The MomenToUs Podcast
Each Sunday, a new MomenToUs podcast will release!
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Season 4, Episode 6: God through Us; God to Us; God around Us
Join for the final episode of this podcast series, where Pastor Rebecca shares how the final few verses of the hymn O Come, O Come Emmanuel shape our theology and how we are part of what God is up to in the world!
Season 4, Episode 5: God beyond Us
Join us for our next MomenToUs episode, where Vicar Jaren Summers joins us for a conversation about what Lutheran Christians believe happens after death.
Season 4, Episode 4: God near Us
Join Pastor Rebecca for a closer look at what genealogies have to do with hymns and God's presence with us.
Season 4, Episode 3: God beside Us; God amid Us
Join Pastor Rebecca for another look at the hymn O Come, O Come, Emmanuel and how we can incorporate TWO different spiritual practices to continue growing in our faith this winter!
Season 4, Episode 2: God among Us
God among us. What good news. Join Pastor Rebecca as she shares more about the difference between God being with us vs. God being among us. There might even be references to cheesy Christmas movies and impostors later in the episode.
Season 4, Episode 1: Everywhere & Always
Join us for the first episode of a brand new MomenToUs season. Pastor Rebecca fills us in on some of the background about what we will be up to for the next 8 weeks & shares some big announcements about things coming up!
Season 3, Episode 13: Is God Still Present with Us or Has God Just Left Us to Fend for Ourselves?
Join us for a conversation with Pr. Aaron Layne to discuss this week's Burning Question & we learn that even when life is at it's most extreme, God continues to show up, even to and through us.
Season 3, Episode 12: Why Do Some People Get Better after Others Pray for Them & Others Don't?
Join us for a conversation with Pastor Sarah Mayer-Flatt about what the Bible has to say about healing, how God works through our lives and the communities that surround us, and how our prayers can transform our communities to be places of acceptance and healing for all.
Season 3, Episode 11: How Do I Know What God Is Calling Me to Do?
Join MomenToUs' Leadership in Context Student, Seven O'Riordan, for a conversation about how to begin praying and discerning about what God is calling us to do in this season of our life, especially when we embody several simultaneous and overlapping roles and vocations.
Season 3, Episode 10: Why Do Some Churches Support the LGBTQIA2S+ Community & Others Don't?
Join us for a conversation with Pr. Jacqui Buschor, for a beginning conversation about this week's burning question: Why Do Some Churches Support the LGBTQIA2S+ Community & Others Don't?
Season 3, Episode 9: Can Good Christians Be in Therapy?
Can good Christians be in therapy? Yes, absolutely. And even more would benefit. Join Pastor Rebecca as she shares some of the harmful and unhelpful responses that are sometimes shared and ways that we can learn to be better supporters within our community, helping us all carry the things that weigh on our hearts. That's the kind of community to which God calls us.
Season 3, Episode 8: Why Are There So Many Types of Christians?
Join Pastor Rebecca for a really quick history of some of the history of the Christian Church ... and how that has led us to having such a variety of Christian denominations today.
Season 3, Episode 7: Can Christians Be Involved in Politics?
Join us for a conversation with Deacon Nick Bates, who serves as the Executive Director of the Hunger Network in Ohio as he shares about his particular calling to public service and helps us begin to distinguish between political and partisan activities and how Christians are called to engage with each.
Season 3, Episode 6: I'm in My 20s. Why Isn't There Anyone Else My Age at Church?
If you are around church leaders, you hear this question asked by the few young adults who are present for worship on Sunday morning. Or, we hear a question that is similar, "Where are the young people?" Join us for a conversation with Ethan Roberts, a young adult who grew up in the church, has served a year with the ELCA Young Adults in Global Mission program, and is beginning to settle into young adulthood, discerning where God is calling him.
Season 3, Episode 5: Why Are Christians and The Church So Mean to Other Cultures and Faiths?
Join Pastor Rebecca as we explore a beginning answer to this week's Burning Question. And, stay tuned to the end for big announcements about our next gatherings!
Season 3, Episode 4: When Is The Rapture?
This week, Pr. Dan Hille joins us to answer this week's Burning Question: When is the Rapture? by tracing back some of the historical roots of when this branch of Christian theology came into existence. Tune in to see how Disney World is related to how we read and understand the book of Revelation!
Season 3, Episode 3: Why Do Catholics & Lutherans Have Different Bibles?
Did you know that there is more than one version of the Bible? Join us as Pastor Rebecca gives us some background on this particular difference and what it means for how we read, understand, and interpret Scripture and live our lives of faith.
Season 3, Episode 2: Why Does the Bible Contradict Itself?
Join us for this week's Burning Question: Why Does the Bible Contradict Itself? Pastor Rebecca shares two examples from the Bible that seem to contradict and some beginning understandings of why this is the case.
Season 3, Episode 1: Burning Questions
Join us for our Fall 2023 Podcast series: Burning Questions! This episode gives an overview and a few disclaimers about this upcoming season.
Season 2, Episode 12: Sabbath Re-Solution
Our final Sabbath Stop for 2023! Join Pastor Rebecca as we reflect over where we have journeyed together on our summer Sabbath Stops & we look ahead for how to re-solve the problem of what to do when our busy-ness creeps back in again. Listen all the way to the end for a couple big announcements!