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

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(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.

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(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)

"I thought I could trust you. I was counting on you. Relying on you.....and then....I couldn't. It really hurt."

Betrayals come in all shapes and sizes. Some are small. Some are massive. Some are intentional. Some are unintentional.

Friend drama, workplace drama, family drama, marriage/romantic partner drama, business drama, and neighborhood drama.

This episode explores how Jesus treats betrayers.

Credits & Sources:

Christian Miller, Brian Zahnd, George MacDonald, Moises Silva, Fred Craddock, David Garland, Alan Culpepper, Tim Geddert, Shirley Glass, Joel Green, N.T. Wright, James Alison.

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

(03/08/26)

Luke 21:5-38

Under stress some of us over-function, some of us under-function. It doesn't work to tell us to, "Stop it." We need something that releases us from the stress and strain.

This episode looks at what Jesus does it release us from the inevitability of keeping on over-functioning or under-functioning.

Credits and Sources:

Murray Bowen, Michael E. Kerr, Roberta M. Gilbert, Edwin H. Friedman, Steve Cuss, Craig Keener, Justo Gonzalez, Alan Culpepper, Joel Green, David Burns, Bruce Malina, Richard Rohrbaugh, David Garland, Tim Geddert.

Sermon by Aaron Carlson

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

(03/01/26)