1 Peter 1:3-6

God's actions always precede our actions. This one explores how hope is a gift that enables us to live differently: without walls and defenses up. It's not only about actions, but inner narratives underneath the actions.

Credits & Sources:

Eldon Fry, Casey Gwinn, Chan Hellman, N.T. Wright, Karen Jobes, Adam L. Bean, Rodney Stark, John Elliott, David Bartlett, Dennis Edwards, Pheme Perkins, Scot McKnight, Peter Davids, Sharyn Dowd, Craig Keener, Erland Waltner, Douglas Harink

Sermon by Aaron Carlson

For more information or to support this podcast visit www.netartsfriends.org

(06/14/26)

1 Peter 1:1-2

Have you ever felt like a stranger in your own life? Like you are missing a time you can't get back to, a community you can no longer reach, or a version of yourself you've lost? Have you ever needed someone who knows your story and still chooses you? Have you ever needed someone to believe in your process and progress? Have you ever needed someone to include you in their story?

Then this one's for you!

Credits and Sources:

John H. Elliott, Mary Oliver, Scot McKnight, John Walton, Victor Matthews, Mark Chavalas, Peter Enns, Mark Wilson, Moises Silva, Dennis Edwards, Craig Keener, Karen Jobes, Pheme Perkins, Douglas Harink, David Bartlett, Peter Davids, Erland Waltner, Sharyn Dowd.

Sermon by Aaron Carlson

For more information or to support this podcast visit www.netartsfriends.org

(06/06/26)

Luke 24:1-49

Have you ever wished you could have amazing spiritual experiences like other people say they have?

Have you ever tried to recreate the spiritual experience that someone said they had?

Have you ever given up on having an amazing spiritual experience?

This episode deals with these angles of chasing and plodding in our spiritual journey.

Credits & Sources:

Mary DeMuth, Alan Culpepper, Tim Geddert, Justo Gonzalez, Tim Chester, Robert Karris, Andrew Root, Kara Root, David Garland, Augustine, Thomas Oden, David Garland, Moises Silva, N.T. Wright.

Sermon by Aaron Carlson

For more information or to support this podcast visit www.netartsfriends.org

(05/17/26)

Luke 23:50-54

This episode explores the experience of Joseph of Arimathea (the man who buried Jesus). We are all mixed bags. You may be surprised how much you relate to good old "Joe".

Credits and Sources:

Amy Jill-Levine, Christian Miller, Raymond Brown, David Garland, Tim Geddert, Justo Gonzalez, Bruce Malina, Richard Rohrbaugh, Alan Culpepper, Joel Green, Craig Keener. G.H. Twelftree, D.W. Chapman, Josiah Haken.

Music by Tyler Chester and Michael Gungor

Sermon by Aaron Carlson

For more information or to support this podcast visit www.netartsfriends.org

(05/09/26)

Luke 23:32-43

This one is a guided meditation, a prayer exercise that perhaps may open up doors of forgiveness that can be difficult to open, and to keep open.

Credits & Sources:

Lee Camp, Debie Thomas, Joel Green, Adele Ahlberg Calhoun, Alan Culpepper, Brad Jersak, Brian Zahnd, Miroslav Volf, Savannah Locke.

Music by Tyler Chester and Michael Gungor

Sermon by Aaron Carlson

For more information or to support this podcast visit www.netartsfriends.org

(05/02/26)

Luke 23:26-31

This episode explores the stumbling way of Jesus from his trial before the governor Pilate, to the place of The Skull, where he was crucified. It explores the way of the cross.

Credits & Sources:

Henri Nouwen, Craig Keener, Josephus, J. Dennis, Mark Baker, Brian Zahnd, N.T. Wright, Alan Culpepper, David Garland, Justo Gonzalez, Oscar Romero.

For more information or to support this podcast visit www.netartsfriends.org

(04/18/26)

Luke 22:54;63-23:25

You may not have spent much time in a courtroom, but you probably know the feeling of being on trial: accused, judged, misrepresented, misunderstood, threatened, pinned down, ganged up on, demeaned, alone, unwanted, scapegoated, experiencing injustice.

This episode is about the pathway Jesus opens to navigate these situations from a different place.

Credits:

P. Gregg Blanton, Marsha Linehan, Steve Cuss, Benjamin Foreman, David Garland, Alan Culpepper, Tim Geddert, Justo Gonzalez, Bruce Malina, Richard Rohrbaugh, Moises Silva, Craig Keener, Fred Craddock, Joel Green, N.T. Wright, Brian Zahnd.

For more information or to support this podcast visit www.netartsfriends.org

(04/18/26)

This one is not a sermon or a talk. It is a guided meditation.

More can happen through holy Silence and Centering prayer than may ever happen through words.

Enjoy!

This one closes with a benediction.

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(03/29/26)