Hope Springs Eternal

We explore Joy as a much more complicated concept than one would initially perceive. We discuss how Joy is different from happiness and how Joy is inter-related to other themes of this Advent Season. We discuss God as the source of true Joy, but also discuss some unusual places where we experience Joy in life.

The Bible talks about peace as a gift from Christ. What does it look like to live in that gift? How do we share that gift with the people around us, and the world? Join us this week on the Hope Springs Eternal Podcast.

As we take a four-week journey through Advent, the beginning of the Christian Year and the four weeks leading up to Christmas, we start with an exploration of Hope in the Christian Tradition. Hope has elements of the immediate and the ultimate expectations of the Christian Faith. We discuss these and other aspects of hope in our faith and our lives.

Today's episode explores the Wesleyan Way of Salvation as a process of salvation. We discuss the personal and communal nature of God's salvation and share our experiences of God's grace and movement of salvation in and through our lives.

This episode focuses on Grace as God's Unmerited Favor. We discuss the various ways God's Grace is at work throughout our lives with emphasis on God's Prevenient Grace. We explore the difference between Cheap Grace and Responsible Grace. We also discuss how Acts of Piety and Works of Mercy are Means of Grace.

Today's episode focuses on the brokenness of relationship between God and humankind through sin. What causes us to reject God's will? Why is sin so prevalent in our world? What can we do to right our paths and restore our relationship with God and one another.

Today's episode focuses on the goodness of humanity as understood through the image of God in creation and the sacred worth each of us carries. We share stories of otherwise ordinary people who have shown us this goodness in powerful lives of faithfulness. We also discuss how we grow in God's grace into this goodness of God's intention for our lives.

Pastors Ricky and Kaiti discuss covenant making, ducking under theology and experiencing the richness of taking in the life of God.

Today's episode focuses on God's involvement in the lives of individuals and in the course of world events. We discuss how God is involved, but also allows for human freedom and an openness of how God moves us toward an ultimate desire for creation.

In today's episode the attributes of God and the nature of God's call are discussed. Perspectives of God that ring false are also discussed. The participants talk about Biblical call stories and their own personal experiences of God's call.

Jay and Ricky are joined by Kaiti Lammert (another FUMC pastor) to discuss God as Creator and God's Creation. They discuss a variety of aspects of Creation from the relationship between Science and Faith to Ecology and Human Stewardship of God's Creation. They also explore how God is revealed through nature and the Faith's understanding of Creation as both ordered and relational, as well as the on...

In this episode we discuss how we understand the authority of Scripture and how United Methodists interpret Scripture through the lens of Jesus Christ. We also talk about how tradition, experience, and reason inform our understanding of Scripture.

Episode 2 finds Jay and Ricky discussing their personal stories of how they each have come to know God, as well as how United Methodists deepen their receipt of the self-revelation of God through the life, death, and resurrection Jesus Christ and Holy Scripture. They additionally discuss the importance of the Christian Tradition, the experience of the Holy Spirit, and the rational exploration of f...

Join us for episode 1 of Hope Springs Eternal a podcast exploring the United Methodist approach to life's challenges through responsible grace. Hosted by Jay Jackson and Ricky Ricks.