Unfinished Community Podcast

Welcome to our "new" series, "Back to Basics!" (Well...by new, we mean...repurposed. This isn't the same as the previous series by the same name!) In this series, Pastor Don and Courtney Fraley are going to explore the Bible, one story at a time, starting at the beginning, and working our way forward until we either get bored or run out of Bible! Tune in every week for a brief exploration of the n...

Welcome to our "new" series, "Back to Basics!" (Well...by new, we mean...repurposed. This isn't the same as the previous series by the same name!) In this series, Pastor Don and Courtney Fraley are going to explore the Bible, one story at a time, starting at the beginning, and working our way forward until we either get bored or run out of Bible! Tune in every week for a brief exploration of the n...

Welcome to our "new" series, "Back to Basics!" (Well...by new, we mean...repurposed. This isn't the same as the previous series by the same name!) In this series, Pastor Don and Courtney Fraley are going to explore the Bible, one story at a time, starting at the beginning, and working our way forward until we either get bored or run out of Bible! Tune in every week for a brief exploration of the n...

Welcome to our "new" series, "Back to Basics!"  (Well...by new, we mean...repurposed. This isn't the same as the previous series by the same name!)   In this series, Pastor Don and Courtney Fraley are going to explore the Bible, one story at a time, starting at the beginning, and working our way forward until we either get bored or run out of Bible! Tune in every week for a brief explora...

Welcome to our "new" series, "Back to Basics!" (Well...by new, we mean...repurposed. This isn't the same as the previous series by the same name!) In this series, Pastor Don and Courtney Fraley are going to explore the Bible, one story at a time, starting at the beginning, and working our way forward until we either get bored or run out of Bible! Tune in every week for a brief exploration of the n...

Just in case you missed our in-person worship service on May 29th, we managed to sneak in a recording of the sermon. It may not be the best quality, but it is at least audible!  This week's sermon is called "A Time for Fire," and is delivered by Rev. Don Van Antwerpen preaching from Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 and Mark 12:41-44. We're talking about some of the blind spots we all encounter when we're d...

Welcome to our "new" series, "Back to Basics!"   (Well...by new, we mean...repurposed. This isn't the same as the previous series by the same name!)   In this series, Pastor Don and Courtney Fraley are going to explore the Bible, one story at a time, starting at the beginning, and working our way forward until we either get bored or run out of Bible! Tune in every week for a brief explor...

Welcome to our "new" series, "Back to Basics!"   (Well...by new, we mean...repurposed. This isn't the same as the previous series by the same name!)   In this series, Pastor Don and Courtney Fraley are going to explore the Bible, one story at a time, starting at the beginning, and working our way forward until we either get bored or run out of Bible! Tune in every week for a brief explor...

Welcome to the FINAL EPISODE of "Monday Musings," a series where Pastor Don (that's me!) comes to you every week with a new/interesting topic for discussion about life in the Christian community. I'll try to explain it as best I can, and hope that you'll come on over to the Discord server to continue the conversation! In today's episode we're talking about the divine art of self-reflection. We spe...

Welcome to "Monday Musings," a new series where Pastor Don (that's me!) is going to (try to) come to you every week with a new/interesting topic for discussion about life in the Christian community. I'll try to explain it as best I can, and hope that you'll come on over to the Discord server to continue the conversation! In today's episode we're talking about what it means to be a community withou...

Welcome to "Monday Musings," a new series where Pastor Don (that's me!) is going to (try to) come to you every week with a new/interesting topic for discussion about life in the Christian community. I'll try to explain it as best I can, and hope that you'll come on over to the Discord server to continue the conversation! In today's episode we're talking about doubt, but it's not... quite ...what y...

Welcome to "Monday Musings," a new series where Pastor Don (that's me!) is going to (try to) come to you every week with a new/interesting topic for discussion about life in the Christian community. I'll try to explain it as best I can, and hope that you'll come on over to the Discord server to continue the conversation! In today's episode we're exploring what a lot of us dug into somewhat yesterd...

Welcome to "Monday Musings," a new series where Pastor Don (that's me!) is going to (try to) come to you every week with a new/interesting topic for discussion about life in the Christian community. I'll try to explain it as best I can, and hope that you'll come on over to the Discord server to continue the conversation! In today's episode we're doing something new and revisiting Sunday's sermon i...

Welcome to "Monday Musings," a new series where Pastor Don (that's me!) is going to (try to) come to you every week with a new/interesting topic for discussion about life in the Christian community. I'll try to explain it as best I can, and hope that you'll come on over to the Discord server to continue the conversation! In today's episode, we continue our lenten mini-devotional theme with an expl...

Welcome to "Monday Musings," a new series where Pastor Don (that's me!) is going to (try to) come to you every week with a new/interesting topic for discussion about life in the Christian community. I'll try to explain it as best I can, and hope that you'll come on over to the Discord server to continue the conversation! In today's episode, we continue our lenten mini-devotional theme with an expl...

Welcome to "Monday Musings," a new series where Pastor Don (that's me!) is going to (try to) come to you every week with a new/interesting topic for discussion about life in the Christian community. I'll try to explain it as best I can, and hope that you'll come on over to the Discord server to continue the conversation! In today's episode, we continue our lenten mini-devotional theme with an expl...

Welcome to "Monday Musings," a new series where Pastor Don (that's me!) is going to (try to) come to you every week with a new/interesting topic for discussion about life in the Christian community. I'll try to explain it as best I can, and hope that you'll come on over to the Discord server to continue the conversation! In today's episode, we start off with a bit of a lenten mini-series where I'm...

Welcome to "Monday Musings," a new series where Pastor Don (that's me!) is going to (try to) come to you every week with a new/interesting topic for discussion about life in the Christian community. I'll try to explain it as best I can, and hope that you'll come on over to the Discord server to continue the conversation! In today's episode, we follow up on a conversation that started with our Sund...

Welcome to "Monday Musings," a new series where Pastor Don (that's me!) is going to (try to) come to you every week with a new/interesting topic for discussion about life in the Christian community. I'll try to explain it as best I can, and hope that you'll come on over to the Discord server to continue the conversation! In today's episode, we talk about what it means to participate in church, bot...

Welcome to "Monday Musings," a new series where Pastor Don (that's me!) is going to (try to) come to you every week with a new/interesting topic for discussion about life in the Christian community. I'll try to explain it as best I can, and hope that you'll come on over to the Discord server to continue the conversation! In today's episode, we discuss the personal and spiritual importance of takin...

Welcome to "Monday Musings," a new series where Pastor Don (that's me!) is going to (try to) come to you every week with a new/interesting topic for discussion about life in the Christian community. I'll try to explain it as best I can, and hope that you'll come on over to the Discord server to continue the conversation! Today's episode is about an issue we all have in our faith lives; the develop...

Welcome to "Monday Musings," a new series where Pastor Don (that's me!) is going to (try to) come to you every week with a new/interesting topic for discussion about life in the Christian community. I'll try to explain it as best I can, and hope that you'll come on over to the Discord server to continue the conversation! Today's episode is about Social Contracts and the Paradox of Tolerance, that...

Since technical difficulties are currently keeping us from putting out our usual audio/video stuff, Pastor Don is trying something new; "Monday Musings!"  In this new series, Pastor Don (that's me!) is going to (try to) come to you every week with a new/interesting topic for discussion about life in the Christian community. I'll try to explain it as best I can, and hope that you'll come on ov...

Though most of the Unfinished Community media is still offline, we've still managed to get a little bit of interesting content out! Today we have Part 1 of a 5-part miniseries based on the 5-part article series "5 Signs Your Church Might Be Headed Off the Rails."  With Rev. Emmie Arnold of the PCUSA, join Pastor Don as we do a deep-dive discussion into how some of the more common challenges i...

Welcome to Episode 4 our new series on the Gospel, "Back to Basics." Featuring Lindsey Peacock and Pastor Don, this series takes a different approach to the Gospel message, working line-by-line through the text and discussing just what exactly is going on with this sometimes confusing, often-misinterpreted story.   This week, we continue our deep dive into the back half of Mark 1, talking abo...