Point Loma Church Podcast

This movie is about faith and doubt. If you look at the Christmas story through the eyes of logic it also seems ridiculous, but as you come to know the deeper truth it changes everything. Passage: Luke 1:5-20 NOTE: We are in a series called Christmas At The Movies in which we are looking at various Christmas movies and how the theology within the movies can speak to our own lives. We encourage you...

As Christians we have the opportunity to live into the hope of a new creation while also maintaining the world we inhabit. How do we maintain this balance as we await our world to be made new? Passage: Revelation 21:1-4 We are now gathering in-person for our Cafe Service on Sundays at 9:45am in the Sanctuary Lawn (formerly the Sanctuary Handicap Lot). We would love for you to join us!! To find out...

A Christian response to injustice and insecurity is not to hoard but to trust in God's provision. Passage: Acts 4:32-37 We are now gathering in-person for our Cafe Service on Sundays at 9:45am in the Sanctuary Lawn (formerly the Sanctuary Handicap Lot). We would love for you to join us!! To find out how to get involved, please visit our website at www.pointlomachurch.org .  We will also be maintai...

In the Old Testament it was uncleanliness that spread quickly through a community, but in Christ grace surpasses even the most vile of offenses. Passage: John 1:10-16 We are now gathering in-person for our Cafe Service on Sundays at 9:45am in the Sanctuary Lawn (formerly the Sanctuary Handicap Lot). We would love for you to join us!! To find out how to get involved, please visit our website at www...

From the beginning, God has ordained that there would be enough. Do you look at the world through the eyes of scarcity or abundance? Passage: Genesis 1:24-31; Matthew 6:25-34   We are now gathering in-person for our Cafe Service on Sundays at 9:45am in the Sanctuary Lawn (formerly the Sanctuary Handicap Lot). We would love for you to join us!! To find out how to get involved, please visit our webs...

The spiritual house is not just about our past and our present, but about the future generations who do not yet know of God's great love. How are the choices you are making today affecting the future? Passage: Psalm 102:1-8 & 25-28 We are now gathering in-person for our Cafe Service on Sundays at 9:45am in the Sanctuary Lawn (formerly the Sanctuary Handicap Lot). We would love for you to join us!!...

The poor choices of humanity have led to an earth that is groaning to be released. It is our responsibility to care for the gifts God has given us. Passage: Romans 8:19-22 We are now gathering in-person for our Cafe Service on Sundays at 9:45am in the Sanctuary Lawn (formerly the Sanctuary Handicap Lot). We would love for you to join us!! To find out how to get involved, please visit our website a...

God is hard to contain so, when God starts working into someone's life it has no choice but to spill over into the rest of the community. Passage: 2 Corinthians 1:3-7 We are now gathering in-person for our Cafe Service on Sundays at 9:45am in the Sanctuary Lawn (formerly the Sanctuary Handicap Lot). We would love for you to join us!! To find out how to get involved, please visit our website at www...

Not only do we all go through suffering, our suffering, when viewed through the correct lenses is a means of redemption for those around us. We must connect to our pain instead of avoiding it. Passage: Colossians 1:24-29 We are now gathering in-person for our Cafe Service on Sundays at 9:45am in the Sanctuary Lawn (formerly the Sanctuary Handicap Lot). We would love for you to join us!! To find ou...

Loving our enemies is a spiritual discipline meant to help us understand God's infinite love for us. Passage: Matthew 5:43-48 We are now gathering in-person for our Cafe Service on Sundays at 9:45am in the Sanctuary Lawn (formerly the Sanctuary Handicap Lot). We would love for you to join us!! To find out how to get involved, please visit our website at www.pointlomachurch.org .  We will also be m...

Our foremothers and fathers kept the faith so that we might become a part of the Christ's body. They are only complete if we choose to carry on. Passage: Hebrews 11:32-40 We are now gathering in-person for our Cafe Service on Sundays at 9:45am in the Sanctuary Lawn (formerly the Sanctuary Handicap Lot). We would love for you to join us!! To find out how to get involved, please visit our website at...

Our connection to Christ means that we are connected to one another in the same spiritual house. Knowing that should decrease the "I" and increase the "we". Passage: Ephesians 2:11-15 We are gathering in-person for our Cafe Service beginning Sunday, September 13 at 9:45. It is also our Fall Kickoff Sunday!! In order to find out how to get involved, please visit our website at www.pointlomachurch.o...

Waiting on God to respond to our prayers can be difficult, but it is also when love deepens.  Passage: Psalm 130 Cafe Service will be meeting in-person beginning Sunday, September 13 at 9:45. For more information regarding the Cafe Service and the protocols, please visit our website at www.pointlomachurch.org .  We will also be maintaining our online services at 9:30am & 11am until further notice....

Rev. Alex Wirth discusses how prayer is a journey. When we ask God for things, when we ask God "How long?", God invites us to ask, search, knock to find out.  What do we do when the journey leads us to our neighbor's door? We love them as God has shown us how to love ourselves Passage: Psalm 13:1-6 Make sure you go to pointlomachurch.org for all the latest updates on how COVID-19 is effecting vari...

The week, Evan Gratz discusses how confession allows us to release so that we can receive the desired life God has for us. Passage: Psalm 32:1-7 Make sure you go to pointlomachurch.org for all the latest updates on how COVID-19 is effecting various programs at the church. Also, during the COVID-19 pandemic, our Sunday services have moved online at 9:30am & 11am. We would love to see you there! For...

Giving praise and adoration sets the stage for our communion with God, as it reminds us who God is. Passage: Psalm 8 Make sure you go to pointlomachurch.org for all the latest updates on how COVID-19 is effecting various programs at the church. Also, during the COVID-19 pandemic, our Sunday services have moved online at 9:30am & 11am. We would love to see you there! For event happenings: http://po...

It is a gift to remember that we are not the ones in the control. That knowledge makes the mystery of God and God's ways a pertinent part of our collective story.  Passage: Numbers 9:15-17 & 22 ; Hebrews 11:1 Contributors to the sermon: RO Smith, Gordy Lutes, Amy Radonich, Barbett Wood, and Jonathan Seifert Make sure you go to pointlomachurch.org for all the latest updates on how COVID-19 is effec...

All things were created by God and for God. This pause in production has allowed the earth to breathe again.  Passage: Psalm 24:1; Colossians 1:15-16 Link to Lynn White, Jr. article, "The Historical Roots of Our Ecologic Crisis": http://home.sandiego.edu/~kaufmann/hnrs379/White_1967.pdf Make sure you go to pointlomachurch.org for all the latest updates on how COVID-19 is effecting various programs...

When the worst-case scenario has occurred, and you begin with nothing, there is less to lose when we take risks, and risking can lead to a more abundant life.              Passage: Genesis 1:1-5 Link to commercial Karla references: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQwrpmUmVeo Make sure you go to pointlomachurch.org for all the latest updates on how COVID-19 is effecting various programs at the chur...

God created us to be in him before doing for him. Through this pandemic, we have re:membered our original purpose and have thrived without production. Passage: Isaiah 58:13-14 ; Mark 2:23-27 As we continue to re:imagine what our time together may start to look like. We have postponed our Inside Out Worship experience for the time being due to Gov. Newsome's restrictions on singing in worship space...

This week, Rev. Alex Wirth talks about how the small choices we make to submit to God's will in our everyday life, make way for lasting change. Passage: Romans 12:1-2 As we continue to re:imagine what our time together may start to look like. We have postponed our Inside Out Worship experience for the time being due to Gov. Newsome's restrictions on singing in worship spaces. Stay tuned for when w...

Our restriction in mobility has the opportunity to breed compassion in us for those that are stuck. How can that empathy continue to help us be generous? Passage: Leviticus 19:9-10 ; 1 Peter 3:8 As we continue to re:imagine what our time together may start to look like. We have postponed our Inside Out Worship experience for the time being due to Gov. Newsome's restrictions on singing in worship s...

Pastor Karla continues the 4-part class on Racism and the African American Experience. This class will help explain African American history and the role of the church. It will help define racism and other terms you may have heard floating out there like "white privilege" and it will paint a picture of our current context and why there is so much anger. This week, Karla discusses the Black Theolog...

We are one humanity and the pandemic has given us an opportunity to re-member. Let's not forget that that gifts are given for different times and purposes.    Passage: 1 Corinthians 12:12-27 As we continue to re:imagine what our time together may start to look like. We have begun offering Inside Out Worship, a small outdoor worship experience that will take place in the handicapped parking lot nex...

Pastor Karla continues the 4-part class on Racism and the African American Experience. This class will help explain African American history and the role of the church. It will help define racism and other terms you may have heard floating out there like "white privilege" and it will paint a picture of our current context and why there is so much anger. This week, Karla discusses the history of ra...