NOTE: In this sermon, Pastor Bryan references several quotes that were attributed on slides on the livestream, but references weren't included on the audio; these quotes were from Abraham J. Heschel (The Sabbath) and John Swinton (Becoming Friends of Time).
This episode is for those of you who have heard about the migrant crisis and wondered: What is happening? What is our role as Christ-followers? And what do we pray for? Pastor Bryan and Heidi sit down with Pastor Alma and Dr. Will of Practice Mercy in this special two-part series recorded in McAllen, Texas. Practice Mercy is a ministry committed to serving indigenous asylum seekers at the US-Mexico border. In Part 1, we have a conversation about what is going on at the border, why it is happenin...
We love new beginnings, don't we? The hope of change, the brightness of starting over. But many of us struggle with sticking with new year's resolutions, and often a new year is really just a change in the date. So how can we enter into the new year with intention and celebration? We look back. We remember and reflect on this last year. So here's to entering into 2022 together: With joy, with gratitude, and with hope, knowing that our lives are gifts to be given back to God....
Pastor Bryan and Heidi sit down with one of our members, Nixon Ma, to talk about what it means to live invitationally and to carry the spirit of hospitality. What does it look like to make room for the Other, and to give God the space to move in our lives? We ask the questions: What if we, as Christ-followers, were known for our hospitality over ideology? Invitation over exclusivity? And what has God blessed you with to bless others?
In this episode of Morning Coffee with PB, we sit down with Intern Pastor Isaac to have a candid conversation on social anxiety, an OCD diagnosis, and navigating the vulnerability of showing up fully as yourself. This one is for the chronic overthinkers, the insecure, the unsure. The ones who can't shake that feeling of "did I understand the assignment?" or "Can I really be myself here?"
A Blessing of the Ordinary by Jan Richardson: Let these words lay themselves like a blessing upon your head, your shoulders as if, like hands, they could pass on to you what you most need for this day as if they could anoint you not merely for the path ahead but for this ordinary moment that opens itself to you— opens itself like another hand that unfurls itself, that reaches out to gather up these words in the bowl of its palm. You may think this blessing lives within these words but I tell you...
