Who We Truly Are For the session to be discussed on January 12, 2020 Matthew 3:13-17 David Cassady Crystal Shepherd Daniel Glaze In this episode, we discuss Jesus’ baptism, our baptism, and how our baptism highlights our identity as Christians. How might the church find fresh vision by better following the identity we gain through […]

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12.02 Who We Truly Are

God in Skin For the session to be discussed on January 5, 2020 John 1:1-18 David Cassady Crystal Shepherd Daniel Glaze In this episode, we look at Crystal’s favorite passage from John and discuss what it might mean that God chose to be present with humanity as one of us. Learn more about our team. […]

12.01 God in Skin

Faithful Lament For the session to be discussed on December 29, 2019 Isaiah 63:7-19 Crystal Shepherd David Adams Daniel Glaze Bert Montgomery In this episode we discuss lament and how our faith calls us to respond to loss and tragedy. When is lament appropriate and when is it not helpful? Learn more about our team. […]

11.52 Faithful Lament

Transforming Immanuel For the session to be discussed on December 22, 2019 Isaiah 7:10-17 David Cassady Crystal Shepherd Daniel Glaze Bert Montgomery In this episode we discuss the notion of Immanuel: God with us. In our comfort with the idea that God is with us, do we sometimes go to far and presume that it […]

11.51 Transforming Immanuel

The Fearful Heart For the session to be discussed on December 15, 2019 Isaiah 35:1-10 David Cassady Nikki Hardeman Bert Montgomery Crystal Shepherd We discuss the temptation to give into fear, and how fear can prevent us from the joy of relationships with others. How might we miss out on much of God’s work around […]

11.50 The Fearful Heart

Imagine For the session to be discussed on December 8, 2019 Isaiah 11:1-10 David Cassady Nikki Hardeman Crystal Shepherd Bert Montgomery How important is imagination for our faith? What is the connection between imagining something and actually doing it? What does God imagine, and how might that bring us hope that we can help make […]

11.49 Imagine

Hope for Peace For the session to be discussed on December 1, 2019 Isaiah 2:1-5 David Cassady Bert Montgomery Nikki Hardeman Crystal Shepherd In this episode we struggle with the need and difficulty of having real hope. What does it mean to hope for peace in dark and often violent times? What does it mean […]

11.48 Hope for Peace

Dark Powers For the session to be discussed on November 24, 2019 Colossians 1:11-20 David Cassady Nikki Hardeman Daniel Glaze Bert Montgomery We discuss questions such as: How does the way we understand Christ affect how we do church? Who is Christ in your experience, and what sort of church does that lead us to […]

11.47 Dark Powers

Idle Meddlers For the session to be discussed on November 17, 2019 2 Thessalonians 3:6-13 David Cassady Nikki Hardeman David Adams Daniel Glaze In this conversation, we discuss a scripture passage from 2 Thessalonians which has been misinterpreted to denigrate the poor and those on public assistance. We wonder aloud whether there might be other, […]

11.46 Idle Meddlers

Silly Questions For the session to be discussed on November 10, 2019 Luke 20:27-38 David Cassady Nikki Hardeman Bert Montgomery Crystal Shepherd Learn more about our team. Notes Try our small group curriculum! New subscribers can enjoy a completely free month of the premium edition of FaithElement!

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