Still Speaking with St. Peter’s

This episode is a Bible Study conversation about Psalm 145. Pastors Kris and Amanda invite listeners to consider new ways to make the ancient words become relevant by translating and updating with their favorite names, adjectives, and descriptions of God, from A to Z. Can we find ways to praise God every day? Can such praise help us see a new vision of the world as God intends it to be?

This episode invites new perspectives on a familiar story about Zacchaeus. Pastors Kris and Amanda invite listeners to consider looking at the story from Luke 19:1-10, from a variety of angles. As we celebrate God’s “Transforming Love,” we also acknowledge that we first have to be open to receiving God’s amazing grace before we can share it with others.

This episode continues the focus on stewardship, emphasizing “What We Can Do.” Pastors Kris and Amanda invite listeners to focus on humility as the lesson from “The Parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector,” from Luke 18: 9-14. The hook in this story may be our temptation of who to identify with, yet it reminds us that true satisfaction comes from God’s loving presence.

This episode continues the focus on stewardship, emphasizing “What We Can Do.” Pastors Kris and Amanda invite listeners to consider both an attitude of gratitude and the power of persistence. We can learn from the widow in Luke 18:1-8  how to make “good trouble.” We celebrate that even when we are not, God is always steadfast and faithful.

This episode introduces a new series with a focus on stewardship, “What We Can Do.” Pastors Kris and Amanda invite listeners to consider a spiritual framework to approach how we respond with gratitude to all of God’s gracious generosity. In the scripture reading, the disciples want their faith to increase. Perhaps Jesus is less about increase and more about sufficiency. The question is, what are we doing with what we have? If we have more than a mustard seed of resources, time, and faith, we can change the world.

In this tenth episode, we focus on how changemakers use power differently. Jesus shared and gave away power rather than amassing it. What if every time you serve someone, you remember that the most important use of your power is to lift up the full and powerful humanity of the person in front of you?

We have the capacity to be creative because God is creative. Made in God’s image, we have everything we need to make change. We only need to stretch our imaginations and break out of constrained thinking. In this ninth episode, stories are shared to spark creativity.

This eighth episode continues the series, “Changemakers.” Jesus came to change the world. That was Christ's singular, God-given purpose. Jesus is still changing the world. But Jesus never tried to do it alone. We can’t either. Consider this African proverb: If you want to go fast, do it alone.  If you want to go far, do it together. 

This seventh episode introduces a new series, “Changemakers.” A Changemaker is a risk-taker, someone who puts their faith into action to make a positive difference in the lives of others. Changemaking always begins with compassion when the heart of someone who is a changemaker is moved. You are invited to tap into the power of God whenever you feel exhausted. What if we could draw on the compassion of Jesus?

This sixth episode introduces a new series about faith formation. Pastors Amanda and Kris discuss principles and keys from the book Frogs without Legs Can’t Hear. With a commitment to helping partner with families, they explore the nurturing metaphors from 1 Thessalonians 2: 7b-12. You are invited to try activities from the resource Taking Faith Home.