NewChurch Live

Slowing Down We live in a time in which we relentlessly pursue efficiency. Efficiency has many positive attributes, but it rapidly can cost us our presence. How can we learn more about being present to God and to others? Perhaps a little less efficiency would serve us well.  From the service aired on 8/27/23 If you enjoyed this episode, be sure to Subscribe and review our podcast wherever you get...

The People in Heaven In the afterlife we encounter various people who help guide us to our heavenly home. In this episode Chuck and Curtis discuss the people you meet, how we find people with similar interests and backgrounds to settle into our spiritual home. How heaven is designed with the human form in mind and the topic of sole mates as it relates to finding our place in heaven.   EPISODE WEBS...

Love Is Patient One of the most powerful definitions and descriptions of love can be found in 1st Corinthians 13. The first line is... "Love is Patient." Why is being patient key? How can we, with God's help, learn how to be patient in our lives and with those we love? From the service aired on 8/20/23 If you enjoyed this episode, be sure to Subscribe and review our podcast wherever you get your p...

What Are Heaven and Hell? Is there a place of eternal reward called heaven? And a place of eternal punishment called hell? Join us as we explore Heaven, Hell, and how they both might be more familiar than we think. with Curtis Childs From the service aired on 8/13/23 If you enjoyed this episode, be sure to Subscribe and review our podcast wherever you get your podcasts. It is the #1 way to support...

House Building 101 Jesus asks us to build our house “on the rock.” What is the “rock” we can build on? What are the “sands” we need to remain leery of? From the service aired on 8/6/23 If you enjoyed this episode, be sure to Subscribe and review our podcast wherever you get your podcasts. It is the #1 way to support this podcast, and it’s free! Go to the main podcast page, scroll down and at the b...

Do Not Worry We live in an anxious time. How can we rediscover a God-given trust that helps lessen the anxieties that haunt us?  From the service aired on 7/30/23 If you enjoyed this episode, be sure to Subscribe and review our podcast wherever you get your podcasts. It is the #1 way to support this podcast, and it’s free! Go to the main podcast page, scroll down and at the bottom you’ll find a pl...

Strong and Generous in the Face of Hate We will all have “enemies” of a sort - those who committed an actual wrong that in some way harmed. When facing such harm, how can we find that higher place, a place where forgiveness and reconciliation might someday be possible? From the service aired on 7/23/23 If you enjoyed this episode, be sure to Subscribe and review our podcast wherever you get your p...

How Love Works in Heaven Sure, we talk about love a lot. We look for it, we sing about it, but do we really know what it is or the kind of power it has? Let’s learn more about this crucial part of existence by peering into the spiritual side of life. with Curtis Childs From the service aired on 7/16/23 If you enjoyed this episode, be sure to Subscribe and review our podcast wherever you get your p...

The Sermon on the Mount: Staying Kind in Hard Places The Sermon on the Mount is considered Jesus' "magnum opus" or "great work”. In ways very subtle, the message gently calls to look at life in a new way ... and to live in new ways even in hard places. The key notes are struck in the famous beginning to the sermon, commonly known as the Beatitudes. From the service aired on 7/9/23 If you enjoyed t...

A New Creation One of the most beautiful promises of a spiritual life centers on newness. As Paul phrased it "...the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!" How do we welcome that newness? From the service aired on 7/2/23 If you enjoyed this episode, be sure to Subscribe and review our podcast wherever you get your podcasts. It is the #1 way to support this podcast, and it’s fre...

God Will Wipe Away Every Tear The Bible is full of strife, pain, disruption, and hopelessness, but it actually has a happy ending! Our lives can have a lot of the same hard things in them, but guess what? There’s a “happy ending” carefully being built for your life right now. with Curtis Childs From the service aired on 6/25/23 If you enjoyed this episode, be sure to Subscribe and review our podca...

The Fruits of the Spirit In the book of Galatians (5:22-23), Paul lists nine "fruits of the spirit" - love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. This list should leave us all inspired about how a life of faith in action should work.  From the service aired on 6/18/23 If you enjoyed this episode, be sure to Subscribe and review our podcast wherever yo...

Playing All The Notes Galatians like many of the books in the Bible covers a wide variety of human experience from the dark side to the light. Out of those different notes, a God given harmony grows and we hear the music in new ways.  From the service aired on 6/11/23 If you enjoyed this episode, be sure to Subscribe and review our podcast wherever you get your podcasts. It is the #1 way to suppor...

Freedom From The Voices That Haunt Us Many struggle with voices in their head that do anything but serve. Freed from those voices, even temporarily, we find moments of God-given peace. How can we live in that place more? From the service aired on 6/4/23 If you enjoyed this episode, be sure to Subscribe and review our podcast wherever you get your podcasts. It is the #1 way to support this podcast,...

Freedom to Live The whole name-of-the-game, from a Christian New Church perspective, is freedom. If we back up to the broadest of views, what does freedom, as it unfolds from earth and into heaven, look like? Maybe it looks like the freedom, finally, to truly live.  From the service aired on 5/28/23 If you enjoyed this episode, be sure to Subscribe and review our podcast wherever you get your podc...

Understanding Where We Are - A Family Meeting It is important for us to have a candid consideration of the headwinds, as well as a hopeful, open, curious response to finding a way forward with God’s help. Join us for a special message from Pastor Chuck outlining where we stand as a church community. From the service aired on 5/21/23 If you enjoyed this episode, be sure to Subscribe and review our...

A New Definition of Freedom Our definition of freedom grows over the years of our life. Look at the differences between what a teenager considers “freedom” vs. their middle-aged parent. What is a definition of freedom that serves us all? From the service aired on 5/14/23 If you enjoyed this episode, be sure to Subscribe and review our podcast wherever you get your podcasts. It is the #1 way to sup...

Baptism Baptism, a sacrament filled with meaning, holds great importance. It is a way we commit with an eye towards the future around a life of deep meaning. Join us to learn more and witness the joy of a baptism.  From the service aired on 5/7/23 If you enjoyed this episode, be sure to Subscribe and review our podcast wherever you get your podcasts. It is the #1 way to support this podcast, and i...

Commitment to Doing the Work Spiritual work asks of us both celebration and hard work. What does it look like to move into that work, into the precious challenge of true repentance, which, in turn, leads us to making a commitment to great love?  From the service aired on 4/30/23 If you enjoyed this episode, be sure to Subscribe and review our podcast wherever you get your podcasts. It is the #1 wa...

Family Commitment For many, family houses are both our most rewarding and challenging relationships. As such, what does family commitment look like in times of strain, and in times of joy?  From the service aired on 4/23/23 If you enjoyed this episode, be sure to Subscribe and review our podcast wherever you get your podcasts. It is the #1 way to support this podcast, and it’s free! Go to the main...

Conversations about New Church Theology In this episode Pastor Chuck and Curtis Childs have a conversation about Swedenborg and New Church Theology. They discuss the Christian New Church Perspective and how this bible based religion provides a very real framework for living a good life. They share how God’s love is constantly guiding us towards a future in heaven. EPISODE WEBSITE

Commitment to Relationships Esau McCaulley wrote that “commitment - not mere enthusiasm - is love fully matured.” Relationships are the ground where commitment gains meaning. What kind of commitment does God ask of us in terms of relationships?  From the service aired on 4/16/23 If you enjoyed this episode, be sure to Subscribe and review our podcast wherever you get your podcasts. It is the #1 wa...

Easter Join for this special family service as we celebrate Easter.  This is a day of deep celebration, a day where we remember, together, that despite all the setbacks of life, love wins in the end. From the service aired on 4/9/23 If you enjoyed this episode, be sure to Subscribe and review our podcast wherever you get your podcasts. It is the #1 way to support this podcast, and it’s free! Go to...

Come In The Name of the Lord: The Secret Power of Palm Sunday If you were God, you would have the means to make any entrance you want. No magnificent power play would be out of your reach. So why does Jesus choose riding across some branches and clothes on a donkey? Find out the power of that entrance and what it means for our lives today. with Curtis Childs  From the service aired on 4/2/23 If yo...

Grief and Joy Easter’s power is around a cycle known well to all of humanity - Death, Waiting, Resurrection. Restated, we face loss, a loss followed by a time of uncertainty/ unknowing, a time in turn that gives rise to a surprising re-birth. Jesus walked that path with his disciples over Easter. We will walk it with God as well … a path of grief and a path of joy.  From the service aired on 3/26/...