Ark in the Park For the session to be discussed on July 11, 2021 2 Samuel 6:1-23 David Cassady Crystal Shepherd Daniel Glaze David Adams King David dances as the Ark of the Covenant is brought to Jerusalem. While its power and affects were visible, the Ark was a...

Left Out For the session to be discussed on July 4, 2021 2 Samuel 5:1-10 David Cassady Crystal Shepherd Daniel Glaze David Adams The new King David battles the Jebusites to take their city - a city that becomes Jerusalem and the home for the Ark of the Covenant. As...

Lamenting the Loss For the session to be discussed on June 27, 2021 2 Samuel 1:1-27 David Cassady Nikki Hardeman Daniel Glaze Bert Montgomery When David learns of Saul’s and Jonathan’s death, he grieves loudly and publicly. Have we forgotten how to grieve in community...

Slaying Giants For the session to be discussed on June 20, 2021 1 Samuel 17:1-58 David Cassady Nikki Hardeman Daniel Glaze Bert Montgomery This episode considers a familiar text... the story of David and Goliath. Sometimes approached as a children's story (is it?) the...

Moving On For the session to be discussed on June 13, 2021 1 Samuel 15:34-16:13 Crystal Shepherd Nikki Hardeman David Adams Bert Montgomery As Israel chooses a new king, we watch as their impulse is to select someone bold and strong. Yet, God leads them to the younger...

God Bending For the session to be discussed on June 6, 2021 1 Samuel 8:1-22 Crystal Shepherd Nikki Hardeman David Adams Bert Montgomery Samuel, last in the line of judges for Israel, is confronted by a people demanding a king. In spite of his cautions, the people...

A Burning Vision For the session to be discussed on May 30, 2021 Isaiah 6:1-8 David Cassady Nikki Hardeman Daniel Glaze Bert Montgomery Our passage this week is from Isaiah. What does it mean for people of faith and the church to lean into an uncertain future? How do...

Breath and Life For the session to be discussed on May 23, 2021 Psalm 104:24-34 David Cassady Nikki Hardeman Daniel Glaze Bert Montgomery Are human greed and selfishness contrary to God’s order of creation? For this Pentecost Sunday, how might we hear the voice of the...

Keeping It Simple For the session to be discussed on May 16, 2021 1 John 5:7-13 David Cassady Nikki Hardeman David Adams Crystal Shepherd It seems that part of the human condition is our tendency to complicate things. Rather than keeping things simple, we add unneeded...

Released to Love For the session to be discussed on May 9, 2021 1 John 5:1-6 David Cassady Nikki Hardeman David Adams Crystal Shepherd How we view others matters. John encourages us to see one another not as separate, but as fellow children of God. That sense of value...

Love is the Whole Thing For the session to be discussed on May 2, 2021 1 John 4:7-21 David Cassady Nikki Hardeman David Adams Bert Montgomery We continue our study in 1 John, again discussing the nuances of the sort of love we are called to share. We discuss the...

Abiding Love For the session to be discussed on April 25, 2021 1 John 3:16-24 David Cassady Nikki Hardeman David Adams Bert Montgomery This passage from 1 John focuses on love. What does love say about who God is? What does it lead us to know God is not like? We...

God's Children Now For the session to be discussed on April 18, 2021 1 John 3:1-7 David Cassady Nikki Hardeman Daniel Glaze Bert Montgomery This passage from 1 John reminds us that we are God’s children now. Not in the future or if we do or believe the right things…...

Embodied Faith For the session to be discussed on April 11, 2021 1 John 1:1-2:2 David Cassady Nikki Hardeman Daniel Glaze Bert Montgomery What does it mean to live in ways that embody love? Rather than see love as an abstract idea, how can we live in ways that make...

A Scandalous Claim For the session to be discussed on April 4, 2021 1 Corinthians 15:1-11 David Cassady Nikki Hardeman Crystal Shepherd Bert Montgomery This episode marks our 300th episode! We celebrate these many conversations while also celebrating Easter Sunday....

Carry the Cross For the session to be discussed on March 28, 2021 Mark 15:1-47 David Cassady Nikki Hardeman Crystal Shepherd Bert Montgomery In this episode we struggle with a lengthy passage detailing Jesus’ painful journey to the cross. While the date for this...

Good News? For the session to be discussed on March 21, 2021 John 12:20-33 David Cassady Nikki Hardeman Crystal Shepherd Daniel Glaze In this episode we struggle with Jesus’ difficult notion of “Those who love their life lose it, and those who hate their life in this...

Light Living For the session to be discussed on March 14, 2021 John 3:14-21 David Cassady Nikki Hardeman Crystal Shepherd Daniel Glaze What is the difference between belief and trust, and how does that distinction affect how we live out our faith? Is it enough to...