Kurt Kroon talks through Nehemiah 2 and what we do with criticism. Do we internalize or reject it? What tools do you use to discern your areas of growth?Af Cascade Church Portland

Kurt Kroon introduces the book of Nehemiah and talks about rebuilding in deconstructed spaces and what we do with power and privilege.Af Cascade Church Portland

Kurt Kroon shares about pep rallies, Shamrock Runs and the ever present cycle of death and resurrection pulling us into the present.Af Cascade Church Portland

This Sunday we hear from Harriet Congdon, Andrew Chang and Kendra Wenzel on their experiences with polarization and what has been helpful and harmful in that process.Af Cascade Church Portland

Sarah Swartzendruber shares about a recent social media experience dealing with theology on her Parenting After Deconstruction Instagram page and how she processed it.Af Cascade Church Portland

Chelsea Gerlach shares some incredibly practical next steps for engaging in polarizing conversations. In this conversation Chelsea references Loretta Ross, and you can find her work hereAf Cascade Church Portland

Kurt Kroon shares on the story of Jonah about the tendencies we have to idealize and demonize folks as a means of feeling safe and God's movement to reconcile all people.Af Cascade Church Portland

Kurt Kroon shares about Paul, Colossians 2 and how Christ moves us to end gatekeeping.Af Cascade Church Portland

Leroy Barber joins us to share about the US's history of reparations and how the scriptures talk about making repairs.Af Cascade Church Portland

This Sunday Kurt Kroon interviews Alvin Hayes about the link he sees in the Civil Rights movement and Jesus Christ.Af Cascade Church Portland

Kurt Kroon looks at Luke 8 and the parable of the sower within the context of how we interpret parables today and some of the context around what Jesus in his context.Af Cascade Church Portland

Kurt Kroon discusses wisdom and how Jesus and John the Baptist are bringing this to us via radical inclusion through very different methods.Af Cascade Church Portland

On this Sunday Kurt Kroon shared about how Jesus negotiates the sacredness of who each person is and the potential of who we can become. This comes with a look at Luke 13:11-17 and the healing of a woman in the synagogue on the sabbath.Af Cascade Church Portland

Shelby Hanson leads us in a new message series that can give us fresh eyes on the parable structure and make unfamiliar what we've made familiar.Af Cascade Church Portland

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On Sunday January 29th Kurt Kroon talked about different lenses for viewing the Scriptures and how taking experiences from non-dominant folks and interpreting them through a dominant worldview can fundamentally change the message.Af Cascade Church Portland

Chelsea Gerlach shares a message about the planet, our relationship with it and how we hear the voice of God to move towards the healing of the land and ourselves.Af Cascade Church Portland

Kurt Kroon takes a look at comparisons between the story of Jesus birth and the origin stories of Horus, Romulus and Remus, Alexander the Great, and Augustus Caesar. We 'll see what the similarities and differences tell us.Af Cascade Church Portland

Sarah Swartzendruber talks through the role of grief in Mary's song both as a look forward to the life of Jesus and a reflection after the death of Jesus.Af Cascade Church Portland

Kurt Kroon talks through Luke 1:46-55 and the impact of Power Dynamics.Af Cascade Church Portland

Kurt Kroon talks about how our interpretation of Ephesians 6:10-17 is impacted by living in the world's largest military country and how that compares to the military factors in Paul's day.Af Cascade Church Portland

Harriet Congdon discusses the history and harm created by Ephesians 5:21-6:9, while suggesting various lenses for liberative interpretation.Af Cascade Church Portland

Kurt Kroon talks through sexuality, language and greed and the ways those topics can be shared for shame/oppression or freedom/liberation.Af Cascade Church Portland

Kurt Kroon talks through the Paul's problematic "othering" language and how we can call one another forward to growth and liberation.Af Cascade Church Portland

Leroy Barber, Sarah Swartzendruber and Kurt Kroon discuss the inherent problems with Christian calls for unity in a post-election climate.Af Cascade Church Portland

Insil Kang closes our Acts series with an intersectional look at Paul and how that informs the good news of Jesus.Af Cascade Church Portland

A message from Pastor Sarah Swartzendruber on Acts 19 and the way money and the church interact.Af Cascade Church Portland

A message from Michelle Lang Raymond on Acts 17.Af Cascade Church Portland

A message from Leroy Barber on Lydia's table and the foundations of the church from Acts 16.Af Cascade Church Portland

Jason Fileta is with us to talk about Acts 13 and how people seeking after God can be led astray by letting their fear grab after power.Af Cascade Church Portland

Pastor Sunia Gibbs shares with us a look at Acts 10 and what we can learn about human tendency to call assimilation inclusion and its consequences.Af Cascade Church Portland

This week we take a look at Acts 3 and how history can connect us to ourselves and those around us.Af Cascade Church Portland

We take a look at Acts 2 and how American individualism shapes our view of church community.Af Cascade Church Portland

Here's an introduction to the book of Acts and why we're taking a look at it in this particular moment in history.Af Cascade Church Portland

Kurt has a chat with Mike McHargue about how Spiral Dynamics functions in our world today.Af Cascade Church Portland

This week we take the Spiral Dynamics model and look at what healthy and unhealthy relationships to all of the stages can look like.Af Cascade Church Portland

This week we go into Spiral Dynamics, which is an emergent cyclical theory of adult human development (I know!). Take a listen as we hope to add this system to our collective tool bags in the hopes of growing in compassion, empathy and communication with people around us.Af Cascade Church Portland

Dr. James Hawkins brings a fascinating perspective at the intersection of emotionally focused therapy and racism.Af Cascade Church Portland

One of the best sermons I have ever heard. Effortless weaving together of the Biblical narrative and what is happening in our world right now. Give it multiple listens to let it all soak in.Af Cascade Church Portland

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in the previous message Krispin Mayfield shared on attachment theory and phew(!!) it was good. Getting curious about the tactics we employ to feel connected to the people closest to us and how they are doing the same thing can be a game changer. We can start making choices instead of just reacting when we tune in to the frequency of connecting to o…

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For my first job at a church I worked at a nationally registered historical place. I loved to joke that I was part-time youth director and part-time tour guide. People would stop by to check out a church building built in the 1860's and I would walk them through the building and share some of the stories that I had collected over the years. Every b…

Have you ever partaken in a meal that felt like holy space? Great conversations, a feeling of warmth and the abundance of options. For some, maybe that’s a family dinner, others that’s at fun restaurant in Portland. After my hip surgery, I was given a Sunday off and was determined to participate in Portland’s brunch scene after working most Sundays…

Confession:: If I walk into a room where I just saw someone and they're no longer there, I will make a rapture joke. It's as involuntary as breathing or having my heart beat. Growing up it wasn't uncommon to see "In Case of Rapture This Car Will be Unmanned" bumper stickers and to see copies of the Left Behind book series in homes. Images of piles …

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