Cascade Church Portland

On this Sunday Kurt Kroon shared about how Jesus negotiates the sacredness of who each person is and the potential of who we can become. This comes with a look at Luke 13:11-17 and the healing of a woman in the synagogue on the sabbath. 

Shelby Hanson leads us in a new message series that can give us fresh eyes on the parable structure and make unfamiliar what we've made familiar.  

On Sunday January 29th Kurt Kroon talked about different lenses for viewing the Scriptures and how taking experiences from non-dominant folks and interpreting them through a dominant worldview can fundamentally change the message. 

Chelsea Gerlach shares a message about the planet, our relationship with it and how we hear the voice of God to move towards the healing of the land and ourselves.

Kurt Kroon takes a look at comparisons between the story of Jesus birth and the origin stories of Horus, Romulus and Remus, Alexander the Great, and Augustus Caesar. We 'll see what the similarities and differences tell us. 

Sarah Swartzendruber talks through the role of grief in Mary's song both as a look forward to the life of Jesus and a reflection after the death of Jesus. 

Kurt Kroon talks through Luke 1:46-55 and the impact of Power Dynamics.

Kurt Kroon talks about how our interpretation of Ephesians 6:10-17 is impacted by living in the world's largest military country and how that compares to the military factors in Paul's day. 

Harriet Congdon discusses the history and harm created by Ephesians 5:21-6:9, while suggesting various lenses for liberative interpretation. 

Kurt Kroon talks through sexuality, language and greed and the ways those topics can be shared for shame/oppression or freedom/liberation. 

Kurt Kroon talks through the Paul's problematic "othering" language and how we can call one another forward to growth and liberation. 

Leroy Barber, Sarah Swartzendruber and Kurt Kroon discuss the inherent problems with Christian calls for unity in a post-election climate. 

Insil Kang closes our Acts series with an intersectional look at Paul and how that informs the good news of Jesus. 

A message from Pastor Sarah Swartzendruber on Acts 19 and the way money and the church interact. 

A message from Michelle Lang Raymond on Acts 17. 

A message from Leroy Barber on Lydia's table and the foundations of the church from Acts 16.

Jason Fileta is with us to talk about Acts 13 and how people seeking after God can be led astray by letting their fear grab after power. 

Pastor Sunia Gibbs shares with us a look at Acts 10 and what we can learn about human tendency to call assimilation inclusion and its consequences. 

This week we take a look at Acts 3 and how history can connect us to ourselves and those around us. 

We take a look at Acts 2 and how American individualism shapes our view of church community. 

Here's an introduction to the book of Acts and why we're taking a look at it in this particular moment in history. 

Kurt has a chat with Mike McHargue about how Spiral Dynamics functions in our world today. 

This week we take the Spiral Dynamics model and look at what healthy and unhealthy relationships to all of the stages can look like.