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TitleDateListen
2006 Advent
Let Love Abound 12/3/2006
War and Peace 12/10/2006
The Power of Forgiveness 12/17/2006
A Dangerous Woman 12/24/2006
2008 Holy Week
Maundy Thursday 3/20/2008
Good Friday 3/21/2008
The Marvel of Easter 3/23/2008
24
Time 3/4/2007 Listen
Make the Most of Your Days 3/11/2007 Listen
Balance 24/7 3/18/2007
525,600 Minutes: Measuring a Year
What Life Would You Choose 8/29/2005 Listen
Advent 2002
Worship Matters 12/1/2002
Practicing the Presence 12/8/2002
The Heart of the Matter 12/15/2002
Advent 2007
Anticipation 12/2/2007
The Answer--or More Questions? 12/9/2007
Having a Merrier Christmas 12/16/2007
Impossible is Nothing! 12/23/2007
What's Right About Christmas 12/24/2007
Advent 2008
Get Ready... 11/30/2008
Being Bold in 2004
Living Bold 1/4/2004
Love Bold 1/11/2004
Joy Squared--Finding the Joy of Joy 1/20/2004
A Call to Action 1/25/2004
Building a Better Life
How To Be A Better Parent 5/9/2010
Deep Shift
The Future We Are Creating 11/11/2007
Committed to Community 11/18/2007
Making Christ our King 11/25/2007
Experiencing the Passion - The Man Behind the Movie
Lessons in the Battle between Good and Evil 2/29/2004
The First Temptation 2/29/2004
Where Do I Stand with God 3/7/2004
Why Change 3/14/2004
The Prodigal Father 3/21/2004 Listen
Hallowed Be My Name 3/28/2004 Listen
Give the Very Best this Holiday Season
Giving the Gift of Heart 12/7/2003
Give the Gift of Forgiveness 12/14/2003
Giving the Gift of Good Cheer; How Not to Be a Grump 12/21/2003
God Is Closer Than You Think
How to Find God 1/7/2007
Finding Jesus at a Wedding 1/14/2007
Finding God at Church 1/21/2007
Finding God in a Fish 2/4/2007
"Blessed are the Poor" Good News? 2/11/2007
Finding God in the Downs and Ups 2/18/2007
God, I Need a New Year
Finding God's Dream for Me 1/5/2003
How's the Family 1/12/2003
Faithfully Following 1/19/2003
Fishing for People 1/26/2003
Growing Into Greatness
Scouting Day 2/2/2003
Finding Energy 2/9/2003
Growing in Compassion 2/16/2003
Making the Most of Our Opportunities 2/23/2003
Sharing in Greatness 3/2/2003
Have Yourself A Very Mindful Christmas
Giving Presence 12/6/2009
Having a Happier New Year
Livin' Lovin' 1/13/2008
Leggo My Ego! 1/20/2008
Our Vision for 2008 1/27/2008
There Can Be Only One or The More the Merrier 2/3/2008
Holy Week 2003
Palm Sunday--No Fear! 4/13/2003
Maundy Thursday 4/17/2003
Celebrating Easter For All Its Worth 4/20/2003
Hope
Abiding Hope 10/6/2002
The Hardiness of Hope 10/13/2002
Identity Theft
Robbed of Relationships 10/30/2005
What Are You Going to Do About It? 11/6/2005 Listen
Mugged By the Mirror 11/13/2005 Listen
Murdered by Mindlessness 11/20/2005 Listen
If I Were the Devil I'd . . .
Winning the War Within 2/13/2005 Listen
The Power You Need for the Life You Want 2/22/2005 Listen
Disbanding the Fight Club 2/27/2005 Listen
Talkin' the Walk and Walkin' the Talk 3/6/2005 Listen
Living Beyond the Life of a Worm 3/14/2005 Listen
Improving Your Emotional Intelligence
Taming our Tempers 2/1/2004
Make More Than Just a Difference 2/15/2004
Bonus Section 2/22/2004
Is God Talking To You 2/22/2004
Lent 2003
Ash Wednesday Sermon 3/5/2003
How to Hear God's Word to You 3/9/2003
When is Enough Enough 3/16/2003
Imagine 3/23/2003
Three of Life's Greatest Lessons 3/30/2003
The Descent 4/6/2003
Lent 2006 - Meek. Mild. As If. Discover the real Jesus.
Being Family: We're All in This Together 3/5/2006 Listen
Imagine 3/12/2006 Listen
A Revolutionary Force for Good? 3/19/2006
Signs 3/26/2006 Listen
Jesus Wins 4/3/2006 Listen
Lessons for the Journey
Who Are You? 4/29/2007 Listen
Rich Daughter Poor Daughter 5/6/2007 Listen
R-E-S-P-E-C-T 5/13/2007
Living, Loving 5/20/2007
Alcohol and You 5/27/2007
Sex 6/3/2007 Listen
Make the Right Choice 6/10/2007 Listen
Living Rite
Rite Power 2/10/2008
Rite Reality 2/17/2008
Who Stole My Church? 2/24/2008
Cultivating a Grateful Heart in an Often Ungrateful World 3/2/2008
A Sad, Sad Sermon 3/9/2008
Help Needed 3/16/2008
Picture Perfect
The Perils of Perfection 9/7/2008
Forgive Me For Not Being Perfect 9/14/2008
Let It Be 9/21/2008
Who Is Perfect? 9/27/2008
Protecting Beauty From the Beast
Love That Hurts 9/16/2007
Jesus, Guitar Hero, and You 9/23/2007
I'm Right and Your Wrong and That's That 9/30/2007
Protecting Beauty From The Beast
Blame It On Mr. Rogers 10/7/2007
Protecting Beauty From the Beast
Have You Forgotten Something 10/14/2007
Sharing Saving Grace In Suffering Times
Does God Really Care? 2/15/2009
Listen 2/22/2009
Songs in the Key of Summer
All You Need Is Love 6/25/2006 Listen
Making the World that Is into the World that Ought to Be 7/2/2006 Listen
Don't Let Your Tongue Lick You 7/9/2006 Listen
I Forgive 7/23/2006 Listen
The Trust Issue--and What's At Stake 7/30/2006 Listen
Stay Positive
Together Through Life 5/3/2009
The Apprentice - Preparing for the Untimate Boardroom
Love 10/3/2004
Peace 10/10/2004 Listen
Joy 10/17/2004 Listen
Patience 10/24/2004
Kindness 10/31/2004 Listen
Goodness 11/7/2004
Faithfulness 11/14/2004 Listen
Gentleness 11/21/2004 Listen
Self Control 11/28/2004 Listen
The Biggies
The Sudoku Way to Spiritual Mastery for a Great 2006 1/8/2006 Listen
Priceless 1/15/2006 Listen
Repentance and Belief are Linked 1/22/2006 Listen
Finding What It Takes 2/5/2006 Listen
Membership Has Its Rewards 2/19/2006 Listen
The DaVinci Code: Seek the Truth
DaVinci, Peter Parker and Jesus 5/21/2006 Listen
Jesus and Women 5/28/2006 Listen
Is Jesus God (and Why that Matters!) 6/4/2006 Listen
The Heart I Want
The Heart I Want 10/1/2006 Listen
Giving Generous Heart 10/8/2006
When Less is So Much More 10/15/2006
The Jesus Diet
You Are What You Eat 1/16/2005 Listen
The Joys of the Flesh
Matter for Rejoicing 4/23/2006 Listen
The Beauty of the Body 4/30/2006 Listen
Choose Joy 5/7/2006 Listen
The Value of Values
Doing the right thing 8/24/2003
The Hardest Job of All 8/31/2003
The Real Thing 9/7/2003
Life Beyond Average 9/14/2003
Pulling Together 9/21/2003
Honor 10/5/2003
Whats the Big Deal about Stealing 10/26/2003
The Truth About Lying 11/2/2003
Delving into Desire 11/11/2003
Unlearn
Who's Rich? 10/21/2007
Who's Doing Well? 10/28/2007
Who's Generous? 11/4/2007
What Are We Waiting For?
Mississippi Tales, Part 2 Let Your Light Shine 12/4/2005 Listen
Mind the Gap 12/11/2005 Listen
Nothing is Impossible 12/18/2005 Listen
Who Are We Waiting For?
Mississippi Tales: Watching for Joy in the Midst of Life's Sorrows 11/28/2005 Listen
Miscellaneous
Adaptive Capacity 10/20/2002
Profitting from Problems 10/27/2002
Happiness Is 11/3/2002
The Big Picture 11/10/2002
It's To Die For 11/17/2002
Dealing With Doubts 4/27/2003
Something to Celebrate...and Share! 5/11/2003
Free the Heart 5/18/2003
Following the One Into Love 5/25/2003
Out of This World! 6/1/2003
Electricity, Pickles, and You 6/8/2003
Life at Its Best 6/15/2003
Fishers of People (Jennifer) 6/22/2003
Pentecost 7/13/2003
Sponge Rob Comes to Church 8/3/2003
Can We Still Trust the Clergy 8/17/2003
Mark 9 9/28/2003
There's a Killer on the Road 10/12/2003
Good Sex and the Good Life 10/19/2003
The Smartest Folks in the Room 11/16/2003
Maximize Your Money 11/23/2003
Christmas 12/24/2003
Jesus and The DaVinci Code 12/28/2003
Ash Wednesday 2/25/2004
The Real Deal 4/4/2004 Listen
Whatcha Gonna Do About It 4/9/2004
Dust Chaser or World Changer 4/11/2004 Listen
Quizilla Comes to Church 4/18/2004 Listen
Signs 4/25/2004 Listen
Youth Sunday 5/2/2004 Listen
Sermon 5/9/2004 Listen
A Tale of Two 5/16/2004 Listen
The Church of the Towel 5/23/2004 Listen
The Top Ten Reasons Why Brood X Is Like The Holy Spirit 5/30/2004 Listen
Out of This World! 6/1/2004
Trinity Matters 6/6/2004 Listen
The Art of Making Connections 6/13/2004 Listen
A Question That Needs to Be Asked 6/20/2004 Listen
Help 7/4/2004 Listen
Proper 10 7/11/2004 Listen
Barrier Busting 7/18/2004 Listen
What is God's Will 7/25/2004 Listen
The Rub 8/1/2004
How Not to Turn Into the Wrong Person 8/8/2004 Listen
Avoiding Crisis 8/15/2004
It Shouldn't Be That Hard 8/29/2004
Raising Godly Kids 9/5/2004 Listen
Making the Most out of What We Have 9/19/2004
The Challenge of Abundant Living 9/26/2004
Good Relational Grammar 12/5/2004
Finding and Sharing Life at Its Fullest 12/12/2004 Listen
We Remember 12/19/2004 Listen
When Anything is Possible 12/24/2004 Listen
Sexual Immortality 1/2/2005 Listen
The Power of We 1/9/2005 Listen
Keeping Our Calling Clear 1/23/2005 Listen
January 30 - Audio Available Only - No Text 2/2/2005 Listen
Lent: What Makes a Christian a Christian? 2/10/2005
Repeat or Release? 3/21/2005 Listen
Hope for Tomorrow 3/27/2005 Listen
Words to Live By 3/27/2005 Listen
How to Become Great 4/3/2005 Listen
Walking in the Way God Leads 4/10/2005 Listen
The Calling and Commitment of Your Heart 4/19/2005 Listen
The Power of Everybody 4/25/2005 Listen
The All Important Question 5/3/2005 Listen
Mother's Day 5/9/2005 Listen
Living Beyond Ourself 5/17/2005 Listen
The Best Life Possible 5/24/2005 Listen
Making the Choice to Love 6/1/2005 Listen
Worth the Price 6/5/2005 Listen
Help 6/12/2005 Listen
Wise Serpent, Innocent Dove 6/21/2005 Listen
Finding the Life You Were Meant to Live 6/27/2005 Listen
The Freakonomics of Jesus 7/6/2005 Listen
What Do You Believe? 8/22/2005 Listen
Learning from Katrina 9/5/2005 Listen
September 11 - A Day of Forgiveness 9/11/2005 Listen
Of Oscar the Grouch and Jesus the Christ 9/19/2005 Listen
Are You Who You Appear to Be? 9/26/2005 Listen
A Blast from the Past 10/3/2005
Dressed to the Nines 10/9/2005 Listen
The Great Adventure 10/16/2005 Listen
Love Made Me Do It 10/23/2005 Listen
Christmas Presence 12/24/2005 Listen
What's In A Name? 1/1/2006 Listen
Body Shaped by Jesus 1/29/2006 Listen
A Story You'll Never Hear on Sunday Morning: Building a Bold Heart 2/12/2006
Only Human 2/26/2006 Listen
Ash Wednesday Sermon: Keeping Perspective: The Vanishing Line 3/1/2006 Listen
Palm Sunday - Exhortation 4/9/2006 Listen
Good Friday 4/14/2006
Love Wins 4/16/2006 Listen
Mother's Day: Seasons of a Mother's Love 5/14/2006 Listen
Father's Day: Finding Our Growing Edge 6/18/2006 Listen
A Matter of the Heart 9/3/2006
What God Really Wants 9/10/2006
Diet Coke, Mentos, and the Gospel 9/24/2006
Life's Greatest Gift 10/29/2006
Are you ready to walk for THE CURE? 11/5/2006
I Love to Tell My Story 11/12/2006
Enders Game 11/19/2006
Mindlessness 11/26/2006
Can't Keep It In 12/24/2006
Star Throwers 12/31/2006
Our Vision for 2007 1/28/2007
Ash Wednesday Sermon 2/21/2007
Winning the Temptation Battle 2/25/2007 Listen
Hallowed Be My Name 3/25/2007
Palm Sunday 4/1/2007 Listen
Easter 4/8/2007
Meeting Mary by Scot McKnight 4/15/2007 Listen
We are a resurrection People, A Community that CARES 4/22/2007 Listen
Youth Sunday 6/17/2007 Listen
Why Faith Matters 8/12/2007
Fire, Judgment and You 8/19/2007
Living Well 9/9/2007
What's Important? 1/6/2008
She Would Have Been a Good Woman If... 2/6/2008
An Ordinary Guy 3/30/2008
Being People of the Burning Heart 4/6/2008
A Pentecostal Mother's Day 5/11/2008
Life Is So Good 5/18/2008
No Excuse 6/8/2008
Life at 50 9/28/2008
Making a Dying 10/5/2008
What are You Wearing to the Wedding? 10/12/2008
You Get What You Care For 10/19/2008
All Saints' Sunday 11/2/2008
Parable of the Five Talents 11/17/2008
Who Cares? 11/23/2008
Have You Arrived? 12/7/2008
What is your witness? 12/14/2008
What is Possible? 12/21/2008
Christmas Eve 2008: So This Is Christmas 12/24/2008
How Do You See Things? 12/28/2008
The Path Ahead 1/4/2009
The Good, The Bad, and the Mugly 1/11/2009
Justice at Its Best is... 1/18/2009
Call for Change 1/25/2009
Our Mission High Fulfilling 2/1/2009
The Power of Prayer 2/8/2009
Ash Wednesday 2/25/2009
Who Really Matters 3/1/2009
2nd Sunday in Lent 3/8/2009
Money, Cocaine, and Me 3/15/2009
Money, Monkeys, and Me 3/29/2009
Palm Crosses and Palm Pilots 4/5/2009
Good Friday 4/10/2009
Easter 4/12/2009
Doubt 4/19/2009
30 Hour Famine 4/26/2009
The Power of Touch 6/28/2009
Holy Communion 8/23/2009
What God Wants 8/30/2009
Closing Doors and Carrying Crosses 9/13/2009
All In 11/22/2009
The End of the World 11/29/2009
Peace on Earth 12/24/2009
Is Time On Your Side? 1/3/2010
Baptism of Jesus 1/10/2010
A Bucket of Water and a Can of Gas 1/17/2010
What's Your Story 1/24/2010
Fishermen, Farmers, and Children 2/7/2010
Keepin' On Keepin' On 2/14/2010
A Living Reminder 2/17/2010
The Secret of Success 2/21/2010
Attentional Systems, Heavy Clutter, and Recognizing What Matters 2/28/2010
Stuck 3/14/2010
The Risk of Love 3/21/2010
Wishful Thinking 4/4/2010
Who's Got Your Back 4/25/2010
Making Space to Share 5/2/2010
What We've Learned 6/13/2010
The Crazies 6/20/2010
Change the World 8/8/2010
Our Mission Trip to Haiti 8/15/2010
Help 8/22/2010
Down 8/29/2010