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What’s the Issue Anyway? Mental exhaustion is a response to THINKING overload. Emotional exhaustion is a response to FEELING overload. Mental and Emotional exhaustion are RELATED. Our spiritual traditions often unintentionally SHAME us in our fatigue. Continual emotional and mental exhaustion leads to BURNOUT. SUCCESS is often the sacred object. What Wisdom does Jesus offer us? Matthew 11:28 Jesus...

Quick Review Anchor Verse: The Devil, the ultimate ____________, has always hated the truth because the truth brings freedom from his control. So, deception and destruction just come naturally, it’s his character. All lies flow from him like water from a fountain. John 8:44 (Ryan’s Paraphrase) Week 01: Margin ____________ the con and reduces the _________ of overload. Week 02: Creating and maintai...

Quick Review Anchor Verse: The Devil, the ultimate CON-MAN, has always hated the truth because the truth brings freedom from his control. So, deception and destruction just come naturally; it’s the Devil’s character. All lies flow from the Devil like water from a fountain. John 8:44 (Ryan’s Paraphrase) Week 01: Margin EXPOSES the con and reduces the RISK of overload.  Week 02: Creating and maintai...

What’s the Issue Anyway? Have you ever felt the discomfort of DISCONTENTMENT? We believe that something out THERE can make me whole in HERE. This longing for wholeness or completeness is the experience of LACK. The thing we think will deliver us from lack becomes a type of SACRED OBJECT. Something often stands in the way of the sacred object: PROHIBITION. How can I be FREE from the excessive drive...

What’s the Issue Anyway? FOMO is a real thing! Progress is the great ILLUSIONIST of our day. Most of progress has dealt with the PHYSICAL or COGNITIVE world. Most of our pain is in the SPIRITUAL (Social/Emotional) world. The greatest con on earth is that with progress our limits DISAPPEAR. When we live without limits, we experience the pain of STRESS and OVERLOAD. Something inside us BREAKS. RELAT...

It's time to going groups & today's podcast begins with the audio from a video we have explaining groups. Think about joining a group. Online or in person. Below are this week's talk notes filled in so that you can access it late. Ryan teaches on Crossroads 2023 - week 2. If you missed last week's check out the previous podcast, week 1! Have a great week! _____________________________________...

What’s the Issue Anyway? Moralistic religion creates an unhealthy _____________ in our lives. What Wisdom does Matthew 9:35-38 offer us as it relates to our work? Illness and Disease made you an ________________ to the synagogue. (35) Jesus’ heart was marked by ___________________ for the outsider. (36) Jesus knew the _____________ would always outweigh the _____________. (37-38) Don’t Miss This!...

Hello and welcome to the Crossroads podcast! I encourage you to go watch this past week's service, because it was a whole church, family experience. You'll find the link HERE . We loved having the kids and students helping lead and then we wrapped up our time together with communion. In today's podcast we're including a recap of our friend Steve talking through our different campfire stories and t...

What’s the Issue Anyway? Do we have a history with DUPLICITOUS actions? Do we act in a way opposite of the CULTURAL EXPECTATION? We can easily feel DEFLATED when our intentions are questioned. Questioning our intentions exposes our RESILIENCY. What Wisdom does David and Goliath in I Samuel 17 offer us? Legend has it David was not a stranger to the CONTEMPT of his brothers. Jesse sends David to che...

Welcome to the Crossroads Church podcast! You can find more information and many resources at our Gather page. We encourage you to connect! Head over there when you're ready to fill out the connect card, find more information on how to be involved, ways to give and to see what's going on in the Feed , our e-newsletter. You also will find the message notes below.....Have a great week! What’s the Is...

Campfire Stories | Week #05 || Origin Stories | July 31st What’s the Issue Anyway? We all love a good ORIGIN story. Our origin stories tend to fall into one of THREE categories. Origin stories form personal and cultural IDENTITY. Cultural origin stories easily become THE story instead of OUR story. What Wisdom does the Exodus Origin story offer us? The Jewish origin story begins with Imperial OPPR...

Welcome to the Crossroads Church podcast! You can find more information and many resources at our Gather page. We encourage you to connect! Head over there when you're ready to fill out the connect card, find more information on how to be involved, ways to give and to see what's going on in the Feed , our e-newsletter. You also will find the message notes below.....Have a great week! What’s the Is...

Campire Stories 2022 | Week #03 A storm, a fish and a tree walk into a bar... | July 17th What’s the Issue Anyway? We often define ourselves through group DIFFERENCES. Ignorance, Fear and Anger over our differences leads to OTHERING. Othering dehumanizes, rationalizes inequality, justifies hatred and tramples the IMAGO DEI. What Wisdom does the story of Jonah offer us? Jonah refuses the assignment...

You can find more information and many resources at our Gather page. We encourage you to connect! Head over there when you're ready to fill out the connect card, find more information on how to be involved, ways to give and to see what's going on in the Feed , our e-newsletter. You also will find the message notes below.....Have a great week! Jessica

Welcome to the Crossroads Church podcast! I hope you had a great 4th of July! You can find more information and many resources at our Gather page. We encourage you to connect! Head over there when you're ready to fill out the connect card, find more information on how to be involved, ways to give and to see what's going on in the Feed , our e-newsletter. You also will find the message notes below....

Welcome to the Crossroads Church podcast! You can find more informations and many resources at our Gather page. We encourage you to connect! Head over there when you're ready to fill out the connect card, find more information on how to be involved, ways to give and to see what's going on in the Feed , our enewsletter. You also will find the message notes below.....Have a great week! Courageous Ge...

Courageous Generosity | Week #01 Was Jesus #Blessed? | June 19th What’s the Issue Anyway? We often think of the __________ in our lives. We rarely think of the __________ in our lives. Jesus didn’t seem to equate __________ blessing with getting good things. What Wisdom does Scripture offer us? Jesus and his people suffered under the weight of __________. Jesus knew possessions can too easily beco...

Guest speaker Carlos Rodriguez from the Happy Givers NPO (Puerto Rico) closes out the teaching series Keeping Hope Alive.

Welcome! For more information, the connect card and ways to give, visit our Gather page. Talk Notes: What’s the Issue Anyway? We neglect the care of our souls because we are too DISTRACTED. We neglect the care of our souls because we are too BUSY. We neglect the care of our souls because we lack DISCIPLINE. If we neglect the care of our souls we neglect our CAPACITY to love. What Wisdom does Scrip...

Welcome to Crossroads! We are so excited to spend some time with you on the podcast today. Just because you are joining in here, doesn't mean you aren't family! Let us know if you need anything at all! You can find resources at crossroadscolorado.com/gather. Have a great week! Jessica

Welcome to the podcast! Visit our Gather page for links to many digital resources. Here's the link . Have a great week! Jessica ______________________ Here are the message notes filled in for future reference! Keeping Hope Alive | Week #04 Keep Your Distance | May 8th What’s the Issue Anyway? When someone is HURTING, we tend to keep a safe distance. When we can’t understand WHY or HOW, we tend to...

Welcome to the podcast! Visit our Gather page for links to many digital resources. Here's the link . Have a great week! Jessica ______________________ Here are the message notes filled in for future reference! What’s the Issue Anyway? We all can get ___________________. Certainty is the friend of _______________ and the enemy of ____________. What Wisdom does Peter’s Story offer us? Peter’s life i...

Welcome to the podcast! Visit our Gather page for links to many digital resources. Here's the link . Have a great week! Jessica

Welcome to the podcast! Visit our Gather page for links to many digital resources. Here's the link . Have a great week! Jessica

Living in christ | Week #06 You’re so Judgy | April 10th Consequently, you too must think of yourselves as being dead to sin and living for God in Christ Jesus. Romans 6:11 Be sure to visit the gather page for links to thinks like the message notes, the Feed e-newsletter, ways to give and the connect card! We also hope you'll join us in person or online for Good Friday and Easter. Have a great wee...