Luke 16:1-15

Figuring out your relationship to money, wealth, stuff, and things can be tricky. It's complicated!!! This episode explores some stories Jesus tells as a way of possibly helping you discern your own heart and desires related to income, money, wealth, stuff, and things.

Credits and Sources:

Ryan Shellenberg, Ched Meyers, Paul Trudinger, William R. Herzog II, Justo Gonazlez, Alan Culpepper, Tim Geddert, David Garland, Craig Keener, Kenneth Bailey, Bruce Malina, Richard Rohrbaugh, Donald Kraybill.

Sermon by Aaron Carlson

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

(09/13/25)

Luke 14:25-35

This episode tells Melvin's story. The story of a man who didn't know himself, who didn't know what he wanted, a man who's like was constantly zigging and zagging to chase approval and avoid threats.

Credits and Sources:

Roberta M Gilbert, R. Robert Creech, Steve Cuss, Robert Cialdini, Rodney Stark, Tim Geddert, Moises Silva, Bruce Malina, Richard Rohrbaugh, David Garland, Mark Baker, Edwin Friedman, Craig Keener, Alan Culpepper, Justo Gonzalez.

Sermon by Aaron Carlson

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

(08/31/25)

Luke 14:12-24

What do you do when you've invested yourself in a relationship. They signal that they'll be there for you, that you can count on them, they are on board with your project.

And then.....

Just when it counts the most, they are a NO SHOW. They give you a lame excuse. They prove that you are not as important to them as they acted like you were.

What then???

What do you do with your wounded love?

Credits & Sources:

Simon Carey Holt, Dan White Jr., Tim Chester, Robert J. Karris, Justo Gonzalez, Alan Culpepper, Tim Geddert, David Garland, Kenneth Bailey, Bruce Malina, Richard Rohrbaugh, Luise Schottroff, N.T. Wright, Craig Keener, Moises Silva.

Sermon by Aaron Carlson

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

(08/23/25)

Luke 14:1-6

This episode invites you to consider the parts of who you are that don't need quick fixes or simple solutions. They don't need a quick pat on the back. They presence that isn't going away. A knowledge that you aren't alone in this. You need held.

There are parts of who you are that have given everything they can give, but you can't overcome it. You need healed.

There are parts of who are that feel imprisoned by scripts and narratives that feel impossible to live up to. You need released.

Credits & Sources:

Alan Culpepper, Tim Geddert, David Garland, Brad Harper, Drew Harper, Steve Cuss, Don Riso, Russ Hudson, John DelHousaye.

Sermon by Aaron Carlson

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

(08/03/25)

Matthew 7:12-14; Luke 13:22-35

This episode explores the ways that the Golden Rule (treat others the way you want to be treated) is quite possibly one of the most difficult things to actually live, even though we talk about it as if it were super basic and easy. It looks at how Jesus speaks into this experience.

Credits & Sources:

Tim Geddert, David Garland, Brad Jersak, N.T. Wright, Brian Zahnd, Justo Gonzalez.

Sermon by Aaron Carlson

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

(07/27/25)

Luke 13:18-21

Is there anything more going on in this universe than meaningless particles and atoms just bouncing into once another and colliding, hurtling through space? If the rule and reign of God is actually A THING in this universe, how do you know it? What is the experience like when God becomes REAL to you? To what can we compare it? This episode wrestles with a parable that Jesus told, and how that story connects with our everyday experience.

Credits & Sources:

Parker Palmer, Brian McLaren, Pliny the Elder, David Garland, Alan Culpepper, Justo Gonzalez, Joel Green, Tim Geddert, Fred Craddock, Carol Newsom, Sharon Ringe, Frederich Dale Bruner, Luise Schottroff, Stephen Wright, David Wenham, Craig Keener, N.T. Wright, Bruce Malina, Richard Rohrbaugh, Rich Villodas, Richard Longnecker, Brad Jersak.

Sermon by Aaron Carlson

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

(07/19/25)

Luke 13:10-17

The tricky thing about your wounded and protective parts is that sometimes you don't even know which is which, or where the pain is coming from? All you know is that things are not exactly "working". This episode explores the way that Jesus engages your wounded and protective parts.

Credits & Sources:

Joel Green, Richard Lowery, Benjamin Foreman, Kenneth Bailey, Justo Gonzalez, Greg Boyd, Alan Culpepper, David Garland, Bruce Malina, Richard Rohrbaugh, Richard Hays.

Sermon by Aaron Carlson

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

(07/13/25)

Luke 12:54-13:9

Our brains are incredible at recognizing patterns, reading signs, and interpreting events. Our brains figure out shortcuts. It's what makes us incredible!!! It's how we master skills. And it makes us vulnerable. In between every person and event you encounter, and whatever you say or do next, your brain is interpreting....and none of us interpret everything correctly.

What does Jesus have to say about this???

Credits & Sources:

Robert B. Cialdini, Tim Geddert, Eugene Peterson, Craig Keener, Bruce Malina, Richard Rohrbaugh, Kenneth Bailey, Alred Edersheim, Robert Capon, David Wenham, Richard Longenecker, Allan W. Martens, Luise Schottroff, Stephen Wright, Greg Boyd, R. Alan Culpepper, David Garland, Edmund Burke, Josephus, Marsha Linehan, Josephus, Philo, Tertullian.

Sermon by Aaron Carlson

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

(07/05/25)