The Parish Podcast

Ordinary Time | God Will Speak Peace (July 14, 2024)

We explore the Christian tradition and practices of discernment, particularly in the vein of Ignatian Spirituality. How can we cultivate receptivity to hear the Holy Spirit, and how do we tend to disordered desires that keep us from being free to respond to the call of love?

Ordinary Time | “My Grace is Sufficient for You” (July 7, 2024)

This morning John Ott shares a homily with The Parish, and his message gives a glimpse into the stories of three people in our community who have lived with chronic pain. Hear about the long road they have traveled and the life they’ve found in the middle of unresolvable difficulty.

Ordinary Time | Go in Peace to Love & Serve (June 30, 2024)

As we transition from focusing on Pentecost into Ordinary Time, we consider how Jesus sends his followers in peace to love and serve the Lord. Parishioners Kevin Soderman and Laura Boggs also share ordinary ways they have felt called by God to serve others.

Imaginative Entry of Mark 4 & Communion Song and Liturgy | June 23, 2024

From the gathering on June 23, we were led in an Imaginative Entry of Mark 4, and we shared a soft medley of Tis So Sweet to Trust in Jesus and Build My Life.

Ordinary Time | Training Our Imaginations (Threat, Trust, & The Invisible Powers) (June 23, 2024)

The classic stories of David & Goliath and Jesus calming the storm invite us to consider where our assurance and confidence is really located in life. How can we cultivate a spiritual imagination that sees God as a present and active participant in our lives?

Ordinary Time | Power and the Powers (June 9, 2024)

You will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you,” Jesus says. But what does power in the way of Jesus look like? What is the interplay between the cruciform power of Christ’s Spirit and the coercive powers of our age? We explore how power in the way of Jesus looks a lot like faithful presence and redemptive influence.

Earthen Vessels | God In Our Weakness (and Family Ministry Updates!)

This morning we divide our time into two parts: First, Family Pastor Sarah Fetz shares some significant updates to our model for Family Ministry at The Parish. Then, Jordan shares a brief reflection on 2 Corinthians 4, asking what it means that God's all-surpassing power (the Holy Spirit) dwells inside fragile, frail jars like us.

AfterWords | The Voice of the Wind

Jared Ray offers a poetic reflection on The Parish gathering for Pentecost Sunday (May 19, 2024).

Pentecost, 2024: God’s Spirit Wind

On the day of Pentecost, we consider how God's Holy Spirit is the giver of life – beginning with genesis of all things through the birth of the Church. How can we be a community inhaling the breath of God and exhaling it as passers of peace for the renewal of the world?

Eastertide: Do Not Cling (May 12, 2024)

On Ascension Sunday, Jordan is joined by special guest Barry Grecu. We consider Jesus’ lived pattern of death, resurrection, and ascension known as the paschal mystery, and how we learn to live in light of the way we did.