Episodes
Friday Apr 05, 2024
Is there hope for me?
Friday Apr 05, 2024
Friday Apr 05, 2024
We wrestle to engage with God and find hope. Habakkuk left us a song, and connected is with a story to inspire faith. We're joined by Mike McGeoy, who has written a book of his story, and how he's discovered God speaking and engaging him in ordinary ways that have grown his faith and transformed his life. Is there more of God to pay attention to in our own story: something to to appreciate and a story to tell?
Mike's book is Is That You God: God is Always Speaking to Us...But Are We Really Listening?
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Thursday Mar 14, 2024
Habakkuk's song: from lament to hope
Thursday Mar 14, 2024
Thursday Mar 14, 2024
After two laments and a litany of woes, Habakkuk bursts into a song of hope and praise... so how did he get there? This song captures some of how God has interacted with the prophet, grown him and taught him, and expanded his horizons so faith could find hope in the midst of darkness. If a song for us, to help us take the same journey, and find hope in time of need.
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This podcast is produced by A Jesus Church in Portland, Oregon.
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Thursday Mar 07, 2024
What is in a woe?
Thursday Mar 07, 2024
Thursday Mar 07, 2024
Woe passages can make us nervous – after all, sometimes we're on the wrong side of a woe – but God is giving these woes to comfort and encourage. We're in the woe songs of Habakkuk. Each one gives insight into God's heart, and as we thing about how each context relates to ours, we can receive comfort and encouragement too...
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This podcast is produced by A Jesus Church in Portland, Oregon.
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Friday Mar 01, 2024
What is Justice?
Friday Mar 01, 2024
Friday Mar 01, 2024
Justice is a concept we are very confused about in our culture, and amidst all the options our city clamors about, God has something more. As God shows Habakkuk he cares about justice by explaining some specifics, it makes us pause to think about the framework we use. It's a big question, with a complex and nuanced answer... and we only scratch the surface! But it's a big conversation, so you''re invited to get excited about God growing you, and perhaps spotting your justice weak spot.
Monday Feb 26, 2024
How to lament with others
Monday Feb 26, 2024
Monday Feb 26, 2024
As we continue to learn from Habakkuk, Heather (our star therapist) joins us to talk about lamenting with others. How can we be priests, bringing God's presence into the pain of others, by our presence with them. Does biblical lament offer a framework to help us understand how to interact with the suffering and grieving? It seems like there's a connection – so we explore the practical implications...
Heather mentions the book Holy Listening, by Margaret Guenther
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This podcast is produced by A Jesus Church in Portland, Oregon.
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Thursday Feb 15, 2024
A Theology of Suffering
Thursday Feb 15, 2024
Thursday Feb 15, 2024
As Habakkuk continues to lament we're faced with questions like, "Does God use suffering?" "Do the righteous suffer with the unrighteous?" "Why is there suffering?" And, "How can a good God 'use' evil?" So, just a few light questions on this week's episode! There is purpose in suffering, but we have to ask some big questions to fit it into a healthy Christian perspective - something we're not good at, both as Americans and in the Western Church.
Thanks for listening to this episode of the House of Learning podcast.
This podcast is produced by A Jesus Church in Portland, Oregon.
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Thursday Feb 08, 2024
The Power of Lament
Thursday Feb 08, 2024
Thursday Feb 08, 2024
Have you ever found yourself wanting to cry out, "Why God?" Or to cry out a desperate need for God to help? That's the beginning of a lament. It's a massive part of people interacting with God throughout the Bible... but a really minor part of modern American prayer and worship. Habakkuk begins with a lament, so we talk about what it is, why it matters, and how to do it. It's a big deal, so we invite you to try it with us.
We reference a community exercise (grab a worksheet from us on Sunday of you want) - here are the common parts of a lament we talk through from this in the pod:
- Address to God
- God's past faithfulness
- Complaint
- Confession
- Request
- Statement of trust
- Vow of praise
Thanks for listening to this episode of the House of Learning podcast.
This podcast is produced by A Jesus Church in Portland, Oregon.
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Thursday Feb 01, 2024
Why Habakkuk, and what's his deal with faith?
Thursday Feb 01, 2024
Thursday Feb 01, 2024
It's time for a new series, and we're jumping into Habakkuk! We chat about why we're choosing this book of the Bible, how God's been leading us, and what we hope will happen as we journey through it. A lot of this has to do with faith, so we go deep exploring what faith is, what it's not, how it works and how it grows... there are even invisible chairs!
Thanks for listening to this episode of the House of Learning podcast.
This podcast is produced by A Jesus Church in Portland, Oregon.
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Tuesday Jan 30, 2024
Going Deeper in Worship
Tuesday Jan 30, 2024
Tuesday Jan 30, 2024
We’ve been having conversations about God’s invitation to go deeper… and there’s one conversation we haven’t had space for on Sundays: WORSHIP! But don’t fear, we’ve invited some friends from our worship crew to talk about what God is up to as he’s leading them deeper, and how he’s calling them to lead AJC deeper in our worship.
Thanks for listening to this episode of the House of Learning podcast.
This podcast is produced by A Jesus Church in Portland, Oregon.
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Friday Jan 12, 2024
Cafes and sermons
Friday Jan 12, 2024
Friday Jan 12, 2024
As we catch up on all things AJC and consider going deeper we chat about the role of hospitality in the church, and how we interact deeper with teachings. So, is having a church cafe just plain cheesy, or worse something Jesus would kick over and drive out? And, how do you bake a teaching to get all the nutrition out of it? Join us as we explore...!