Leviticus | Unintended
Our actions, all of them, have unintended consequences. In this week's teaching we embrace the ethic of recognizing that life is unintended consequences, and how forgiveness and atonement can redeem …
Sun 31 Jan 2016
Leviticus | It Is Well
The "well-being" offering is about giving thanks. It is also a constant reminder of the gratitude we are to have, to journal our blessings, and live out everyday thankful.
Sun 24 Jan 2016
Leviticus | All The Fat Is The Lord's
In the midst of hundreds if not thousands of deities clamoring for our attention and appeasement, this system of sacrifice comes in to declare clarity, responsibility, and an identity that the very b…
Sun 17 Jan 2016
Leviticus | Close
Welcome to Leviticus. Many themes will emerge, sacrifice, holiness, ritual, purity, etc. But what is all of this really fundamentally about? Some clues can be found in digging deep into the whole nar…
Sun 10 Jan 2016
Year One
What does the turning of the calendar year mean? How did we end up marking our years? Our seasons? In this talk, we will look at the human tendency to mark our time and calendars by powerful events i…
Sun 03 Jan 2016
Hopes & Fears | A Story For Us
Few carols or traditions of the Christmas season capture the full weight of the story of Jesus's birth. In the midst of our sacred and pagan rituals, there exists a haunting reality, the death of the…
Sun 27 Dec 2015
Hopes & Fears | Light
A brief devotional thought on light, in this Christmas season.
Sun 20 Dec 2015
Hopes & Fears | Post-It Expectations and Opportunities
Good things. Bad things. Stuff happens in our lives. Seeing each event, however, as an opportunity for God to be at work could radically change our hopes and expectations of everything that occurs in…
Sun 13 Dec 2015
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