1 Peter 1:14-23

So much of who we are is a product of our ancestors and the family we grew up in. We are a product of the narratives and scripts that were handed down by the generations that came before us. We have been handed some really good stuff by our ancestors....and we have also been handed some patterns, narratives, and scripts that are deeply lacking. This episode explores what Jesus has to say to us here.

Credits & Sources:

Dennis Edwards, Steve Cuss, Lee Warren, Murray Bowen, Douglas Harink, David Bartlett, Craig Keener, Scot McKnight, Peter Scazzero, Roberta Gilbert, Don Riso, Russ Hudson, John Elliott, Karen Jobes, Peter Davids, Edwin Friedman, Moises Silva, Brian Ross, Ilene Strauss Cohen, Jessica Koehler, Pheme Perkins.

Sermon by Aaron Carlson

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

(07/12/26)

1 Peter 1: 6-13

This episode explores the ways in which we humans are limited in our capacity to grasp the grace of God, and the grace that God in Christ continues to reveal.

Credits & Sources:

Karen Jobes, John H. Elliott, Dennis Edwards, Craig Keener, Pheme Perkins, Douglas Harink, David Bartlett, Scot McKnight, Peter Davids, Erland Waltner, Lee Camp, Moises Silva, N.T. Wright.

Sermon by Aaron Carlson

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

(07/05/26)

1 Peter 1:3-9

When life turns up the heat on you, what can you do? You want to turn down the heat. You want to manage the heat. You want to escape the heat. The much more difficult task is to get curious about the heat. What is the heat revealing about you?

Credits & Sources:

Marsha Linehan, Bessel van der Kolk, Karen Jobes, David Williams, Eldon Fry, John H. Elliott, Dennis Edwards, Craig Keener, Pheme Perkins, Douglas Harink, David Bartlett, Scot McKnight, Peter Davids, Erland Waltner, Lee Camp, Tish Harrison Warren, Helmuth Pehlke, Ken Shigematsu, Thomas Oden, Athanasias, P. Gregg Blanton, Moises Silva.

Sermon by Aaron Carlson

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

(06/28/26)

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)