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

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(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)

Luke 22:31-62 This episode explores how Jesus looks at us before and on the days that absolutely everything is falling apart.... even though we are doing our best....

Trying so hard.

Meaning well.

Wanting to get it all right.

Credits & Sources:

Bruce Malina, Richard Rohrbaugh, Stephanie Rigg, Casey Gwinn, Chan Hellman, Justo Gonzalez, Alan Culpepper, Moises Silva, Eugene Peterson, Joel Green, David Garland, Tim Geddert, Jonathan Martin, Craig Keener, Dan Kent, Greg Boyd.

Sermon by Aaron Carlson.

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

(03/22/26)

Luke 22:20-27; 9:46-48

Does this sound familiar?

You start thinking about yourself, who you are, your attributes, and your performance.

And in almost no time flat you are comparing yourself to someone else. You are using someone else as a measuring stick to evaluate yourself.

Does this sound familiar? This episode explores the different way of relating to greatness that Jesus offers in order to free us from the comparison trap.

Credits and Sources:

Dan Vander Plaats, Rita Halteman Finger, George McClain, Leon Festinger, Kendra Cherry, Don Riso, Russ Hudson, David DeSilva, Ben Witherington, David Garland, Joel Green, Alan Culpepper, Craig Keener.

Sermon by Aaron Carlson.

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

(03/15/26)