The Simple Way of Jesus - 4th Sunday after Pentecost
What is the simple way of Jesus and how does it work in our lives?
Jul 08, 2019•32 min•Ep. 162
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Family of the Free - 2nd Sunday after Pentecost
Pastor Kevin contrasts the difference between fundamentalism and freedom and how that applies to our lives and MCF.
Jun 24, 2019•28 min•Ep. 161
Pastor Kevin's Father's Day/Trinity Story Sermon
Pastor Kevin wove his own story with surprise tributes and a focus on the "grace in which we stand" when we stand in the relationship between the Father and the Son through the Holy Spirit.
Jun 22, 2019•33 min•Ep. 160
Can We All Get Along, Apparently Not - Pentecost 2019
Humans have, it seems, from the beginning of time, tried to find ways to come together and live in harmony. This human unity project always seems to fail. However, there is hope. The Spirit of God is able to accomplish what we, on our own, can't.
Jun 09, 2019•1 hr 19 min•Ep. 158
Looking For Christ In All the Wrong Places - Ascension Sunday
This week's sermon is about one of the weirdest stories in the Bible in which Jesus ascended into heaven. That story begs the question. Where is he now? The answer may surprise you.
Jun 04, 2019•31 min•Ep. 157
Living with Texture - 6th Sunday of Easter
Do you ever play the "woulda, coulda, shoulda" game in which you replay and regret the past. Do you play the "what if?" game in which you constantly try to preview and prevent imagined catastrophes in the future? Both of those games rob us of peace. But when we get back into the present moment, we can tap the peace of the Holy Spirit at the center of our being. We can begin to live with texture where joy coexists with turmoil and peace coexists with suffering.
May 27, 2019•29 min•Ep. 156
The Vulnerable Shepherd - 4th Sunday of Easter
Jesus is the vulnerable shepherd who shows us how to live with courage and vulnerability.
May 13, 2019•31 min•Ep. 155
The People Who Give You Their Food Give You Their Heart - 3rd Sunday of Easter
Love God and love people? That is an often used slogan. But it can be slightly misleading as if you can choose one or the other. Pastor Kevin shows us from scripture that the only way to love God is by loving people.
May 06, 2019•40 min•Ep. 154
The Power of Praise - 2nd Sunday of Easter
Pastor Al Johnson speaks on the power of praise to change our perspective.
Apr 29, 2019•26 min•Ep. 153
Risen Christ or Personalized Jesus - Easter Sunday
Often our relationship with The Christ starts with a personal relationship with Jesus. The problem with that is we tend to personalize Jesus. On this Easter Sunday pastor Kevin challenges us to let go of our personalized Jesus's so we can wake up to the reality that we are already IN a universe of loving relationship many know as the Risen Christ.
Apr 22, 2019•26 min•Ep. 152
Our Capacity to Forgive - Palm Sunday
Kevin ends this Lenten series on our potential by delving into the area of forgiveness. He is clear that he is preaching to himself. As we listen in, we learn that our liberation to be fully living in and from our potential is directly related to our capacity to forgive.
Apr 15, 2019•29 min•Ep. 151
Living in the Flow - 5th Sunday in Lent
Pastor Kevin talks about the flow of grace and what that has to do with what positive psychologists call "flow state." Great love opens the flow of grace. Greed stops it. Flow is where we want to live if we want to experience a life of meaning, potential, and purpose.
Apr 08, 2019•36 min•Ep. 150
Slaves or Sons? - 4th Sunday in Lent
Are you a sinner or a saint? Are you ashamed or proud? Do you have a slave mentality or grace mentality? Jesus once told a beautifully subversive story about two sons which challenges our status quo thinking. Pastor Kevin unpacks that story today and paints a picture of a church filled with both "sinners" and "saints" because, truth is, we are all a mysterious mix of both in need of grace. He ends with a rare altar call, but not one for "sinners," but for "saints."
Apr 01, 2019•35 min•Ep. 149
The World Will Try To Cut You Down, But God Won't - 3rd Sunday in Lent
We live in a cut down culture and are headed in the wrong direction. Jesus' call to repent is a call to turn around and follow His way of grace, compassion, and life giving. We need to listen to that call to repent more than ever.
Mar 25, 2019•23 min•Ep. 148
Fox or Hen? - 2nd Sunday in Lent
Jesus chose a very unlikely animal to illustrate what God is like. While we may think we want God to be more like a crafty fox, could God really be more like a mother hen?
Mar 18, 2019•21 min•Ep. 147
Three Lies and a Truth - 1st Sunday in Lent
Pastor Kevin kicks off a new 6 week sermon series for Lent entitled, "Potential." On this first Sunday in Lent three lies are exposed. These lies cause us to chase after things which we think will unleash our potential. However, the unleashing of our potential is based in a truth which we don't have to chase. Once we can rest secure in that truth, we begin to live into our full potential naturally.
Mar 11, 2019•27 min•Ep. 146
Transfiguration of Jesus - No Camping
We like to pitch our tents on what we think we know. But God tends to come along and plop down "No Camping" signs when we do that. God often has to move us from our certainty into uncertainty so that we grow into the sacrificial love of Christ.
Mar 04, 2019•28 min•Ep. 145
Give Me Oil In My Lamp - 7th Sunday after Epiphany
A revenge fantasy may be fun to entertain, but is revenge the best way to deal with an enemy? Jesus takes a different approach. He calls us to love our enemies. It sounds impossible. That could be because it takes a different level of consciousness to do it. Why would we want to love our enemies and how can we even begin to think about doing that?
Feb 25, 2019•25 min•Ep. 144
Firmly Planted - Sixth Sunday after Epiphany
Pastor Ruben gives an overview of the Sunday lectionary readings to share how our hope and our trust can remain firmly planted in God no matter the circumstance.
Feb 17, 2019•27 min•Ep. 143
Enlightening Encounters - 5th Sunday after Epiphany
Enlightening encounters with the Divine are transformative. They are intended to teach us that every encounter can be an enlightening one.
Feb 12, 2019•25 min•Ep. 142
Where is the Love - 4th Sunday after Epiphany
Pastor Kevin talks about the most profound chapter in the Bible known as the "Love Chapter." It enlightens us about real love. To be enlightened about the true nature of love is also to be enlightened about the nature of God because God is Love. Prior to the sermon, Julio Hanson sings, "Tell Him" by Lauryn Hill.
Feb 05, 2019•27 min•Ep. 141
Lightening the Load - 3rd Sunday after Epiphany
Good news that brings freedom is a growth in unity and love in which we each play our part in lightening each other's loads.
Jan 30, 2019•27 min•Ep. 140
You Were Meant to be Fine Wine - 2nd Sunday after Epiphany
We can be involved in the endless religious pursuit of trying to clean ourselves up, or we can allow ourselves to be transformed by Christ.
Jan 23, 2019•24 min•Ep. 139
Dunked and Defiant - Baptism of Jesus/1st Sunday after Epiphany
Pastor Kevin begins a new sermon series entitled, "enLIGHTENment". He begins with the defining words spoken over Jesus at His baptism. "You are my son, the beloved, in whom I am well pleased." These same defining words are meant to define us as well. The truest thing we could say about ourselves is that we are God's beloved children in whom God is well pleased. Baptism is a naming. It is a claiming of our true identity. And it is a defiant act in which we refuse to be labeled any longer in anywa...
Jan 18, 2019•28 min•Ep. 138
Seeing the Light, Sharing the Light - Epiphany
Pastor Kevin brings the word on this Epiphany.
Jan 11, 2019•31 min•Ep. 137
1st Sunday after Christmas
Pastor Kevin shares.
Jan 11, 2019•33 min•Ep. 136
Christmas Eve Service Highlights
Highlights from our Christmas Eve service including a homily from Pastor Ruben.
Dec 28, 2018•20 min•Ep. 135
Who's His Daddy? - 4th Sunday of Advent
Pastor Bob Monagbanag fills in for Pastor Kevin and talks about the mystery of incarnation. If Jesus were to have taken a modern DNA test, what would it have shown? Who was his daddy? Pastor Ruben interviews Jennifer Levin about the final $100 Advent giving challenge.
Dec 27, 2018•33 min•Ep. 134
December 23rd - Tomorrow I Will Come (O Emmanuel)
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Dec 25, 2018•10 min•Ep. 132
December 22nd - Tomorrow I Will Come (O Rex Gentium/O King of Nations)
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Dec 25, 2018•9 min•Ep. 131
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