The NorthWord

We want to hear from You! Send us a Text! Sojourners and exiles — present in the world, but not absorbed by it. Peter's closing warning is a call to stay engaged without losing yourself. The Resurrection is what makes it possible. Support the show

We want to hear from You! Send us a Text! Holy doesn't mean flawless — it means set apart, oriented toward a different King. Father Aaron reclaims the word "holy" from shame and weaponization and puts it back where it belongs. Support the show

We want to hear from You! Send us a Text! The world has many categories. God declares one: those born of water and the Spirit. In a divided world, baptismal identity matters more than ever. Support the show

We want to hear from You! Send us a Text! Ordination sets some apart for specific roles, but baptism makes every believer a royal priest. Father Aaron unpacks what the royal priesthood means for your ordinary week in the North. Support the show

We want to hear from You! Send us a Text! The Church isn't a building — it's a building being built. A living stone only lives when it's connected to the Living Stone. Disconnected, it's just rubble. Are you part of the wall? Support the show

We want to hear from You! Send us a Text! St. Peter opens with a call to cast off malice and all that leads from it. The first step of the Christian life is stripping down to become like a newborn, hungry for the Word. Support the show

We want to hear from You! Send us a Text! A garden doesn't grow by accident, and neither does a life with God. Four simple practices to carry into the weekend — and a reminder that the shepherd has already walked through the worst of it. Support the show

We want to hear from You! Send us a Text! A sheep on its own gets picked off. The Christian life was never meant to be private or isolated. Today we talk about why community isn't optional — and what to do if church has hurt you in the past. Support the show

We want to hear from You! Send us a Text! The shepherd calling you has wounds. He is not asking you to walk anywhere he has not already gone. Today we look at 1 Peter 2 and learn what it means to entrust ourselves to the one who judges justly. Support the show

We want to hear from You! Send us a Text! Psalm 23 doesn't promise a God who removes the valley. It promises a shepherd who walks through it with you. Mid-week, we name the valley we're in and learn what it means to fear no evil. Support the show

We want to hear from You! Send us a Text! Jesus didn't come so you could just get through the week. He came that you might have life, and have it abundantly. Today we ask where we've quietly settled for surviving when the shepherd is offering something fuller. Support the show

We want to hear from You! Send us a Text! Today we start the week by naming the voices we've been following and asking whether any of them have actually earned the trust we've given them. Support the show

We want to hear from You! Send us a Text! Father Aaron preaches from John 10, Psalm 23, and 1 Peter 2 on Good Shepherd Sunday. Every other ship will take on water. This shepherd has already walked through the worst of it — and he is calling you by name. Support the show

We want to hear from You! Send us a Text! Staying on the road isn't a feeling — it's a practice. Constant. Contemplation. Reaction. Testing. Jesus showed us on the road to Emmaus. He walks, opens the Scriptures, lets it burn, breaks the bread. A framework for daily faith. Support the show

We want to hear from You! Send us a Text! He acts as if he's going further. They hold on. And then — bread. Broken. Given. Jesus takes the most ordinary thing and makes it holy. The table is not a memorial. It is the same moment those disciples had. Support the show

We want to hear from You! Send us a Text! "Did not our hearts burn within us while he talked to us on the road?" The burning was there the whole time — before the recognition, before the breaking of the bread. That feeling you couldn't name? It had a name all along. Support the show

We want to hear from You! Send us a Text! Their eyes were kept from recognizing him — not they failed to recognize him. God's doing. He walks with people who have given up on him, before they can see him.  Support the show

We want to hear from You! Send us a Text! That restless feeling on a long drive — the road won't stay in focus and something in you just wants to stop. Cleopas and his friend know that feeling too. "But we had hoped..." the most honest line in all of Scripture Support the show

We want to hear from You! Send us a Text! Christians have always been called "the people of The Way" — tace ho-DOO — the people of the road. This week we walk the road to Emmaus with two disciples who quit, and discover what Jesus does when you stop. Support the show

We want to hear from You! Send us a Text! Luke 24:13–35. Two disciples walking away from everything they'd hoped for — and Jesus gets on the road with them. Father Aaron preaches on the burning Word, the breaking of the bread, and what it means to stay on the road when you can't see who's beside you.  Support the show

We want to hear from You! Send us a Text! We’ve spent the week defining true freedom: it isn’t doing what you like; it’s doing what is right. As we prepare for Sunday worship, Father Aaron leaves us with one diagnostic question: Where are you still under a yoke? Sometimes the chains we choose for ourselves feel more comfortable than the ones we were handed, but they are still chains. Support the s...

We want to hear from You! Send us a Text! The most accepted lie in our culture fits perfectly inside Christian language. We say, "I'm free in Christ," or "God knows my heart," but we often use that freedom as a cover for doing exactly what we want.  Support the show

We want to hear from You! Send us a Text! You cannot share what you are pretending to have. Psalm 139 and the practice of honest self-examination — and why that's the only foundation worth building on.  Support the show

We want to hear from You! Send us a Text!  Freedom and slavery get decided in the small quiet moments, not the dramatic ones. A short midweek check-in to help you stay honest about where you're choosing this week. Support the show

We want to hear from You! Send us a Text! You can dress up slavery in the language of grace — but Paul is clear. If you're doing what you want even when it isn't beneficial, you're still under a yoke. A closer look at what it actually means to live as people who are free. Support the show