Paradox Redlands Podcast

This happened on July 4, 2026 at Paradox. Craig has not seen these questions ahead of time. 

What if your disability isn't a punishment — and the healing you need isn't a cure? As Paradox wraps up its Pride series, guest speaker Christian Barrera-Sandri brings a deeply personal message connecting Psalm 38's "penitent's plea for healing" to the overlapping experiences of queerness and disability. Drawing from his husband's 20-year journey with diabetes, his father's kidney transplant and o...

"Who sinned, this man or his parents?" That's the question that opens John 9 — and it's a question that still gets asked, in different words, about anyone whose body or identity doesn't fit the frameworks we're handed. In this guest message, Esther Loewen — a licensed marriage and family therapist and former pastor — walks through three places where the story of the man born blind in John 9 echoes...

Pastor Craig Hadley gave this sermon on Saturday, June 6, 2026

Pastor Craig Hadley gave this sermon at Paradox on Saturday, May 30, 2026.

Pastor Craig Hadley gave this sermon at Paradox on May 23, 2026. Is the Kingdom of Heaven fair? In Matthew 20, Jesus tells a parable where workers hired at different hours all receive the same pay — and the ones who worked longest are furious. Pastor Craig unpacks why Jesus intentionally describes heaven as "unfair," and why that's actually the most liberating news you'll ever hear.

Pastor Craig Hadley gave this sermon at Paradox on Saturday, May 16, 2026. 

Madison Brown gave this sermon at Paradox on May 9, 2026. 

Pastor Craig Hadley gave this sermon at Paradox on May 2, 2026.

Pastor Craig Hadley gave this sermon at Paradox on April 18, 2026. 

Christian Barrera-Sandri gave this sermon at Paradox on Saturday, April 11, 2026

Craig Hadley gave this sermon at Paradox Church on April 4, 2026. 

Pastor Craig Hadley gave this sermon at Paradox on March 28, 2026

Pastor Craig Hadley gave this sermon at Paradox on March 21, 2026. 

Pastor Craig Hadley discusses the context around the Sermon on the Mount, and then reimagines Jesus Christ's sermon in a way that reveals what these words mean to him.   Paradox Church was founded in 2016 in Redlands, CA. We are currently in a nine-year, 66-part sermon series through the entire Bible. We are affirming for all LGBTQIA persons, we celebrate and empower women, and we prioritize the s...

To celebrate the ten year anniversary of Paradox Church, Kim Krogstad asked ten questions, and Craig attempted to respond ten times. He heard none of these questions ahead of time. Paradox Church was founded in 2016 in Redlands, CA. We are currently in a nine-year, 66-part sermon series through the entire Bible. We are affirming for all LGBTQIA persons, we celebrate and empower women, and we prior...

Pastor Craig Hadley tells the stories of how Jenny Prctor, Susie King Taylor, Frederick Douglass, and Maria W. Stewart all learned to read and then discusses how reading today is part of a bold act of resistance.   Paradox Church was founded in 2016 in Redlands, CA. We are currently in a nine-year, 66-part sermon series through the entire Bible. We are affirming for all LGBTQIA persons, we celebra...

Yi Shen Ma tells the story of Jeremiah. He highlights the difficulties we face when we exist in an empire and how we can live well in uncertain times.   Paradox Church was founded in 2016 in Redlands, CA. We are currently in a nine-year, 66-part sermon series through the entire Bible. We are affirming for all LGBTQIA persons, we celebrate and empower women, and we prioritize the sacred work of ant...

Pastor Craig Hadley discusses two stories about prophets getting punched, what the villains can teach us, how these stories are similar, how these stories are different, and how all of it can teach us what it means to have faith in 2026.   Paradox Church was founded in 2016 in Redlands, CA. We are currently in a nine-year, 66-part sermon series through the entire Bible. We are affirming for all LG...

Pastor Craig Hadley discusses the overwhelming anger in the book of Jeremiah and what it teaches us about the anger we hold today.   Paradox Church was founded in 2016 in Redlands, CA. We are currently in a nine-year, 66-part sermon series through the entire Bible. We are affirming for all LGBTQIA persons, we celebrate and empower women, and we prioritize the sacred work of anti-racism. If you'd l...

On Saturday, January 3, Pastor Craig Hadley took questions from the congregation and attempted to answer them. He had several leftover questions that he never got to respond to, so he took all of them and did his best on this podcast.   He has not seen any of these questions prior to this podcast. 

Pastor Craig Hadley invited the congregation to write down questions on paper airplanes and throw them on the stage. He then attempted to answer as many of these questions as he could. Paradox Church was founded in 2016 in Redlands, CA. We are currently in a nine-year, 66-part sermon series through the entire Bible. We are affirming for all LGBTQIA persons, we celebrate and empower women, and we p...

Madison Brown and Mario Sanchez, Erin and Alex McMullen, Sara and Eric Schilt, and Minori and Miko Tsukimoto all write letters to their children about the Christmas story, gratitude, joy, hope, openness, generosity, and just about everything in-between. Paradox Church was founded in 2016 in Redlands, CA. We are currently in a nine-year, 66-part sermon series through the entire Bible. We are affirm...

Esther Loewen teaches on the story of Joseph and reveals that a lot of things we assume about Joseph's story become more gender-expansive when we take a closer look at the text. Paradox Church was founded in 2016 in Redlands, CA. We are currently in a nine-year, 66-part sermon series through the entire Bible. We are affirming for all LGBTQIA persons, we celebrate and empower women, and we prioriti...

Genesis Ford asks a question which considers Joseph's story from his brothers' perspective, and Craig talks about the character development of Joseph throughout his story. Paradox Church was founded in 2016 in Redlands, CA. We are currently in a nine-year, 66-part sermon series through the entire Bible. We are affirming for all LGBTQIA persons, we celebrate and empower women, and we prioritize the...