Rev. Brian Steele's Message

5.14.23 Heritage Sunday: Back to Our Roots, Mark 12:28-34 15.05.2023 22:53 ↓

How can our past move us forward? Let me know your thoughts!

5.7.23: Faith at the Movies: Domination is Incompatible with Christian Teaching 08.05.2023 21:51 ↓

We're concluding our series on Faith at the Movies with Avatar. Sadly, the humans in Pandora show us what has been going on for a long time in our world, and it has always been incompatible with Christ even when the teaching came from the church.

4.30.23 Faith at the Movies: Don't Let Your Ambition Eat You 01.05.2023 22:00 ↓

What is the difference between could and should? What does the Bible have to say about to say about these two words? Check out today's message based on Jurassic Park!

4.9.23 Leave it in the Grave, John 20:1-18 10.04.2023 22:32 ↓

What is God calling you to leave behind to live into resurrection life?

4.2.23 Palm Sunday, Matthew 21:1-11 02.04.2023 17:44 ↓

Whose parade are you showing up for? The grandeur and power of Pilate? Or the man from no-good Galilee.

3.26.23 Bless the Lent we Actually Have: Blessed are those who mourn, Lamentations 1:1-4 27.03.2023 23:58 ↓

Could it be that grief is actually the missing component of our spiritual lives? Could it be that learning how to grieve is something we're called to as a people of faith?

3.19.23 Bless the Lent We Actually Have: Blessed are those who are alone 20.03.2023 16:53 ↓

We have a good shepherd who loves sheep. Let that shepherd love you. The real you.

3.12.23 Bless the Lent We Actually Have: Blessed are those who suffer, Romans 5:1-8 13.03.2023 18:00 ↓

Suffering leaves to hope? How is this good news?

3.5.23 Bless the Lent We Actually Have: Blessed are the Curious, John 3:1-17 05.03.2023 23:09 ↓

What does a life of curiosity invite us to? How can we be curious and be faithful? Good questions! Take a listen. 

2.26.23 Bless The Lent We Actually Have: Blessed are the Imperfect, Matthew 4:1-11 27.02.2023 21:46 ↓

What does Jesus teach us about aiming for perfection in the wilderness? Take a listen and let us know your thoughts. 

2.19.23 Transfiguration Sunday: Transformed for a Purpose 20.02.2023 22:27 ↓

We're called to sit in the glory of God, but we don't stay there. 

2.12.23 The Gospel in Dr. Seuss: I Do Not Like New Wineskins 13.02.2023 21:15 ↓

Sam I Am's friend didn't think he would like Green Eggs and Ham...until he tried them. What new wineskins do we need to try and, just maybe, like them as well? 

The Gospel in Dr. Seuss: A Story Beyond Consumption 06.02.2023 21:13 ↓

What does the Lorax have to do with the fall of humanity from the book of Genesis? Hmmmm

1.22.23: The Gospel in Dr. Seuss: Stop Searching for Solla Sellew 06.02.2023 21:52 ↓

What does the book of Ruth and Solla Sellew teach us about faithfulness? Take a listen!

1.15.23 The Gospel in Dr. Seuss: The Sneetches and Beloved Community 06.02.2023 21:53 ↓

It's MLK Day, and we're going to talk about racism. Because Jesus. 

12.24.22 Love Comes Down at Christmas 06.02.2023 23:19 ↓

Love is born in a manger. A lowly manger.

12.18.22 The Hope of Christmas Future 06.02.2023 26:48 ↓

Scrooge has learned how to look to the future with hope. Joseph looked to the future with hope even under difficult circumstances. How can we do the same? 

12.11.22 The Life of Christmas Present 06.02.2023 25:49 ↓

God calls us to see the reality of the present, even the places we don't want to look. Let's keep the journey going with Scrooge.

12.4.22 The Redemption of Scrooge: The Remembrance of Christmas Past 06.02.2023 28:24 ↓

How does our past form us in the present? Take a listen!

11.27.22 The Redemption of Scrooge: Bah Humbug! 06.02.2023 16:10 ↓

The journey of Advent begins.

11.20.22 Christ the King Sunday: Luke 26:33-43 06.02.2023 22:03 ↓

How do we define our allegiance on Christ the King Sunday?

11.13.22 Earn. Save. GIve 05.02.2023 25:28 ↓

Luke 16:1-13. How are three simple rules good news? Let's talk

11.6.22 All Saints Day: The Power of Ancestral Wisdom 05.02.2023 16:50 ↓

I don't understand All Saints Day very well, but I'm learning. 

10.30.22 Reformation Sunday: The Church is Always Reforming: Mark 11:12-18 05.02.2023 23:22 ↓

In order to be the church of the future, you have to protest the church of the present. 

Learning to Rebuild: Ezra and Nehemiah, Part 2 10.09.2022 18:16 ↓

How is opposition part of our faith? How do we tell the difference between a "Christian persecution complex" and actual opposition? That's what on track for today.