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Scott Erickson talks about your favorite TV shows, not throwing rocks at our goals, and the God who sees.

Kurt Kroon talks about big fish, relatable prophets, and the miracle of inclusion.

Cara B shares about lions dens, resisting empires and the stories we choose to pass along to the next generation. She concludes with our celebration of the feast day of St. Francis with a blessing of the stuffies for our kids and families in the room.

Stephen Carter shares about a history of religion, Meow Wolf, and the ways the earliest stories of the Bible tell about a different kind of God.

Kurt Kroon shares about every Kids Ministry's favorite mural subject matter, knock knock jokes and how the point of ancient stories might be telling us something we'll miss with modern eyes.

Kurt Kroon shares about great tactics for blaming others, helpful and unhelpful theologies and trying on new ways of looking at familiar stories.

Cara B shares about schoolyard conflict, power dynamics in forgiveness and restorative conversations that help us keep a door open in our hearts for better versions of each other.

Stephen Carter shares about Mayo Jesus shirts, the prodigal son and the enduring work of Rachel Held Evans.

Kurt Kroon talks about Disneybounding, Lonliness, mutual mentorship and the benefits of an intergenerational space.

Scott Erickson talks about the shortest verse in the Bible, podcasts, Glen Hansard and the back of church signs.

Kurt Kroon shares about liberation theology, transitioning from spiritual warfare to mysticism and how empathy and curiosity can help detox us from consumerism and bipartisan politics.

Kurt Kroon talks through the New Testament passages that have been weaponized against members of the LGBTQ+ communities. We finish with an interview of John Simmons-Adkins.

Kurt Kroon shares about the language and translations in the Hebrew Scriptures and the ways they've weaponized against members of the LGBTQ+ communities. We finish with an interview with Matthew Castillo-Kohlenberg.

Kurt Kroon introduces our 3 part conversation on the church and LGBTQ+ inclusion. This first Sunday is a look at how we read the scriptures and an introduction into the next 2 weeks where we look at the Hebrew Scriptures and the New Testament. Kurt is joined by Michael Dinter at the conclusion of service. (we had some issues with our audio and this recording will sometimes be echo-y or faint)

Cara Bartlett shares about being the world's foremost expert on self control (jk), scriptural examples of self-control and 5th grade haiku's.