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Send us Fan Mail As a follower of Christ is it ever wrong to do what's right? In this episode, we pull back the curtain on the Pharisees' hypocrisy as we continue to journey through the Gospel of Mark.  We will reach back to the voices of church history and see that it is always the right time to do the right things. Thank you for joining us at the table.  Visit us at sagespirituality.co...

Send us Fan Mail Are you sedating your pain with leisure instead of healing yourself with a true Sabbath rest?  In this episode, we explore the importance of entering into true obedience that leads to the recharging of the soul and physical rest.  From the beginning of creation until our current chaotic reality few things have remained the same, but one is constant, the Sabbath was created for us....

Send us Fan Mail Have you become dry or hardened in your spiritual life or as Jesus warned, are you an "old Wineskin"? In this episode, we will look at the ways that can become a reality in each of our lives and we search for the remedy for those who want to stay alive and renewed in their spiritual experience.  Come to the table as we reach back and lean in as we go deeper with God. Tha...

Send us Fan Mail "Jesus Friend of Sinners" may mean more than you think.  In this episode we will lean into our text in the Gospel of Mark and see that Jesus was much more than a friend to the sinners he met, he was truly their savior. All while performing his greatest miracle of creation, turning sinners into saints.   Thank you for joining us at the table.  Visit us at sagespirituality...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Sage Spirituality, found out if you are a great pretender.  We will lean into our Gospel text and see how we can make our faith visible and apparent not only to others but to God. Thank you for joining us at the table.  Visit us at sagespirituality.com for more.

Send us Fan Mail Have you ever felt trapped by "Yes"?  Many Christians feel like "Yes" is the only answer they can give but in this episode, we learn from Jesus' example that both "Yes" and "No" can be valid answers that bring glory to God. Thank you for joining us at the table.  Visit us at sagespirituality.com for more.

Send us Fan Mail Why is our hearing not in sync with our doing?  We know what we are supposed to do, what God wants us to do, yet we pause.  Some pause for a moment and others for a lifetime.  How do we shorten the response between hearing and doing?  How do we become immediate in our obedience to the Lord?  We will turn to the teachings of Jesus to find a formula that will do just that, let'...

Send us Fan Mail "Repent and believe" formed a two-part equation that was at the heart of Jesus' preaching.  Yet somehow over time, in some circles of the church, it has been reduced to simply "believe.  If you have never truly reached the point of repentance you are missing half of the equation.  What is repentance?  Why does it matter to you?  What should you do about it?  In...

Send us Fan Mail Are you running away from what you should be running towards?  In this episode of Sage Spirituality, we will walk away from the noise and into the solitude of the Wilderness with Jesus.  It is there that we find truth; Our True God, Our True Enemy, and Our True Self.   Thank you for joining us at the table.  Visit us at sagespirituality.com for more.

Send us Fan Mail Join Sage Spirituality as we journey through the Gospels with an in-depth focus on the life of Jesus.  In this episode, we dive into the book of Mark 1: 1-11 where John the Baptist announces Jesus's ministry and we are formally introduced to the Trinity.  This amazing day in history will serve as our stepping off point in our journey towards our Savior.   Thank you for joinin...

Send us Fan Mail We are either in a storm, coming out of a storm, or about to drive into a storm. These storms are the trials of life, we can go or grow through them.  The decision is ours. Thank you for joining us at the table.  Visit us at sagespirituality.com for more.

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Sage Spirituality, we learn to discern the "If" of the enemy and the "If" of our Savior.  Our lives depend on which one we respond to. Thank you for joining us at the table.  Visit us at sagespirituality.com for more.

Send us Fan Mail 2020 has been a year filled with pain, anxiety, and at least some form of suffering for almost everyone.  We would do good to consider the current reality with the trials of Jesus' disciples.  Even when they were filled with doubt and left scratching their heads and questioning the situation, they learned that God was in control and actually had a plan.   Join us at Sage Spir...

Send us Fan Mail This time of the year we turn our eyes toward the advent of what God has promised to do.  No matter how dark or challenging, we can choose to lean in and hear the music that is playing around us.  Take time during this season to see the beauty of what God is doing in our midst and to renew your hope.   Thank you for joining us at the table.  Visit us at sagespirituality.com for mo...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we reach back in church history to a time where revival seemed unlikely.  A time filled with social and cultural divide.  When towns and cities all had churches, but those churches were dead.  Yet something happened when a young preacher began to "break ou the fallow ground" of his own personal life, a revival started that shook the entire nation.  It co...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode we tackle the first steps that Charles Finney laid out for revival.  It can’t reach “them” until it reaches you.   Thank you for joining us at the table.  Visit us at sagespirituality.com for more.

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Sage Spirituality we will be looking at what God is doing through the Corona Virus outbreak.  It is more life giving than you can imagine.   Thank you for joining us at the table.  Visit us at sagespirituality.com for more.

Send us Fan Mail  This week Sage Spirituality focuses on the message hidden in a rather obscure novel by a missionary hero that leads us to ask, "Is God truly God or is He simply an accomplice to your plan?"  Let's reach back and lean in as we continue to grow together in our spiritual life.   Thank you for joining us at the table.  Visit us at sagespirituality.com for more.

Send us Fan Mail In this episode we endeavor to introduce you to Julian of Norwich and her inspirational story of growth while passing through tremendous doubts and great suffering.  We will either emerge from our Coronavirus caves better or worse, but we will not emerge unchanged.   Thank you for joining us at the table.  Visit us at sagespirituality.com for more.

Send us Fan Mail God is attempting to get your attention.  Are you willing to say, "Enough is enough"?  The quarantine is a place that He is using to prepare you for a revival that will begin in your own home.   Thank you for joining us at the table.  Visit us at sagespirituality.com for more.

Send us Fan Mail Could it be that God is preparing us for something better, richer and sweeter?  See what Pooh Bear has to do with pruning this week on Sage Spirituality.   Thank you for joining us at the table.  Visit us at sagespirituality.com for more.

Send us Fan Mail We can be light in the darkest of nights.  How do I know that?  Because even in the most dire situations of World War 2 an entire generation of pastors and priests proved it.  We look at what it takes to "survive" the worst case situations and how God uses those times to shape us for future work. Thank you for joining us at the table.  Visit us at sagespirituality.com fo...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to another Corona-Quarantine Cast episode of Sage Spirituality.  In this episode we invite you to lean in and ask yourself a few questions.  What if God is doing something much bigger through the current circumstances that what we can see.   Thank you for joining us at the table.  Visit us at sagespirituality.com for more.

Send us Fan Mail Julian of Norwich serves as an inspiration in our quest to triumph over our fear of the unknown and she uses a simple nut and three sentences to do it.  Lean in and remind yourself of all that God has done.   Thank you for joining us at the table.  Visit us at sagespirituality.com for more.

Send us Fan Mail From our government mandated lockdown to the Sage Spirituality table, we bring you the first in a special series aptly titled "Corona-Quarantine Cast".  We will reach back in church history and see what some of the "greats" had to say about fear.  They faced jail because of religious persecutions, cholera outbreaks that led to quarantines, and Nazis bullying th...