Redemption Church Podcast

This Sunday is Exploration Sunday and we’re diving in to our next series of teachings called “Finding Kingdom Treasure” from Matthew 6. To begin our exploration, we’re excited to welcome back Rev. Dr. Todd Pickett!

On For Our Communities Sunday, Rachel Laidlaw led us through a Lovingkindness Blessing by Irene Kraegel from the book A Mindfuld Moment . We have recorded the blessing for you to use as a prayer practice as you pray for the people in your life.

Today is For Our Communities Sunday! As we go into Matthew 6, the second of three Sermon on the Mount chapters, we’re turning our hearts to Finding Kingdom Treasure. Christine will be teaching on Matthew 6:1-4 and inviting us to consider the rhythms of the way of Jesus as we serve and give. We’ll also hear more about a community we’re committed to: neighbors who are unhoused.

This Sunday is Formation Sunday! Mike teaches from Matthew 5:38-42 as we will wrap up the first chapter (out of three) of the Sermon on the Mount. We’ll hear Jesus’s invitation to be people who step into creative non-violence in the place of evil and how Jesus’s “You’ve Heard It Said” teaching leads us deeper into the way of his Kingdom.

It's Exploration Sunday! We are excited to welcome back Erin and Kendall Dooley from BLKSouth, a ministry in North Carolina deeply committed to the health of their community. We will have a chance to hear stories of what it looks like to be committed over time, letting our 'yes' be 'yes' in the places we are planted.

Today is For Our Communities Sunday! Mike is teaching from Matthew 5:33-37 as we continue to hear Jesus’s “You Have Heard It Said” teachings.

Today is Formation Sunday! Christine will continue teaching from the Sermon on the Mount and will dive into Matthew 5:21-32. As we consider more of these “You Have Heard It Said” teachings of Jesus, we’ll be invited to draw near to Jesus once more to hear his invitations into deeper formation with him.

We are excited to welcome Andrew DeCort as our exploration guest as we continue in our conversation on the Sermon on the Mount and our overall theme for the year, Draw Near, a year of radical presence. We know this will be a timely conversation for us as we continue to explore what it looks like to live in the Kingdom of God.

Today Christine teaches about caring for our communities through Matthew 5:21-26. Our goal is to be equipped to live into our identity as Christ followers in our homes, neighborhoods, and workplaces and to mobilize to collectively care for the housing insecure, at-risk youth, and immigrant neighbors.

It’s Formation Sunday and Mike will be continuing to teach through Matthew 5:17-20. As we head into the next part of Jesus’s Sermon on the Mount, we’ll notice the phrase, “you have heard it said” and see how Jesus continues to challenge us to shift our understanding of scripture and the perspectives we hold. We’re excited to unpack the things we’ve heard said and invite Holy Spirit to continue to...

The day we’ve been anticipating, Easter! This is also Exploration Sunday and today Mike will be exploring Matthew 5:13-16. Join us for the culmination of the Lenten season with a celebration of the resurrection.

This week is our For Our Communities Sunday! Mike will be teaching as we contextualize our study of the beatitudes and peacemaking into the communities we work to see flourish.

This weekend is Formation Sunday and Christine will be teaching on the next verses in the Beatitudes as we keep exploring our theme, Draw Near: A Year of Radical Presence. Matthew 5:9-12. Last weekend, DeSean Dyson left us reflecting on how to draw near as peacemakers in the Way of Jesus. We’re excited to continue to dig in and consider who this Beatitude is inviting us to be as we are present wit...

This morning is Exploration Sunday and we are excited to welcome our guest, DeSean Dyson, to speak into our theme, Draw Near: A Year of Radical Presence.

This morning is Formation Sunday and Mike will be teaching on the next verses in the Beatitudes as we continue to explore our theme, Draw Near: A Year of Radical Presence. Matthew 5:5-6 – "Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth. Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled." We will also continue to practice Silence, Solitude, and Stillness as o...

This morning is Exploration Sunday and we are excited to welcome our first guests of the year, Mili and Beto Gudino, to speak into our theme, Draw Near: A Year of Radical Presence as we walk through Matthew 5-7.

This morning is Formation Sunday and we will continue introducing our new theme, Draw Near: A Year of Radical Presence! This year we are looking forward to spending our time in Matthew 5-7 and the Sermon on the Mount, finding ourselves sitting together at the feet of Jesus. Part of our exploration this year will include extended time with each of our formation practices! For this first quarter, we...

This Sunday our elders will be introducing our 2026 theme, Draw Near: a Year of Radical Presence.

It’s Formation Sunday and the third Sunday of Advent! This year we have been exploring Jubilee as a Year of Radical Release, and have looked to the parables to see what the Kingdom of God is like. In December, we are celebrating that the Kingdom of God is Here with the birth of Christ, God with Us. This morning, Christine will be leading us in our last practice of release of the year: Releasing Re...

This morning is Exploration Sunday and the second Sunday of Advent. This year we have been exploring Jubilee as a Year of Radical Release, and have looked to the parables to see what the Kingdom of God is like. This December, we are celebrating that the Kingdom of God is Here with the birth of Christ, God with Us. This weekend we are looking forward to welcoming our two exploration guests, Erica S...

This fall, Redemption celebrates our 14th Birthday as a church. As we continue in our Year of Jubilee, we will take this Exploration Sunday to reflect and celebrate how we have seen the Kingdom of God break in throughout our history. The elders will be sharing the story of how we started as a church and where we see God at work as we look ahead. Whether you are brand new to Redemption or have been...

This year we have been exploring Jubilee as a Year of Radical Release, and in the second half of the year we are looking to the parables to see what the Kingdom of God is like. Today is Formation Sunday and we are looking forward to hearing from Christine as she preaches on the Kingdom of God is Like a Mustard Seed. As our Formation Practice we will be doing another practice of opening our hands i...

This year we have been exploring Jubilee as a Year of Radical Release, and in the second half of the year we are looking to the parables to see what the Kingdom of God is like. This week is Exploration Sunday, and Gabrielle Clowdus will be our Exploration guest! Gabrielle Clowdus founded Settled, a movement of believers radically committed to life with the poor. Settled was birthed out of Gabriell...

This year we have been exploring Jubilee as a Year of Radical Release, and in the second half of the year we are looking to the parables to see what the Kingdom of God is like. This morning is Formation Sunday, and Christine will be teaching on The Kingdom of God is Like the Ten Bridesmaids from Matthew 25. Last weekend, Christine shared that she had a message burning in her from sabbatical – and...

This year we have been exploring Jubilee as a Year of Radical Release. This Exploration Sunday we are taking time to look back on the summer and the Jubilee practices of rest, sabbath, provision, and justice; to ground ourselves as we enter into the fall. We are excited to have Moses and Christine Nolf as our exploration speakers as they reflect on the fullness of Jubilee through their sabbatical...