Narrate Church

This week Adam explores the Feast of Theophany. Did you know that it's been the second most celebrated holiday through much of Christian history?  What does the Trinity tell us about God? What does the Trinity tell us about what it means to be human? How does the Trinity speak to our struggles with the tension between unity and diversity? How does the Trinity speak to the human need for healt...

Psalm 24 Romans 1v1-7 In the 4th Sunday of Advent, Adam asks some tough questions.  What’s something you signed up for but had no idea how hard it would be? What if this is how following Jesus tends to be?  What is the next right thing God is calling you to do? 

Isaiah 35:1-10 Matthew 11:2-11 How would you rate your ability to weather disappointment? This week Adam looks at this section on John the Baptist and how it might relate. 

In the second week of Advent, Adam continues exploring waiting...with HOPE!  Waiting for Christmas Waiting for Jesus' second coming Waiting with God A probing question: What’s the stuff God has been talking to you about?

Isaiah 2:1-5; Psalm 122; Romans 13:11-14; Matthew 24:36-44 In the first week of the Advent series, Adam asks the question "What if being a healthy human means learning to wait?" Or to expand it further, "What if to being a faithful Christian means learning the difficult, tedious, exhausting, yet vital discipline of waiting for God and waiting with God?"

This week, Lacey introduced the Narrate community to Compassion International. Listen in as she talks about the children in Ethiopia and how we can be a part in helping them.

1 Corinthians 11v17 - 12v31 To what extent, if any, is community part of your strategy for a strong mental game? Listen in as Adam unpacks ideas around how community go along with being human. What does it look like to have life be something that we grow in together? 

This week, Adam begins with the question  - To what extent, if any, is prayer a productive activity? Listen in as he shares some of his own journey and asks some great questions.

Luke 10v25-28 Philippians 4v4-9 In looking at how we might give effective boundaries to our use of technology - particularly our use of screens and the internet, Adam walks through 4 questions: 1. What if the Christian life is profoundly preoccupied with the life of the mind? 2. What if, above all else, we are stewards of energy? 3. How do we follow the God of the Sabbath? 4. How do we rest, or Sa...

Proverbs 13v1-8, 13-18 This week, Adam interviews local therapist Matt Wenzel and they discuss how following Jesus and paying attention to how the brain works can be beneficial. 

Genesis 1 What if a strong mental game requires maturing in your ability to discern when you have power and when you don’t? What does it look like to have a healthy relationship with control? 

Matthew 6v19-34 What words would you use to describe worry? What if worry tends to reflect a focus that’s too small? What if for the follower of Jesus, worrying lacks integrity? Listen in as Adam explores these ideas and more. 

2 Timothy 1v1-10 How would you rate your mental toughness? What if the Spirit who empowered Abram and Sarai, Moses, Esther, David, etc...is in all followers of Jesus?

Daniel 1 Listen in on the panel discussion with Dr. Brandon Bilyeu and Travis Myers, LCPC on how nutrition, exercise, and sleep can impact mental health.

2 Corinthians 4v16 - 5v10 Listen in as Adam discusses courage on week 2 of series - Your Mental Game.

Romans 12 This week we begin a new series:Your Mental Game - Back to the Basics and Adam dives right into the importance of our thoughts.  What if thinking well takes all of you? What if it also could mean focusing on others? 

This week, Adam invites some challenging questions starting with - In the last couple years, how has your need for or  interest in doing faith in community changed?  Questions for reflection: How will you give boundaries to technology in general and screens and social media in particular? To what extent, if any, will you give place and priority to face-to-face relationships and their myriad inconv...

The Gospel According to Matthew read by Nathan, Ashley, Steve, Anna, Roxanne, Nick, Shari, Troy, Abbie, Derek, Jill, Bob, Alex, JoLin, Karen, Bill, Alex, Tiffany, Jenn, Andy, Darrel, Justine, Linnea, Carol, Karin, Tiffany, Donnie, David, Jheri, Chris, Elsie, Amy, Christian,  Susie, Jeff, Dave, Sheila, Leslee, Tristan, Sean, Angie, Travis, Connie, Mark, Coty, Roy, Matt,  Rex, Bob,  Anna, Mike, Bria...

Matthew 28v16-20 This week Adam looks at some ideas behind becoming a disciple by using bonsai trees as a guide.   What is the role of time in a plant becoming a bonsai? What is the role of time in a person becoming a disciple? What is the role of obedience in a plant becoming a bonsai? What's the role of obedience in a person becoming a disciple? This all leads to the question - who are you...

Matthew 25v31-46 What if this story isn’t saying what most of us have been influenced to think? Is this a general story about how people will be evaluated, or, is this a story about followers of Jesus and how Jesus wants them to make sense of their world?

Matthew 25v1-30 This week we hear from Justin as he looks at the parables of the 10 bridesmaids and the talents. What do they have in common? What if it was the lies they believed that caused them to suffer? What do you believe to be true, that if it wasn't true would have a positive impact?

Matthew 24 This week we get to hear from Hannah as she looks at Matthew 24. What does it look like to be a faithful follower of Jesus in the midst of a crazy world? How do we stand firm and endure when influences seek to polarize us?

Matthew 23v13-39 Are you living the life God called you to live? Or maybe another question is are you living a life you set out to live? What if it’s possible to become someone other that who you set out to become? What if that has to do with building identity around the wrong priorities?  

Matthew 23v1-12 What are your most likely forms of self-sabotage? What are we to learn from other people's demise and how can we avoid these pitfalls?

Matthew 22