Kindred Church Podcast

Sometimes life can be very painful. And when we’re hurting, it’s natural to wonder, “God, where are you? And what are you doing?” So in today’s sermon, we’ll explore one part of the Christmas story that we tend to overlook, and we’ll discover its powerful good news for anyone who’s hurting. Join us as we continue our series, “Unlikely Advent.” Scripture Reading: Matthew 2:13-18 Share: Know someone...

The season of Advent is a time of hope. But when we’ve been through a long season of disappointment, hope can be hard to sustain. In today’s sermon we’ll learn from a biblical couple who discovered that God’s timing may be different from ours, but that we never need to despair. Join us as we begin our new series, “Unlikely Advent.” Scripture Reading: Luke 1:5-25 Share: Know someone who needs this...

You are powerful!! In fact, you likely don’t even realize just how powerful you are. In today’s sermon, we’ll explore one of our amazing abilities that we often overlook and frequently misuse, and we’ll learn how we can use it to do extraordinary good. Join us as we wrap up our sermon series on the New Testament book of James.  Scripture Reading: James 3:3-12 Share: Know someone who needs this mes...

What is God’s deepest desire for you? Many of us were taught that God’s deepest desire is that we would have faith in God. But what if God has an even deeper desire? In today’s sermon we’ll explore what God wants even more than our faith, how we can attain it, and why it matters so much in our everyday lives. Join us as we continue our series on the New Testament book of James.  Scripture Reading:...

When you look in the mirror, what do you see? What story do you tell yourself about yourself? Could it be that you’re telling the wrong story? In today’s sermon, we’ll cut through the false narratives and consider the life-giving, life-changing story that God invites us into. Join us as we begin our series on the New Testament book of James.  Scripture Reading: James 1:1, 19-25 Share: Know someone...

A heartbreaking-but-universal part of the human experience is to lose someone we love. The people we love shape our identities and make us who we are. So when we lose them, it can feel like we’re losing part of our very selves. In today’s sermon, we’ll consider the experience of loss through the lens of faith in a God who refuses to let death unravel us. If you have ever experienced a painful loss...

If you’re paying attention, it’s hard not to be worried about the state of the world right now. And with a high-stakes election just days away, it’s easy to feel like the whole future of the world hangs in the balance. How could we not be stressed about that?! But as followers of Jesus, we have access to a sense of confident peace that endures through anything this crazy world throws our way. So i...

In the current political climate, many people on all sides are narrowly focused on winning. But as followers of Jesus, we believe that the ultimate victory has already been won. So what exactly is the victory that has been won by Jesus? And how should it shape the way we engage in politics? Those are the questions we’ll explore in today’s sermon. Join us as we continue our series on the intersecti...

Christians across the political spectrum are often keen to assert that their faith informs their stances. Unfortunately, few Christians seem to consider how their faith should inform the way they advocate those stances. So in today’s sermon we’ll explore how the way of Jesus should inform the way we engage in politics and why that’s vitally important. Join us as we continue our series on the inter...

In case you haven’t heard, there’s an election coming up. Some of us are super passionate about it…and others of us are super not. Some of us feel deeply invested…others of us just feel cynical. But as followers of Jesus, it’s important to ask the question, What does our faith have to say about all of this? Is political engagement part of our calling? Whether you love politics, hate politics, or a...

Is there anything we want more than control? We think that if we could just get things under control, all our problems would be solved and we would finally be satisfied with our lives. But what if the control we long for isn’t even possible? What if it’s actually a good thing that so much of our life is out of our control? What if we can get what our heart most deeply desires without being in cont...

Our culture teaches us that sex has the power to satisfy the deepest longings of our hearts. But while sex can be good (!), it cannot ultimately give us what our hearts most deeply crave. And when we put too much hope in sex, we find constant disappointment and we leave a trail of destruction in our wake. So in today’s sermon, we’ll talk about why sex is good, when sex becomes bad, and how to do s...

Money is a major source of anxiety for nearly all of us. And our typical ways of dealing with our financial stress often just make our anxiety worse. So in today’s sermon, we’ll explore: what’s really driving our financial anxiety, why our typical solutions don’t work, and what we can do to overcome our stress about money. Join us as we continue our series, “Counterfeit Gods.” Get today’s sermon n...

In today’s sermon we’re talking about our biggest problem in life, what’s really causing it, why most of our solutions never work…and most importantly, what we can do about it. Join us as we kick off our new series, “Counterfeit Gods.” Scripture Reading: Exodus 20:1-4 Share: Know someone who needs this message right now? Send them the link! Connect: https://rb.gy/0gguyc Give: https://pushpay.com/g...

Jesus tells us that in order to discover his Kingdom, we must humble ourselves like little children. So what does it mean for us to have “child-like faith”? And how can we develop a “child-like” faith that doesn’t become a “child-ish” faith? These are some of the questions we’ll consider in today’s sermon. Scripture Reading: Matthew 18:1-8 Share: Know someone who needs this message right now? Send...

For many of us, late August is a time of transitions, which can cause us lots of stress. And God knows we’re not at our best when we’re overwhelmed with stress! So in today’s sermon, we’ll consider some practical ways that our faith can help us overcome our anxieties. That way, we can each stay confident and focused on our God-given mission in the season ahead! Join us as we wrap up our series, “R...

A brief word from Pastor Daniel about bringing people to Jesus and an honest interview with a Kindred member about the challenges and joys of inviting people to church. Scripture Reading: Mark 2:1-12 Share: Know someone who needs this message right now? Send them the link! Connect: https://rb.gy/0gguyc Give: https://pushpay.com/g/kindredumc Prayer: https://rb.gy/xwmuok Newsletter: https://mailchi....

Despite our best intentions, we often struggle to implement lasting changes in our lives. Whether we want to get more organized, exercise more, or spend more time on things we enjoy, our attempts to change have a frustrating tendency to fall short. The same is sometimes true in our relationship with God: we want to pray more, worship more, trust more, or learn more. And yet, we struggle to follow...

August tends to be a month full of transitions and new beginnings. Even as we savor the dwindling days of summer, we also start preparing for fall. Because, for most of us–in one way or another, fall brings new schedules, new routines, new challenges, and new opportunities. So this month at Kindred, we’ll consider what our Christian faith can teach us about “new beginnings” in life (spoiler alert:...

The good news of Jesus is certainly a source of abundant joy. But in our desire to emphasize the joy of our faith, we Christians sometimes neglect the important role of lament in our relationship with God. The result is a kind of “toxic positivity,” where real suffering is unintentionally minimized and inauthenticity is inadvertently encouraged. So in today’s sermon, we’ll consider the vital pract...

It's easy to fixate on the things about ourselves that we don't like, or that we wish were different, or that make us feel insecure. But those fixations can blind us to a powerful and important truth: God created each of us--not to be someone else, but to be ourselves, in all of our unique and God-given particularity. In today's sermon, we'll explore the divine gift of our particularity. And we'll...

At Kindred, we believe that faith, like life, is a journey. And throughout our journey of life, our faith may ebb and flow, decrease and increase, contract and expand. And yet, while our faith may be ever-changing, one truth remains constant. In today’s sermon, we’ll explore the gift of Baptism and we’ll consider the unchanging truth that, no matter what, we belong to God. Join us as we begin a su...

With all the massive problems in the world today, it’s easy to get overwhelmed and to think that we can’t make much of a difference. How can we keep working for God’s kingdom on earth as it is in heaven when we feel powerless to bring about real change? In today’s sermon, we’ll explore the good news that we have a Helper who empowers our work and multiplies our impact so that we truly can make a d...

None of us like being told that we need to change. And God knows we don’t like it. But God tells us anyway. In today’s sermon, we’ll discover why an unconditionally-loving God would confront us with a call to change, and then we’ll see how God helps us make the changes we need to make. Join us as we continue our series, ‘Unbridled.’ Scripture Reading: Acts 9:10-20 Share: Know someone who needs thi...

God never promises us that we won’t face serious adversity in life. In fact, Jesus tells us that we should actually expect adversity. But the good news is that God knows we need help preserving through the challenges and trials of life. And in today’s sermon, we’ll explore one powerful way that God gives us the help we need. Join us as we continue our series, ‘Unbridled.’  Scripture Reading: Acts...