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December 10, 2023 - Advent: Prepare from 2023-12-11T20:04
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- The church opens up a space for hope in the midst of disorientation.
ListenDecember 3, 2023 - Advent: Ponder from 2023-12-04T06:09
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Transforming amazement in the fire of treasuring and pondering.
ListenNovember 19, 2023 - All Saints: Vincent Van Gogh from 2023-11-20T17:51
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- The story of Vox and three paintings.
ListenNovember 12, 2023 - All Saints: Guinefort of Lyon from 2023-11-13T15:30
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- An unexpected saint and a window into natural theology.
ListenNovember 5, 2023 - All Saints: Moses The Black from 2023-11-06T17:57
Speaker: Levi Rennick --- Repentence and transformation for a powerful thief and swordsman.
ListenOctober 29, 2023 - All Saints: Therese of Liseux from 2023-10-30T20:26
Speaker: Levi Rennick --- The brief life of a joyful and stubborn, humble and confident little flower.
ListenOctober 22, 2023 - Hello My Name Is: Unfinished from 2023-10-23T18:02
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Practical, faithful, connected, and unfinished. Observations of Jeremiah's life.
ListenOctober 8, 2023 - Hello My Name Is: Exile from 2023-10-09T20:30
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Jeremiah's creative efforts fail and advice about how to live when things go wrong.
ListenOctober 1, 2023 - Hello My Name Is: Faithful Creativity from 2023-10-02T16:39
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- The book we read and the book we write.
ListenSeptember 24, 2023 - Hello My Name Is: Keep Going from 2023-09-26T21:27
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Jeremiah's daily persistance in the face of discouragement.
ListenSeptember 17, 2023 - Hello My Name Is: Beautiful And Useful from 2023-09-19T15:12
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Jeremiah gets his image at the potter's house.
ListenSeptember 10, 2023 - Hello My Name Is: Prophet from 2023-09-11T05:25
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Living from visions.
ListenSeptember 3, 2023 - Hello My Name Is: Before from 2023-09-05T19:47
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Jeremiah steps into an ongoing story where he is known, chosen, and given.
ListenAugust 20, 2023 - Hello My Name Is: What's In A Name from 2023-08-21T19:00
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- An introduction to the weeping prophet who modeled a fully human life.
ListenAugust 6, 2023 - Four Selves from 2023-08-08T17:25
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Who is the "I" that says "I"?
ListenJuly 30, 2023 - James Reflection from 2023-08-04T14:03
Speaker: Joy Klee - Looking through the series on James.
ListenJuly 23, 2023 - Special Financial Update from 2023-07-24T16:31
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- An update about our financial life.
ListenJuly 23, 2023 - James 5 from 2023-07-24T16:30
Speaker: Levi Rennick - Relational and restorative truth.
ListenJune 25, 2023 - James 1 from 2023-06-27T02:05
Speaker: Levi Rennick --- Entering the New Testament book of James.
ListenJune 18, 2023 - Believing: Reverence from 2023-06-19T16:33
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- How intelligent people can come to suspect God is present.
ListenJune 11, 2023 - Believing: Veils from 2023-06-12T19:17
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Guidance from the mystical tradition for drawing near to God.
ListenJune 4, 2023 - Believing: In The Middle from 2023-06-05T16:48
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Sustaining faith through anxiety, loneliness, and boredom.
ListenMay 28, 2023 - Believing: Otherness from 2023-05-29T17:49
Speaker: Levi Rennick --- The God who is beyond our understanding.
ListenMay 21, 2023 - Believing: From Restlessness from 2023-05-22T17:56:21
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Dreams and distractions that keep us from encountering God.
ListenMay 14, 2023 - Believing: From Pragmatism from 2023-05-15T13:26:58
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Efficiency that prevents us from encountering God.
ListenMay 7, 2023 - Believing: From Narcissism from 2023-05-08T16:48:11
Speaker: Obsessive self focus that prevents us from encountering God.
ListenApril 30, 2023 - Believing: In An Age Of Unbelief from 2023-05-01T17:05:16
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Coming awake to the reality of the presence of God.
ListenApril 23, 2023 - Shalom from 2023-04-25T15:36
Speaker: Chris Shillito --- An update from Shalom Retreat Center.
ListenApril 16, 2023 - Presence from 2023-04-17T18:12:50
Speaker: Amy Sandwell --- The practice of being present.
ListenApril 9, 2023 - Easter: RISE from 2023-04-10T16:26:15
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Getting in on the ideas around Easter.
ListenApril 2, 2023 - Interior Design: Despair from 2023-04-03T19:01:50
Speaker: Jon Bowles --- Psalm 88 and our flight response to abandonment.
ListenMarch 26, 2023 - Interior Design: Contempt And Shame from 2023-03-27T21:10:53
Speaker: Levi Rennick --- The "Don't you know who I am?" emotions.
ListenMarch 19, 2023 - Interior Design: Fear from 2023-03-21T15:11:37
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Allegiance to God over the world.
ListenMarch 12, 2023 - Interior Design: Anger from 2023-03-13T16:27:41
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Desire for justice tempered by patience.
ListenMarch 5, 2023 - Interior Design: Jealousy and Envy from 2023-03-07T23:59:16
Speaker: Levi Rennick
ListenFebruary 28, 2023 - Interior Design: Emotions from 2023-02-28T19:02:14
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Understanding feelings in order to care for our lives.
ListenFebruary 19, 2023 - The Jesus Playlist: Reorientation from 2023-02-20T17:50:08
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Psalm 73 and God's presence beyond disruption.
ListenFebruary 12, 2023 - The Jesus Playlist: Disorientation from 2023-02-13T22:57:38
Speaker: Adam Sandwell --- Psalm 88 and lyrics for formation.
ListenFebruary 5, 2023 - The Jesus Playlist: Orientation from 2023-02-05T23:12:55
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Psalm 145 and the song lyrics in the head of Jesus.
ListenJanuary 29, 2023 - Roots: Corporate from 2023-01-31T15:59:10
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Transforming spiritual disciplines that are expressing together.
ListenJanuary 22, 2023 - Roots: Outward from 2023-01-24T00:42:35
Speaker: Joy Klee --- Transforming spiritual disciplines that point outward.
ListenJanuary 15, 2023 - Roots: Inward from 2023-01-16T19:17:30
Speaker: Levi Rennick --- Transforming spiritual disciplines that point inward.
ListenJanuary 8, 2023 - Unavoidable Void from 2023-01-09T17:29:31
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- A theology for exploring the Enneagram.
ListenJanuary 1, 2023 - Flourish from 2023-01-02T17:34:32
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- A new focus for a new year.
ListenDecember 24, 2022 - Christmas Eve: Is Everything OK? from 2022-12-26T18:47:46
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Christ enters the story to make right what has gone wrong.
ListenDecember 18, 2022 - Darkness And Light: Action from 2022-12-19T17:50:29
Speaker: Levi Rennick --- Advent 4: Isaiah 7
ListenDecember 11, 2022 - Darkness And Light: Flip from 2022-12-12T18:20:04
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Advent 3: Non-complementary behavior and unexpected outcomes.
ListenDecember 4, 2022 - Darkness And Light: The System from 2022-12-05T18:16:18
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Advent 2: A voice with an external reference point.
ListenNovember 27, 2022 - Darkness And Light: Thief from 2022-11-28T16:14:22
Speaker: Pip Whitney --- Advent 1: Jesus breaks in.
ListenNovember 20, 2022 - All Saints: Paul Hiebert from 2022-11-21T19:15:24
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Bounded and Centered Set community.
ListenNovember 13, 2022 - All Saints: Justin Martyr from 2022-11-14T17:27:49
Speaker: Levi Rennick --- Reasonable, intersectional, sacred faith.
ListenNovember 6, 2022 - All Saints: Francis Of Assisi from 2022-11-07T18:58:41
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Out of the honor/shame system and imitating Jesus.
ListenOctober 30, 2022 - Along The Way: The Moment from 2022-10-31T16:38:15
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- An ecclesiology for transformation and mission.
ListenOctober 23, 2022 - Along The Way: Tasks And Virtues from 2022-10-24T17:59:19
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- What the church does and how the church does it.
ListenOctober 16, 2022 - Along The Way: Good Hypocrites from 2022-10-17T19:14:37
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Pretending as practicing.
ListenOctober 9, 2022 - Along The Way: A Fixed Point from 2022-10-10T18:13:05
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Navigating with a new imagination.
ListenSeptember 25, 2022 - Along The Way: Rule And Worship from 2022-09-26T14:41:49
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Humankind as royal representation in the creation.
ListenSeptember 18, 2022 - Prodigal Sons from 2022-09-20T14:54:21
Speaker: Levi Rennick --- The parable of the prodigal sons.
ListenSeptember 11, 2022 - Work Pt. 2 from 2022-09-12T16:30:27
Speaker: Troy Lakey --- Work and worship, discipleship in vocation.
ListenSeptember 4, 2022 - Along The Way: Character from 2022-09-05T16:35
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Jesus and Paul in conversation with Aristotle.
ListenAugust 28, 2022 - Along The Way: What Now? from 2022-08-30T14:38:20
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Rules and authenticity as options for finding the best way to live.
ListenAugust 14, 2022 - Sacrament from 2022-08-15T17:04:15
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Baptism as a window into a larger world and connection to the center.
ListenJuly 31, 2022 - Work from 2022-08-01T17:00
Speaker: Troy Lakey --- Living out faith in our calling.
ListenJuly 24, 2022 - Change from 2022-07-25T17:00
Speaker: Jonathan Klee - Reflection on a summer of eliminating hurry.
ListenJuly 17th, 2022 - Reading and Learning From Others from 2022-07-21T19:44:07
Speaker: Levi Rennick - Things I do to learn and grow.
ListenJuly 10th, 2022 - Stories with Shalom Retreat from 2022-07-21T19:37:12
ListenJuly 3rd, 2022 - Reading and Learning From Others from 2022-07-07T20:16:57
Speaker: Joy Klee — God is in all things so we can learn from him in various ways.
ListenJune 26, 2022 - Old or New Wine Skins from 2022-07-07T20:15:17
Speaker: Jon Bowles — Receptivity to change and new imagination.
ListenJune 19, 2022 - Transformation from 2022-06-23T14:23:28
Speaker: Jack Ramos-Needham --- Story of coming to faith.
ListenJune 12, 2022 - I don't know from 2022-06-14T16:37:39
Speaker: Levi Rennick — It's alright to say "I don't know"
ListenJune 5, 2022 - Why Are We Doing This? from 2022-06-07T16:57:52
Speaker: Pip Whitney --- Pentecost Sunday.
ListenMay 29, 2022 - Eliminate Hurry from 2022-06-01T14:52:36
Speaker: Jonathan Klee - Ruthless Elimination of Hurry
ListenMay 22, 2022 - Paul and the Philippians part 2 from 2022-06-01T14:50:08
Speaker: Levi Rennick - Paul and the Philippians part 2
ListenMay 15, 2022 - Paul and the Philippians from 2022-05-19T01:30:06
Speaker: Name — Levi Rennick teaches about Paul and the Philippians.
ListenMay 8, 2022 - Mothers Day from 2022-05-19T01:27:55
Speaker: Name — Joy Klee preachers on mothers day.
ListenMay 1, 2022 - Levi's Sabbatical Learnings from 2022-05-19T01:26:08
Speaker: Name — Levi Rennick shares what he learned on his sabbatical.
ListenApril 24, 2022 - Emmaus from 2022-04-25T00:53:33
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Discipleship as disillusionment, encounter, opened eyes.
ListenApril 17, 2022 - Easter: Saturday And Monday from 2022-04-17T23:22:41
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- What story we are in.
ListenApril 10, 2022 - The Ordination of Levi Rennick from 2022-04-11T18:33:37
Speakers: Various --- A ceremony for the Sacrament of Holy Orders.
ListenApril 10, 2022 - Streams Of Living Water: Incarnational from 2022-04-11T18:25:18
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Making visible the realm of the invisible.
ListenApril 3, 2022 - Missional Partners from 2022-04-04T19:48:16
Speakers: Rustin Smith, Bobbie Jeffrey, Alexis Buttefield --- And update from Imago Performing Arts and Heart N' Hand
ListenMarch 27, 2022 - Streams Of Living Water: Evangelical from 2022-03-29T00:05:29
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Word, conversion, cross, and activism.
ListenMarch 20, 2022 - Sabbatical Rest from 2022-03-21T17:56:28
Speakers: Rustin Smith, Troy Lakey, Jonathan Klee - Update on Sabbatical and our Ukraine response.
ListenMarch 13, 2022 - Streams Of Living Water: Social Justice from 2022-03-15T04:31:02
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Everything in its right place with moral justice and overflowing compassion.
ListenFebruary 27, 2022 - Streams Of Living Water: Charismatic from 2022-02-28T18:07:55
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Accessing power from outside the self.
ListenFebruary 20, 2022 - Streams Of Living Water: Holiness from 2022-02-22T19:37:06
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Living lives of robust sanity.
ListenFebruary 13, 2022 - Streams Of Living Water: Contemplative Addendum from 2022-02-16T21:24:52
Speakers: Rustin Smith, Jonathan Klee, Chris Shillito --- Shalom Retreat Center is a new ministry partner in the Contemplative Tradition.
ListenFebruary 6, 2022 - Streams Of Living Water: Contemplative from 2022-02-07T17:49:26
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Entering the divine rest that overcomes our alienation.
ListenJanuary 30, 2022 - Streams Of Living Water from 2022-01-31T19:46:13
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- An introduction to the deep church where nourishment flows.
ListenJanuary 23, 2022 - Making Peace from 2022-01-26T17:55:37
Speaker: Levi Rennick --- The unique calling of the people of God, to be at peace, of peace, for peace.
ListenJanuary 16, 2022 - Finding Transformation from 2022-01-20T19:51:04
Speaker: Jonathan Klee - Finding Transformation
ListenJanuary 9, 2022 - Epiphany: Invitation from 2022-01-11T15:54:57
Speaker: Rustin Smith, Various --- Meaning, belonging, and transformation in church and how you can connect at Vox.
ListenDecember 19, 2021 - Advent: Leaving Space from 2021-12-19T19:31:59
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- A prophetic vision of the peacable world to come.
ListenDecember 12, 2021 - Advent: Love from 2021-12-13T23:45:11
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Messy church and the hope of love.
ListenDecember 5, 2021 - Advent: Excitement from 2021-12-06T23:25:30
Speaker: Jon Bowles --- Anticipating a world to come.
ListenNovember 28, 2021 - Advent: Vulnerability from 2021-11-29T19:13:06
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- The necessary context for real transformation.
ListenNovember 28, 2021 - Advent: Vulnerability from 2021-11-29T19:13:06
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- The necessary context for real transformation.
ListenNovember 21, 2021 - Gratitude from 2021-11-22T22:02:53
Speaker: Levi Rennick --- Learning how to express thanks.
ListenNovember 14, 2021 - All Saints: Brennan Manning from 2021-11-15T17:51:30
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- God is a great lover of ragamuffins.
ListenNovember 7, 2021 - All Saints: Patrick Of Ireland from 2021-11-08T19:08:43
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- God comes alongside our desires to lead us forward.
ListenOctober 24, 2021 - The Jesus Way: Versus Celebrity from 2021-10-25T17:58:47
Rustin Smith --- Getting to know the Jesus Way by discerning the way of celebrity.
October 17, 2021 - The Jesus Way: Versus Religion from 2021-10-18T16:46:33
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Getting to kno...
ListenOctober 10, 2021 - The Jesus Way: Versus Power from 2021-10-11T21:58:10
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Getting to know the Jesus Way by discerning the way of power.
ListenSeptember 26, 2021 - Safety from 2021-09-27T23:03:38
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Risk and hurt in a world that is a perfectly safe place to be.
ListenSeptember 19, 2021 - Further: Final Briefing from 2021-09-21T14:20:22
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Last urgent words to a beloved church.
ListenSeptember 12, 2021 - Confessing Worship from 2021-09-16T16:25:27
Speaker: Pip Whitney --- Songs we sing and the truth we tell.
ListenSeptember 5, 2021 - Further Reflections from 2021-09-16T16:22:38
Speaker: Joy Klee - Working out the vision of Ephesians in real life.
ListenAugust 29, 2021 - Further: Precipice from 2021-08-30T18:09:40
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Our primary relationship that gives context to everything else.
ListenAugust 22, 2021 - Further: Love And Worship from 2021-08-23T21:05:16
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Two ways of getting things done and making things happen in the church.
ListenAugust 8, 2021 - Further: Negative Space from 2021-08-08T19:36:03
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Morality is not maturity.
ListenAugust 1, 2021 - Further: Ascent from 2021-08-02T16:15:32
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Maturity as slow and sure, and utterly real, mountain step-plod and ascent.
ListenJuly 25, 2021 - Further: Cradle Language from 2021-07-26T19:04:26
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- The personal, communal, deep language of reality.
ListenJuly 18, 2021 - Further: Inseperables from 2021-07-19T16:34:26
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- The place personal commitment in a larger world.
ListenJuly 11, 2021 - Further: Serious House from 2021-07-12T18:55:14
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- The strenuous work of peace.
ListenJuly 4, 2021 - Further: Swimming from 2021-07-05T16:06:26
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- The invisible and unlikely substance that fuels us.
ListenJune 27, 2021 - Further: Mountain from 2021-06-28T17:54:30
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Paul's prayer for the church to see where it already is.
ListenJune 20, 2021 - Further: Abundance from 2021-06-22T22:28:03
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- A description of a map of a larger reality.
ListenJune 13, 2021 - Further: Axios from 2021-06-14T19:44:18
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Our walking and God's calling.
ListenJune 6, 2021 - Further: Illusions from 2021-06-07T23:12:32
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- An introduction to the letter to the Ephesians.
ListenMay 23, 2021 - Blind Spot: Pronouncing The Certainty Of Shalom from 2021-05-24T17:28:05
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Pronouncing the certainty of shalom in a meaningless age.
ListenMay 16, 2021 - Blind Spot: Embodying The Integrity Of Creation from 2021-05-17T17:02:09
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Embodying the integrity of creation in an exploitative age.
ListenMay 9, 2021 - Blind Spot: Embracing The Priority Of Neighbor from 2021-05-09T20:00:41
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Embracing the priority of neighbor in a violent age.
ListenMay 2, 2021 - Blind Spot: Affirming The Dignity Of Selves from 2021-05-03T22:25:31
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Affirming the dignity of selves in a dehumanizing age.
ListenApril 25, 2021 - Blind Spot: Insisting On The Reality Of Death from 2021-04-27T17:10:52
Speaker: Pip Whitney --- Insisting on the reality of death in a technological age.
ListenApril 18, 2021 - Blind Spot: Proclaiming The Presence Of God from 2021-04-19T20:06:03
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Proclaiming the presence of God in a secular age.
ListenApril 11, 2021 - Blind Spot: Mud In Your Eye from 2021-04-12T18:23:47
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- The church as a spot for the accidentally blind.
ListenApril 4, 2021 - Easter: Hard But Joyful from 2021-04-05T17:28:01
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- The challenge of Easter sermons and getting to the point.
ListenMarch 28, 2021 - Three Claims from 2021-03-30T15:29:38
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Palm Sunday: The medium is the message. Style is substance. We become what we behold.
ListenMarch 21, 2021 - Division: Forgiveness from 2021-03-23T15:34
Speaker: Joy Klee - Living with differences.
ListenMarch 14, 2021 - Division from 2021-03-15T17:15:12
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Relational problems in the church.
ListenMarch 7, 2021 - Echoes: Vocation from 2021-03-09T15:32:32
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- The church and personal callings as echo work.
ListenFebruary 28, 2021 - Echoes: Power from 2021-03-01T19:00
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Who really has say-so?
ListenFebruary 21, 2021 - Echoes: Freedom from 2021-02-22T19:35:35
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- The relationship between restraint, truth, and real freedom.
ListenFebruary 14, 2021 - Echoes: Beauty from 2021-02-14T14:00
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Attention, imagination, and longing.
ListenFebruary 7, 2021 - Echoes: Truth from 2021-02-07T14:00
Speaker: Levi Rennick --- The human pursuit of confident knowing.
ListenJanuary 31, 2021 - Echoes: Spirituality from 2021-01-31T13:00
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- The transcendent that Christianity makes accessible.
ListenJanuary 24, 2021 - Echoes: Love from 2021-01-24T15:00
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- The search to belong in relationships.
ListenJanuary 17, 2021 - Echoes: Justice from 2021-01-17T15:00
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- The missing frequencies that leave us longing to make things right.
ListenJanuary 10, 2021 - Epiphany Insurrection from 2021-01-10T16:30
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- A pastoral reflection on the season and events of the week.
ListenJanuary 3, 2021 - Begin Again: Remember You Need A Plan Of Practice from 2021-01-02T17:00
Speakers: Rustin Smith, Jon Bowles --- The finale of four things to remember as we begin again.
ListenDecember 27, 2020 - On St. Stephen's Day from 2020-12-27T14:00
Speakers: Rustin Smith, Jon Bowles --- A conversation about the peculiar observance of dark events during the Christmas season.
ListenDecember 20, 2020 - Begin Again: Remember To Live Sacrificially from 2020-12-20T18:08:41
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Learning to live in reality in our relationship to others.
ListenDecember 13, 2020 - Begin Again: Remember To Keep God Before Your Mind from 2020-12-13T16:30
Speaker: Jon Bowles --- Learning to see God everywhere.
ListenDecember 6, 2020 - Begin Again: Remember Who You Are from 2020-12-06T12:30
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Going back to go forward and the desire for a do-over.
ListenNovember 22, 2020 - All Saints: Thomas Keating from 2020-11-24T15:54:32
Speaker: Jon Bowles --- The transforming practice of Centering Prayer.
ListenNovember 15, 2020 - All Saints: J.R.R. Tolkien from 2020-11-16T18:36:23
Speaker: Levi Rennick ---Openness to friendship, the church, and joy.
ListenNovember 8, 2020 - All Saints: Polycarp from 2020-11-10T20:58:15
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- St. Polycarp of Smyrna and resistance to Emperor worship.
ListenNovember 1, 2020 - All Saints: Catherine of Siena from 2020-11-02T18:08:55
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Going deep and going wide.
ListenOctober 11, 2020 - XYZ from 2020-10-11T19:34:47
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- An equation to change the world. (Outdoor Gathering)
ListenOctober 11, 2020 - Words To Build A Life On: Cult from 2020-10-10T17:45
Speakers: Rustin Smith, Jon Bowles --- Intending to practice the Jesus Way.
ListenOctober 4, 2020 - Words To Build A Life On: Sending from 2020-10-03T17:45
Speakers: Rustin Smith, Jon Bowles - The narrow and wide gates between encouragement and warning.
ListenSeptember 27, 2020 - Words To Build A Life On: Pearls from 2020-09-26T17:45
Speakers: Rustin Smith, Jon Bowles --- The wisdom of dogs and pigs.
ListenSeptember 20, 2020 - Words To Build A Life On: Judgment from 2020-09-20T00:28:31
Speakers: Rustin Smith, Jon Bowles --- Living with one another in community.
ListenSeptember 13, 2020 - Words To Build A Life On: Worry from 2020-09-12T18:00
Speakers: Rustin Smith, Jon Bowles --- Needed encouragement about following the teachings of Jesus.
ListenSeptember 6, 2020 - Words To Build A Life On: Money from 2020-09-05T00:05:18
Speakers: Rustin Smith, Jon Bowles --- What you can count on versus God.
ListenAugust 30, 2020 - Words To Build A Life On: Prayer from 2020-08-29T18:00
Speakers: Rustin Smith, Jon Bowles --- The revolutionary prayer of Jesus at the heart of his teaching.
ListenAugust 23, 2020 - Words To Build A Life On: Secret from 2020-08-22T18:00
Speakers: Rustin Smith, Jon Bowles --- The necessity of cultivating a hidden life.
ListenAugust 16, 2020 - Words To Build A Life On: Perfect from 2020-08-15T18:00
Speakers: Rustin Smith, Jon Bowles --- Going beyond the Law.
ListenAugust 9, 2020 - Using Your Voice from 2020-08-09T17:00
Speaker: Levi Rennick --- The parable of the talents and personal responsibility.
ListenAugust 2, 2020 - Words To Build A Life On: Encounter from 2020-08-01T18:00
Speakers: Rustin Smith, Jon Bowles --- Epistemic closure and the role of thick religion.
ListenJuly 26, 2020 - Words To Build A Life On: Law from 2020-07-25T18:00
Speakers: Rustin Smith, Jon Bowles --- Jesus defines his intentions with the Law.
ListenJuly 19, 2020 - Words To Build A Life On: Salt and Light from 2020-07-18T18:00
Speakers: Rustin Smith, Jon Bowles --- Jesus imparts a calling of proximity and otherness to his followers.
ListenJuly 5, 2020 - Words To Build A Life On: Persecuted from 2020-07-04T18:00
Speakers: Rustin Smith, Jon Bowles --- A summary of the eight beatitudes of Jesus.
ListenJune 28, 2020 - Words To Build A Life On: Making Peace from 2020-06-27T18:00
Speakers: Rustin Smith, Jon Bowles --- Jesus points to a new way of resolving conflict.
ListenJune 21, 2020 - Blind Sight from 2020-06-21T17:00
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Learning to see and to discern in a time of cultural upheaval.
ListenJune 21, 2020 - Words To Build A Life On: Pure from 2020-06-20T18:00
Speakers: Rustin Smith, Jon Bowles --- Who gets to see God?
ListenJune 14, 2020 - The Spirit Unleashed from 2020-06-14T17:00
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Van Gogh and participating in what God is doing.
ListenJune 14, 2020 - Words To Build A Life On: Mercy from 2020-06-14T01:10:26
Speakers: Rustin Smith, Jon Bowles --- Where justice and mercy meet.
ListenJune 7, 2020 - Words To Build A Life On: Meek, Righteous from 2020-06-06T19:41:17
Speakers: Rustin Smith, Jon Bowles --- A timely look at the politics of Jesus and his call to the church.
ListenMay 31, 2020 - Words To Build A Life On: Poor, Mourning from 2020-05-30T18:00
Speakers: Rustin Smith, Jon Bowles --- The first two beatitudes of Jesus from the Sermon on the Mount.
ListenMay 24, 2020 - Words To Build A Life On: Beatitudes from 2020-05-23T18:00
Speakers: Rustin Smith, Jon Bowles --- Surprise blessings from the Sermon on the Mount.
ListenMay 17, 2020 - Words To Build A Life On: Mountain from 2020-05-16T18:00
Speakers: Rustin Smith, Jon Bowles --- What is the Sermon on the Mount?
ListenMay 10, 2020 - Words To Build A Life On: Intro from 2020-05-09T18:00
Speakers: Rustin Smith, Jon Bowles --- The central teaching of Jesus.
ListenApril 26, 2020 - Seven Words: Spirit from 2020-04-25T19:23:08
Speakers: Rustin Smith, Jon Bowles --- The final word from the cross and a roadmap to the true self.
April 19, 2020 - Seven Words: Finished from 2020-04-18T23:00
Speakers: Rustin Smith, Jon Bowles --- The work we have to do and how we find our identity.
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Speakers: Rustin Smith, Jon Bowles --- Jesus makes a plea from weakness.
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Speakers: Rustin Smith & Jon Bowles --- Jesus expresses his suffering.
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Speaker: Rustin Smith, Jon Bowles, Josh Payne --- A conversation around the third word from Jesus on the cross.
ListenMarch 15, 2020 - Seven Words: Behold from 2020-03-15T15:07
Speaker: Levi Rennick --- An introduction from our pastor and a new word from Jesus on the cross.
ListenMarch 8, 2020 - Seven Words: Paradise from 2020-03-09T18:25:08
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- The inconsolable longing at the heart of being truly human.
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Speaker: Rustin Smith --- The first word from the cross.
ListenFebruary 23, 2020 - Audacious Persistence from 2020-02-24T20:32:38
Speaker: Levi Rennick --- What happens when you don't quit because it's quiet.
ListenFebruary 16, 2020 - Every: Everybody's Welcome from 2020-02-21T16:33:18
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- The paradox of Christian hospitality and the cost of getting in.
ListenFebruary 9, 2020 - Every: Everything Matters from 2020-02-10T16:07:32
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- The stories we live inside and the consequences of ideas.
ListenFebruary 2, 2020 - Every: Every Step Counts from 2020-02-03T19:52:45
Speaker: Levi Rennick --- Following the ancient path all the way to the finish line.
ListenJanuary 26, 2020 - Every: Every Moment Counts from 2020-01-27T16:20:28
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Tempus fugit, memento mori, and numbering days.
ListenJanuary 19, 2020 - The Game from 2020-01-20T18:22:50
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Lessons from a dramatic playoff football game and a theology of sports.
ListenJanuary 12, 2020 - Hospitality from 2020-01-13T16:17:20
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- The heart of the Gospel at the end of all things.
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Speaker: Rustin Smith --- An orienting message for the new year in the church.
ListenDecember 24, 2019 - Advent: Fairy Tale from 2019-12-27T22:58:02
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Christmas Eve and the truth as a fairy tale.
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Rustin Smith --- Absurdity comes rushing together with what we expected to lead us to truth.
ListenDecember 8, 2019 - Advent: Tragedy from 2019-12-09T19:55:33
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- To feel, speak, and embody truth.
ListenDecember 1, 2019 - Advent: Silence from 2019-12-02T16:25:02
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Logos and mythos and telling the whole truth with our lives.
ListenNovember 24, 2019 - Christ The King from 2019-11-25T20:51:04
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Building a life on grace and walking out our surrender in action.
ListenNovember 10, 2019 - All Saints: C.S. Lewis from 2019-11-11T00:58:10
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- The required imagination and courage to walk through a door to a deeper reality.
ListenNovember 3, 2019 - All Saints: Anthony from 2019-11-04T16:25:38
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- The Empire overtakes the church and the first Desert Father resists.
ListenOctober 27, 2019 - Everyday Joy: Humans from 2019-10-28T15:12:46
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- God's joy is a community of loving people.
ListenOctober 20, 2019 - Everyday Joy: Ruts from 2019-10-21T16:11:11
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Transforming the unacknowledged patterns that make us predictable.
ListenOctober 13, 2019 - Everyday Joy: Yes Or No from 2019-10-14T14:47:29
Speaker: Jonathan Klee - Priority and getting clear about what is really important.
ListenOctober 6, 2019 - Everyday Joy: Congruence from 2019-10-07T21:53:30
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- The solution for the exhaustion of faking it.
ListenSeptember 29, 2019 - Everyday Joy: Sleep from 2019-09-30T14:54:12
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- The human daily act of faith we are given to master.
ListenSeptember 22, 2019 - Everyday Joy: Story from 2019-09-23T16:57:08
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Finding our place inside the story of the Bible.
ListenSeptember 15, 2019 - Everyday Joy: Experts from 2019-09-16T14:57:51
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Where do we go to find the best information about how to live well?
ListenSeptember 8, 2019 - Everyday Joy: Relax from 2019-09-09T00:03:23
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Being fully loved and fully alive in God's unshakable kingdom.
ListenSeptember 1, 2019 - Aftermath: Children from 2019-09-02T15:38:28
Speaker: Joy Klee - Beloved children become belief-ful adults.
ListenAugust 25, 2019 - Aftermath: Forgetters from 2019-08-25T19:24:17
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- The primary target of evangelism.
ListenAugust 18, 2019 - Aftermath: Outsiders from 2019-08-19T17:00
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Joshua's evangelistic invitation to become insiders to God's covenant family.
ListenAugust 11, 2019 - Jericho from 2019-08-12T15:30:21
Speaker: Levi Rennick --- The heart of God revealed in unexpected places.
ListenAugust 4, 2019 - Missional Partners Updates from 2019-08-12T15:29:13
Speaker: Jonathan Klee, various - Missional Partners Updates
ListenJuly 28, 2019 - Aftermath: Drama from 2019-07-29T16:15:45
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Three movements of evangelism.
ListenJuly 21, 2019 - From Here To There: Relationships from 2019-07-23T16:59:24
Speaker: Levi Rennick --- Three key people on your journey.
ListenJuly 14, 2019 - From Here To There: Community from 2019-07-23T16:58:24
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- The attractive power of mutuality in the church.
ListenJuly 7, 2019 - From Here To There: Bells from 2019-07-08T18:35:45
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- The beautiful ringing call to participate in God's Kingdom and protest against false kingdoms.
ListenJune 30, 2019 - From Here To There: The Cross from 2019-06-30T22:23:09
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- The meaning and message of the crucifixion of Jesus.
ListenJune 9, 2019 - From Here To There: Into Death from 2019-06-10T20:31:36
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Baptism as a ritual of identification with Jesus and God's people.
ListenJune 2, 2019 - From Here To There: The I Who Says I from 2019-06-03T19:10:43
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- The journey from appearing to being the self God dreamed.
ListenMay 26, 2019 - Summer Charge from 2019-05-26T19:28:13
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- An open pastoral plea to readiness for God's work at Vox.
ListenMay 26, 2019 - Summer Calendar Announcements from 2019-05-26T19:26:48
Speaker: Levi Rennick --- Introducing Vox Summer Nights and three pathways for adults to grow, youth activities, and more.
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May 19, 2019 - Certainty To Confidence from 2019-05-21T18:54:41
Speaker: Jonathan Jones --- The journey toward a bigger faith.
ListenMay 12, 2019 - Tech Wise: Social from 2019-05-13T16:07:18
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Social media and human connection.
ListenMay 5, 2019 - Tech Wise: Attention from 2019-05-06T15:56:09
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Turning aside from distraction to acknowledge the wonder of holy ground.
ListenApril 28, 2019 - Tech Wise: The Medium from 2019-04-29T15:57
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Looking for wisdom to rightly see the devices that now shape our lives.
ListenApril 21, 2019 - One Word: Wow from 2019-04-22T16:44:25
Speaker: Rustin Smith - Awe and wonder at the heart of reality and the truths around the resurrection.
ListenApril 14, 2019 - One Word: Help from 2019-04-15T15:43:09
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Doing whatever Jesus tells us to do makes God our helper.
ListenApril 7, 2019 - One Word: Thanks from 2019-04-08T15:43:08
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- The experience of wonder as the doorway to gratitude.
ListenMarch 31, 2019 - One Word: Enough from 2019-04-01T15:12:31
Speaker: Joy Klee --- What does actually require from us?
ListenMarch 24, 2019 - One Word: Sorry from 2019-03-29T17:22:49
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Spiritual power flows when we get honest.
ListenMarch 17, 2019 - One Word: Yes from 2019-03-17T21:34:15
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Does God have a yes or no in his heart for you?
ListenMarch 10, 2019 - One Word: No from 2019-03-11T15:46:32
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Three great No's that make space for a meaningful Yes.
ListenMarch 3, 2019 - Finding The Beat: Community from 2019-03-04T16:21:32
Speaker: Levi Rennick - Solitude v. Isolation and giving visibility to God's love.
ListenFebruary 24, 2019 - Finding The Beat: Beauty from 2019-02-25T17:21:36
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- The power of the aestheticization of weakness.
ListenFebruary 17, 2019 - Finding The Beat: Play from 2019-02-18T23:16:27
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- The antidote for the slavery of anxiety.
ListenFebruary 3, 2019 - Finding The Beat: Rest from 2019-02-04T02:54
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Sabbath as an essential rhythm for the people of God.
ListenJanuary 27, 2019 - Going: Together from 2019-01-28T04:50:47
Speaker: Jonathan Klee --- The pitfalls of going it alone, and the rewards of community.
ListenJanuary 20, 2019 - Going: All The Way from 2019-01-22T02:14:38
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Introducing a guide to your spiritual journey in stages of faith.
ListenJanuary 13, 2019 - Going: Back from 2019-01-14T18:12:30
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Doing business with forgiveness.
ListenJanuary 6, 2019 - Going: Forward from 2019-01-07T03:31:01
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- The conversion of Peter and the love of a process.
ListenDecember 23, 2018 - Givers: Delight from 2018-12-26T15:38:16
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- The goal of gift-giving.
ListenDecember 16, 2018 - Givers: Imago Dei from 2018-12-17T20:11:43
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- We are made to give as God gives but start out by giving badly.
ListenDecember 9, 2018 - Givers: Herod from 2018-12-10T16:14:17
Speaker: Levi Rennick --- The gifts nobody wants.
ListenDecember 2, 2018 - Givers: Difficult People from 2018-12-03T16:48:35
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Giving as Christ gives to the difficult people in your life.
ListenNovember 18, 2018 - All Saints: Eugene Peterson from 2018-11-18T20:08:20
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- God moved into the neighborhood.
ListenNovember 11, 2018 - All Saints: Andre Trocme from 2018-11-12T16:21:11
Speaker: Joy Klee - Becoming the kind of person who can obey God rather than humans.
ListenNovember 4, 2018 - All Saints: William Wilberforce from 2018-11-05T17:01
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- The patient Christians of Clapham and faithful cultural engagement in small and big things.
ListenOctober 28, 2018 - Romans: One Another from 2018-10-30T14:40:58
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Freedom in Christ to love in the new community, and what keeps us from it.
ListenOctober 21, 2018 - Romans: Cosmic from 2018-10-22T15:22:58
Speaker: Jon Bowles - The gift is hyper-corrective to the curse.
ListenOctober 14, 2018 - Romans: Family from 2018-10-15T16:02:25
Speaker: Rustin Smith - Humanity united in a family of death now welcome into a family of life.
ListenOctober 7, 2018 - Shaping Our Hearts from 2018-10-15T15:28:11
Speaker: Jonathan Klee - Taking action to see what God is doing.
ListenSeptember 30, 2018 - Romans: No Difference from 2018-10-02T17:57:10
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Being special is not being superior.
ListenSeptember 23, 2018 - Romans: Homecoming from 2018-09-24T15:54:16
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Radical welcome around Jesus as the center.
ListenSeptember 16, 2018 - Romans: Paul from 2018-09-17T15:55:38
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- The pain and joy of the author of the letter to the Romans.
ListenSeptember 2, 2018 - Conflict from 2018-09-10T18:15:03
Speaker: Jon Thompson --- Founder of http://www.peacecounseling.org on resolving conflict.
ListenSeptember 9, 2018 - Soul from 2018-09-10T16:29:59
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Your relationship with the totality of who you are.
ListenAugust 26, 2018 - Three Moves: Patience from 2018-08-27T18:45:17
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- God does not have a problem with things that take time.
ListenAugust 19, 2018 - Three Moves: Fidelity from 2018-08-20T19:18:52
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Hosea and Gomer as a living parable of God's fidelity to a people he will make faithful.
ListenAugust 12, 2018 - Three Moves: Brokenness from 2018-08-13T20:08:40
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- The walls around our hearts can only be breached by someone who has been made tender by the pain of the world.
ListenAugust 5, 2018 - Trust from 2018-08-06T16:51:02
Speakers: Levi Rennick and Charity Hathcock --- Learning how to thrive through hard times by training our trust.
ListenJuly 29, 2018 - Missional Partner Update from 2018-08-06T16:04:22
Speaker: Pedro Achucarro --- Brent Heid interviews Pastor Pedro from our ministry partner Jesucristo Verdad Y Vida.
ListenJuly 22, 2018 - On The Money: Meaning from 2018-07-22T17:56:10
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Money as the truth serum for the human need for narrative consistency.
ListenJuly 15, 2018 - On The Money: Treasure from 2018-07-16T17:41:29
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- The heart follows our embodied investments.
ListenJuly 8, 2018 - Youth Conference Recap from 2018-07-16T17:40:01
Speaker: Levi Rennick --- Levi and the Vox Students return from the big summer trip to IYC in Indiana.
ListenJuly 1, 2018 - On The Money: Limits from 2018-07-05T21:31:18
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Learning to value things properly inside the freedom of God ordained rhythms and boundaries.
ListenJune 24, 2018 - Misfit: Introverts from 2018-07-05T19:39:34
Speaker: Joy Klee --- The kingdom is also for introverts.
ListenJune 17, 2018 - Misfit: Decisions from 2018-06-18T21:38:33
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Blessed are those who swing the other leg over the fence.
ListenJune 10, 2018 - Misfit: Wounded from 2018-06-12T14:51:51
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Our need to appear put together that prevents us from living in reality.
ListenJune 3, 2018 - Misfit: Calling from 2018-06-05T14:29:51
Rustin Smith --- Blessed are those who don't know what they're doing.
ListenMay 27, 2018 - Misfit: Prayer from 2018-05-27T21:00:31
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- God as a father who likes to be bothered.
ListenMay 20, 2018 - Misfit: Feeling from 2018-05-21T18:44:10
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Even those with a complicated relationship with emotions are included in God's Kingdom.
ListenMay 13, 2018 - Misfit: Longing from 2018-05-13T19:20:32
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Blessed are those who long for more; dissatisfaction as an experience of betrothal.
ListenMay 6, 2018 - Misfit: Blessed from 2018-05-07T17:20:18
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Who is really well of in "Reality"?
ListenApril 22, 2018 - Jonah: The Great Pursuit Pt. 2 from 2018-04-23T00:34:12
Speaker: Peggy Heid --- People may be more receptive than we think.
ListenApril 15, 2018 - Jonah: The Great Pursuit from 2018-04-16T15:02:16
Speaker: Peggy Heid --- Lessons on reconciliation from the story of Jonah.
ListenApril 8, 2018 - The Best Is Yet To Come from 2018-04-09T15:10:55
Speaker: Levi Rennick --- Thomas and anticipation.
ListenApril 1, 2018 - Crossroads: You Will Die (Easter) from 2018-04-01T22:37:19
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Five life-giving losses and the meaning of Easter.
ListenMarch 25, 2018 - Crossroads: You Will Never Be Satisfied from 2018-04-01T22:36:14
Speaker: Brent Heid --- Part 4b of the five hard truths, the longing for God and living with dissatisfaction.
ListenMarch 11, 2018 - Crossroads: You Are Not In Control from 2018-03-12T00:25:45
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Learning to relinquish the illusion of control in a post-scientific revolution world.
ListenMarch 4, 2018 - Crossroads: Your Life Is Not About You from 2018-03-05T19:15:17
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- The Copernican revolution of the mind, discovering that I am only a part of something larger than me.
ListenFebruary 25, 2018 - Crossroads: You Are Not That Important from 2018-02-26T20:52:18
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Learning to break the attachments of ego to step into a larger life.
ListenFebruary 25, 2018 - Special Announcement from 2018-02-26T20:50:35
Introducing Levi Rennick, Student Ministry Director.
ListenFebruary 18, 2018 - Crossroads: Life Is Hard from 2018-02-19T02:28:47
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- The crisis of choices and what we do with our pain.
ListenFebruary 11, 2018 - A Stubborn Heresy from 2018-02-14T20:49:56
Speaker: Jon Bowles --- Transformation happens in the ordinary, dull parts of our lived lives.
ListenFebruary 4, 2018 - Life Together: Listen from 2018-02-06T15:25:58
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Giving our attention as essential for healthy relationships in four directions.
ListenJanuary 28, 2018 - Life Together: Shalom from 2018-01-31T19:09:20
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Made in God's image for relationships and everything in its right place.
ListenJanuary 21, 2018 - Life Together: Time from 2018-01-22T20:20:39
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Choosing wisely to live in time in ways that lead to a life together that goes into eternity.
ListenJanuary 14, 2018 - Life Together: Flow from 2018-01-15T04:39:42
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- By God's grace in us, to carry one another, to take the mountains of this world with the love of God.
ListenJanuary 7, 2018 - Life Together: Slow Cuts from 2018-01-08T20:06:36
Speaker: Rustin Smith - We cannot go faster than the one we are following.
ListenDecember 24, 2017 - Making Space: Love from 2017-12-25T04:28:08
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- The fourth and ultimate word that we meet at the manger.
ListenDecember 17, 2017 - Making Space: Joy from 2017-12-19T21:53:39
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Sinking our roots into the source of blessedness.
ListenDecember 10, 2017 - Making Space: Peace from 2017-12-11T20:35:49
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- We walk in the light...in the darkness.
ListenDecember 3, 2017 - Making Space: Hope from 2017-12-05T16:21:25
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Advent 1, a prayer of unfulfillment as a empty place for hope to fill.
ListenNovember 26, 2017 - All Saints: Dallas Willard from 2017-11-28T16:31:07
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Christ the King Sunday featuring the life of a great teacher of the Kingdom of God.
ListenNovember 12, 2017 - All Saints: Martin Luther from 2017-11-14T23:57:51
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- 500 years since the great reformer reoriented the church around faith and encountering God's acceptance.
ListenNovember 5, 2017 - All Saints: Constantine from 2017-11-07T17:14:41
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Constantine the Great transforms the church.
ListenOctober 29, 2017 - The People: Exorcism from 2017-11-03T18:33:53
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- The final scrutiny before entering the church membership.
ListenOctober 22, 2017 - The People: Entering from 2017-10-23T19:07:22
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- The phases of joining the early church and the three scrutinies for deep ontological repair.
ListenOctober 15, 2017 - Anxiety from 2017-10-16T19:00:11
Speaker: Cary Corley --- From Vox missional partner Peace Partnership, on living in the present.
ListenOctober 8, 2017 - Responding from 2017-10-16T18:58:52
Speaker: Seth Sears --- Missionary partner of Vox Seth Sears on listening to God.
ListenOctober 1, 2017 - The People: Push and Pull from 2017-10-02T18:54:21
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- The church as an alternative community in relationship to status-seeking in the Roman world.
ListenSeptember 24, 2017 - The People: Visible from 2017-09-25T20:12:55
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- The practices of the early Christians that made them visibly distinct to outsiders.
ListenSeptember 17, 2017 - The People: Habitus from 2017-09-20T15:38:13
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Reflexive Christian identity in the early church.
ListenSeptember 10, 2017 - The People: Patience from 2017-09-12T15:35:13
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- The explosive growth of the earliest churches rooted in a surprising single virtue.
ListenSeptember 3, 2017 - The Ordinary: Wisdom from 2017-09-04T02:37:08
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Numbering our days and the context of life. Psalm 90
ListenAugust 27, 2017 - The Ordinary from 2017-08-28T19:06:11
Speaker: Rustin Smith - How we spend our days is how we spend our lives.
ListenAugust 20, 2017 - Imaginarium: Future from 2017-08-22T19:36:09
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- John's vision of the consummation of history; fear versus hope.
ListenAugust 13, 2017 - Celebration from 2017-08-14T18:47:03
Speaker: Various - A day to celebrate God's faithfulness to our church and stories about generosity.
ListenAugust 6, 2017 - Pilgrimage from 2017-08-07T16:30:16
Speaker: Dan Wilburn --- Pastor of Lakeland Community Church in Lee's Summit speaks about the Christian life as pilgrimage.
ListenJuly 30, 2017 - Imaginarium: Prayer from 2017-08-07T16:03:05
Speaker: Peggy Heid --- An encouraging image from Revelation about the nature of prayer.
ListenJuly 23, 2017 - Hospitality from 2017-08-07T15:40:42
Speaker: Seth Sears --- Vox ministry partner in Costa Rica shares stories and Scripture about hospitality and the Gospel.
ListenJuly 16, 2017 - Imaginarium: Conflict from 2017-07-18T16:28:59
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Our apocalyptic reflex moves in conflict and the legitimate weapons of the Lamb.
ListenJuly 9, 2017 - Imaginarium: Rapture from 2017-07-12T19:48:43
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- What the Revelation of John has to do with the idea of Rapture.
ListenJuly 2, 2017 - Imaginarium: Lamb from 2017-07-05T21:14:44
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- The way of the Lamb versus the way of the Dragon.
ListenJune 25, 2017 - What God Is Doing from 2017-07-05T21:13:39
Speaker: Jonathan Klee --- Stories from Vox and beyond.
ListenJune 18, 2017 - Fathers from 2017-06-19T16:51:37
Speaker: Jonathan Jones --- Reflections on fathering and grace.
ListenJune 11, 2017 - Imaginarium: Beasts from 2017-06-19T16:27:57
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- The earth beast joins the sea beast in competing for the attention of God's people.
ListenJune 4, 2017 - Imaginarium: Dragon from 2017-06-06T14:57:35
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- The beast competes for the full attention of God's people.
ListenMay 28, 2017 - Freedom and Forgiveness from 2017-06-01T20:08:10
Speaker: Jack Ramos-Needham --- Christ's role in making us free and the possibility for forgiveness.
ListenMay 21, 2017 - Imaginarium: Horses from 2017-05-28T17:05:08
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- The Lamb rides out to battle. Revelation 6-7.
ListenMay 14, 2017 - Imaginarium: Throne from 2017-05-16T14:42:54
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- The lion is a lamb who is worshiped by all who live in the most real reality.
ListenMay 7, 2017 - Imaginarium: Presence from 2017-05-09T04:58:35
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Shaping the imagination to see Jesus in our midst. Revelation 1
April 30, 2017 - Imaginarium: Defining Moment from 2017-05-01T18:18:57
Speaker: Brent Heid --- Paying attention to what defines us spiritually.
ListenApril 23, 2017 - Imaginarium: Apocalypse from 2017-04-23T23:27:31
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Introduction to the controversial book of Revelation.
ListenApril 16, 2016 - Easter: Resurrection Life from 2017-04-17T18:30:02
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Eternity breaks into time, the future into the present.
ListenApril 9, 2017 - A Walk In The Dark: God's Visit from 2017-04-11T15:40:47
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Jesus enters Jerusalem as a dark king.
ListenApril 2, 2017 - A Walk In The Dark: The Dark Night from 2017-04-03T17:38:54
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- John of the Cross, Paul, and Jesus as teachers in the negative way.
ListenMarch 26, 2017 - A Walk In The Dark: Dark Emotions from 2017-03-28T15:58:44
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- The blessing in acceptance and reverence in darkness.
ListenMarch 19, 2017 - A Walk In The Dark: Needing The Dark from 2017-03-20T20:27:50
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Blindness that leads to seeing and seeing that leads to blindness.
ListenMarch 12, 2017 - A Walk In The Dark: Too Much Light from 2017-03-13T18:56:09
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Artificial light and encountering God in the dark.
ListenMarch 5, 2017 - A Walk In The Dark: The Dazzling Dark from 2017-03-06T21:11:10
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Darkness that reveals and obscures the presence of God.
ListenFebruary 26, 2017 - Presence: Beyond from 2017-02-27T19:24:30
Speaker: Rustin Smith and Jonathan Klee --- Staying present to God in places where we do not have the power.
ListenFebruary 19, 2017 - Heart Clutter from 2017-02-21T17:37:42
Speaker: Alicia Britt Chole --- Author of "40 Days of Decrease" and "Anonymous"
ListenFebruary 12, 2017 - Presence: Hosting from 2017-02-12T23:39:35
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Managing Competition, Fear, and Control as barriers to God's presence in the spaces where we have power.
ListenFebruary 5, 2017 - Presence: Seeing from 2017-02-05T20:51:33
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Christian gathering as a practice of learning to perceive God.
ListenJanuary 29, 2017 - Following from 2017-01-29T19:52:07
Speaker: Andrea Sears --- Vox ministry partner serving in Costa Rica. Learning to surrender to Jesus rather than seeking to be right, power, and success.
ListenJanuary 22, 2017 - Presence from 2017-01-23T19:27:32
Speaker: Jon Bowles --- Learning to be with Jesus in the midst of the storm.
ListenJanuary 8, 2017 - Obedience from 2017-01-23T19:26:11
Speaker: Pedro Achucarro --- Making a deeper commitment to life in God.
ListenDecember 24, 2016 - Stories and Gifts from 2016-12-31T20:36:48
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- A dark and dangerous tale about God's great gift.
ListenDecember 18, 2016 - Advent: Unconventional from 2016-12-19T20:14:17
Speaker: Rustin Smith ---What it takes to receive God's deliverance versus what makes sense.
ListenDecember 11, 2016 - Advent: Flip the Script from 2016-12-11T20:26:29
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Non-complementary behavior of God toward God's enemies and ours.
ListenDecember 4, 2016 - The Love of God from 2016-12-05T18:02:37
Speaker: Derrick Cook --- The evidence and purpose of God's love.
ListenNovember 27, 2016 - Advent: Prophet from 2016-11-27T20:16:52
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Isaiah presents a vision of a future that demands action that can lead to that future.
ListenNovember 20, 2016 - Covenant Membership from 2016-11-21T20:19:24
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Belonging in the church as counter-cultural, hyper-local, covenantal, and essential.
ListenNovember 13, 2016 - All Saints: Brother Lawrence from 2016-11-13T22:12:33
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- A soldier monk discovers the life of God's presence in daily work.
ListenNovember 6, 2016 - All Saints: Newbigin from 2016-11-07T02:40:25
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Lesslie Newbigin returns the church to its missionary nature.
ListenOctober 30, 2016 - All Saints: Boniface from 2016-10-31T16:21:06
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- The apostle to Germany models godly confrontation.
ListenOctober 23, 2016 - Desire: Work from 2016-10-24T20:10:34
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- What we make erupts from a deep part of us.
ListenOctober 16, 2016 - Desire: Home from 2016-10-17T21:06:26
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- The hum of the household tunes hearts to God's grace.
ListenOctober 9, 2016 - Desire: Story from 2016-10-11T23:35:14
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- How Christian worship characterizes us in surprising ways.
ListenOctober 2, 2016 - Desire: Worship from 2016-10-03T18:56:29
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Christian worship as a counter liturgy that re-habituates our desires.
ListenSeptember 25, 2016 - Desire: Liturgy from 2016-09-26T17:02:50
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Our repeated actions, rituals, and behaviors orient our desires.
ListenSeptember 18, 2016 - Desire: Manna from 2016-09-20T15:05:46
Speaker: Brent Heid - Jesus is the bread that came down from heaven.
ListenSeptember 11, 2016 - Searching for Jesus from 2016-09-15T19:04:12
Speaker: Cole McGee --- (Guest speaker from Redemption Church) Jesus exposes our anxiety with the question, "Why are you searching for me?"
ListenSeptember 4, 2016 - Desire: What We Love from 2016-09-04T18:45:50
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- How can we know what we really want?
ListenAugust 28, 2016 - Desire: Map and Compass from 2016-08-29T18:30:44
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Jesus comes to drive a wedge between our lived life and what drives us into our lived life.
ListenAugust 21, 2016 - Carry the Message from 2016-08-23T01:55:50
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Finding others who need what we need keeps the message alive in us.
ListenAugust 7, 2016 - Sharing Faith from 2016-08-08T18:21:48
Speaker: Mike Hathcock --- Welcoming others into the good news.
ListenJuly 31, 2016 - Perception Funding from 2016-08-08T18:14:41
Speaker: Jonathan Klee - Vox ministry partner leader sharing reflections from sabbatical.
ListenJuly 17, 2016 - Invitations: Priestly from 2016-07-18T16:32:37
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- The mediation in blood of the relationship of God and humanity.
ListenJuly 10, 2016 - Invitations: Exile from 2016-07-12T16:53:13
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- The good news for those without solutions.
ListenJuly 3, 2016 - Invitations: Exodus from 2016-07-05T15:41:56
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- The good news of the possibility of movement from bondage to liberation.
ListenJune 26, 2016 - Invitations: Creation from 2016-06-28T20:54:53
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- The good news movement from chaos to shalom in the Creation narrative.
ListenJune 19, 2016 - Baptism&Dedication from 2016-06-20T17:00
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Introductory remarks about dedication and baptism at Vox.
ListenJune 12, 2016 - Invitations: Gospel from 2016-06-14T16:27:35
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Relocating the good news in its original powerful narrative frameworks.
ListenMay 29, 2016 - Questions: Heaven from 2016-05-31T16:24:41
Speaker: Peggy Heid --- Rightly regarding eternity, an investigation into the Bible's clues about heaven.
ListenMay 22, 2016 - Questions: Money from 2016-05-23T02:28:26
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- An invitation to start, and stop, tithing.
ListenMay 15, 2016 - Questions: Miracles from 2016-05-16T20:27:42
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Signs, works, and wonders in the imagination of the Apostle John.
ListenMay 8, 2016 - Questions: Violence from 2016-05-09T01:53:28
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Is it ever OK to use violence? What about self-defense?
ListenMay 1, 2016 - Questions: God's Will Part 2 from 2016-05-04T18:37:48
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- The person you are called to be, the people you are called to belong to, the tasks you are called to do.
ListenApril 24, 2016 - Questions: God's Will Part 1 from 2016-04-25T15:57:47
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Does God have a will and can I know it?
ListenApril 17, 2016 - Questions: Prayer from 2016-04-17T21:36:01
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Prayer, God's nature, and our place in creating the future.
ListenApril 10, 2016 - Questions: Bible from 2016-04-12T16:11:14
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- How can the Bible have authority to command our behavior today?
ListenApril 3, 2016 - Questions: Hell from 2016-04-04T16:06:11
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- How can the idea of hell fit with the idea of a loving God, Jesus, and modern sensibilities?
ListenMarch 27, 2016 - Easter: Getting Lost from 2016-03-28T16:20:09
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- The necessity of the terra incognita of the resurrection.
ListenMarch 20, 2016 - Awake: Theism from 2016-03-21T00:01:26
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Observations about the inherent sense of God in the human experience.
ListenMarch 13, 2016 - Awake: Holiness from 2016-03-14T16:06:03
Speaker: Jon Bowles --- The example of Job and practices toward believing in a God who is other.
ListenMarch 6, 2016 - Listening to God from 2016-03-09T17:36:41
Speaker: Craig Babb --- Joshua as an example of contemplative prayer.
ListenFebruary 21, 2016 - Awake: Mystery from 2016-02-23T16:54:59
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- The mystical tradition and John of the Cross as guides on the path to the cross through the dark nights.
ListenFebruary 14, 2016 - Awake: Middle from 2016-02-15T17:00:09
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- The temptation to avoid, resist, or ignore the hard parts of the good journey.
ListenFebruary 7, 2016 - Awake: Restlessness from 2016-02-09T21:04:53
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Our dreams and distractions that keep us from an awareness of God.
ListenJanuary 31, 2016 - Why Lent? from 2016-02-02T16:12:39
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- A history and meaning of the practice of Ash Wednesday and Lent at Vox.
ListenJanuary 24, 2016 - Awake: Pragmatism from 2016-01-26T16:07:17
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- What is practical, sensible, knowable keeping us from the experience of God.
ListenJanuary 17, 2016 - Awake: Narcissism from 2016-01-19T17:46:19
Speaker: Rustin Smith - Self-obsession that keeps us from experiencing the reality of God.
ListenJanuary 10, 2016 - Awake: Present to God from 2016-01-12T20:40:05
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- The Christian call to be awake to God.
ListenDecember 27, 2015 - New Year Advice from 2015-12-29T21:26:15
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Wisdom on making and keeping resolutions for the year.
ListenDecember 13, 2015 - Prayer: Mission from 2015-12-14T17:30:37
Speaker: Brent Heid - Joining God's kingdom action through missional prayer.
ListenDecember 6, 2015 - Prayer: Transformation from 2015-12-07T16:28:44
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- The Christian practice of prayer in which we show up and shut up.
ListenNovember 29, 2015 - Prayer: Formation from 2015-11-30T19:47:49
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- 1 of 3: The Christian practice of prayer is rooted in our need to be formed in the language of Scripture, Jesus, and the Church.
ListenNovember 15, 2015 - Community Reflection from 2015-11-16T16:07:38
Speaker: Various --- Members and friends of Vox share from what God is doing with them.
ListenNovember 8, 2015 - Focus: Community Reflection from 2015-11-09T16:26:15
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- A wheel as a metaphor for community with Jesus in focus at its center.
ListenNovember 1, 2015 - Focus: Revelation from 2015-11-02T18:15:06
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Jesus as the worthy one who takes away tears and the bridegroom.
ListenOctober 25, 2015 - Focus: Mark from 2015-10-25T21:19:47
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Jesus the servant king and servanthood as the path to follow him.
ListenOctober 18, 2015 - Righteousness&Justice from 2015-10-19T17:00
Speaker: Seth Sears --- giveDignity founder visits from Costa Rica
ListenOctober 11, 2015 - Church&Good News from 2015-10-15T17:25:29
Speaker: Jonathan Jones --- The four-chapter gospel and the mission of the church.
ListenOctober 4, 2015 - Focus: John from 2015-10-05T16:19:50
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- The invitation to behold Jesus as the glory of God who recreates the world.
ListenSeptember 27, 2015 - Focus: Matthew from 2015-09-28T15:58:58
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Jesus as King through whom God saves and dwells with the people.
ListenSeptember 20, 2015 - Focus: Colossians from 2015-09-21T20:48:56
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Christ as victor over the unseen powers that run the world.
ListenSeptember 13, 2015 - Focus: Hebrews from 2015-09-14T20:18:43
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Jesus as the faithful priest, the final sacrifice, one of us.
ListenSeptember 6, 2015 - This is a Football: Was Jesus Right? from 2015-09-08T15:05:55
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- (Part 2 of 2) Exploring the validity of the claims of Jesus about his identity.
ListenAugust 30, 2015 - This is a Football: Who is Jesus? from 2015-08-31T16:56:38
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Exploring the basic claims of Jesus and the trustworthiness of the written testimony about him.
ListenAugust 9, 2015 - The Jesus Playlist: Process from 2015-08-10T21:40:43
Speaker: Mike Hathcock --- Life as an exclamation point, a question mark, and a semi-colon.
ListenAugust 2, 2015 - Kids Vox from 2015-08-03T16:31:19
Speaker: Bianca Como and Kids Vox --- Interviews with children at Vox and updates about children's ministry activities.
ListenJuly 26, 2015 - Shame and Grace from 2015-08-03T16:10:11
Speaker: Jonathan Jones --- The most powerful emotion and getting what we don't deserve.
ListenJuly 19, 2015 - The Jesus Playlist: Re-orientation from 2015-07-19T18:20:49
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Songs to lead us to new imagination for our circumstances, new life beyond death.
July 12, 2015 - The Jesus Playlist: Disorientation from 2015-07-16T20:57:42
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Songs to help us stay at the table with God when God's present is not felt.
July 5, 2015 - Focus on Jesus from 2015-07-08T22:23:04
Speaker: Rustin Smith - a reflection on the surpising ways Jesus has shaped our world.
ListenJune 28, 2015 - The Jesus Playlist: Orientation from 2015-06-29T18:24:21
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Songs to pray in gratitude and faith about what is most really real.
ListenJune 21, 2015 - The Jesus Playlist: Language from 2015-06-22T18:40:23
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- An introduction to the Psalms and how our vocabulary makes meaning of experiences.
ListenJune 14, 2015 - Receive, Relate, Respond from 2015-06-16T20:05
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Knowing God through Christ through the church.
ListenJune 7, 2015 - Making Time Count from 2015-06-08T16:01:14
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Honoring our deepest commitments with our one and only human life.
ListenMay 31, 2015 - Building Dedication Service from 2015-06-01T15:20:58
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- A special celebration of our first 40 weeks in our new space, remarks, liturgy, prayers, honors, and thanks.
ListenMay 24, 2015 - Aftershocks: Spirit from 2015-05-26T13:58:10
Speaker: Rustin Smith - Heaven and earth collide in the Ascension, Pentecost, and life of the church.
ListenMay 17, 2015 - Aftershocks: Love from 2015-05-18T15:18:59
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Astonishment and orientation toward loving Jesus by loving others.
ListenMay 3, 2015 - Aftershocks: Gathering from 2015-05-03T23:46:03
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- A model of true Christian worship in the first post-resurrection assembly.
ListenApril 26, 2015 - Respond: Missional Update from 2015-05-01T16:35:02
Speaker: Various --- A snapshot of the missional partnerships of Vox. Perception Funding, Truth & Life, GiveDignity, Hope Bridges.
ListenApril 19, 2015 - Aftershocks: On the Road from 2015-04-20T15:59:25
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Travelers meet with Jesus on the way to Emmaus.
ListenApril 12, 2015 - Aftershocks: Abrupt Endings from 2015-04-13T16:42:35
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- St. Mark's storytelling invites us into discipleship.
ListenApril 5, 2015 - Crosswords: Into Your Hands from 2015-04-05T19:24:11
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Resurrection Sunday: the last word of death is the first word of resurrection.
ListenMarch 29, 2015 - Crosswords: Finished from 2015-03-31T17:57:22
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Rightly ordered idenity and work and the completion of calling.
ListenMarch 22, 2015 - Crosswords: Abandon from 2015-03-23T19:48:32
Speaker: Troy Lakey --- God does not abandon, but invites us to abandon ourselves.
ListenMarch 8, 2015 - Crosswords: Surrender from 2015-03-09T17:24:27
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- The third word of Christ from the Cross; the new family of Jesus formed around the cross.
ListenMarch 1, 2015 - Crosswords: Paradise from 2015-03-02T19:54:13
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- The second word of Christ from the Cross; the longing for we know not what.
ListenFebruary 22, 2015 - Crosswords: Forgiveness from 2015-02-23T17:25:41
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- The first word of Christ from the Cross; letting go of the brand to live from the true self.
ListenFebruary 18, 2015 - Ash Wednesday Gathering from 2015-02-20T17:21:58
Speaker: Rustin Smith - Ash Wednesday Gathering.
ListenFebruary 15, 2015 - The Good Leader: Suffering from 2015-02-17T17:38
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Paul's thoughts in his final words to Timothy and the church.
ListenFebruary 8, 2015 - The Good Leader: Law and Love from 2015-02-09T16:49:14
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- An invitation beyond simplistic categories into the complexity of real community.
ListenFebruary 1, 2015 - The Good Leader: Sound Teaching from 2015-02-02T20:10:18
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Using language to cultivate life and health.
January 25, 2015 - The Story of Joseph from 2015-01-26T19:14:58
Speaker: Brent Heid --- Joseph as a study in leadership character.
ListenJanuary 18, 2015 - The Good Leader: The Healthy Church from 2015-01-20T17:03:09
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- A household takes on the characteristics of its leader(s).
ListenJanuary 11, 2015 - The Good Leader from 2015-01-15T17:49:21
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Paul writes to Timothy concerning leadership.
ListenJanuary 4, 2015 - Clockwork: Past from 2015-01-05T17:57:33
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Redeeming the past: embracing, forgiving, and re-narrating.
ListenDecember 28, 2014 - New Year from 2014-12-30T20:20:23
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Four things to remember about your own transformation.
ListenDecember 14, 2014 - Clockwork: Present from 2014-12-15T17:42:34
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Acceptance and naming our restlessness.
December 7, 2014 - Clockwork: Future from 2014-12-08T19:18:44
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Hope as a way beyond optimism and escapism.
November 30, 2014 - Clockwork from 2014-12-01T20:39:39
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- We have a relationship with time.
ListenNovember 9, 2014 - Practicing the Presence of God from 2014-11-17T18:15:15
Speaker: Troy Lakey - Learning to live each moment with God.
ListenNovember 2, 2014 - Rest&Resistance: Last Commandment from 2014-11-17T18:12:36
Speaker: Jon Bowles --- Part 8 - The finale of the Rest & Resistance series.
October 26, 2014 - Rest&Resistance: Multi-tasking from 2014-10-27T15:04:45
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Part 7 - Sabbath as the practice of giving our full attention to what we love most.
ListenOctober 19, 2014 - Man, Prophet, Lord from 2014-10-27T14:28:49
Speaker: Jonathan Jones --- Relational evangelism in the way of Jesus.
ListenOctober 12, 2014 - Rest&Resistance: Exclusivism from 2014-10-14T16:34:55
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Part 6 - Sabbath imagination as a marker for identity and membership after the exile.
ListenOctober 5, 2014 - Rest&Resistance: Selah from 2014-10-08T19:01:06
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Part 5 - Mid-series review; Israel's journey and relationship with Sabbath as a means of neighborliness.
September 28, 2014 - Rest&Resistance: Coercion from 2014-09-29T16:13:17
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Part 4 - Sabbath as breaking free from a new threat of slavery.
September 21, 2014 - Rest&Resistance: Anxiety from 2014-09-22T16:29:02
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Part 3 - Rest and the invitation out of Pharaoh's system.
ListenSeptember 14, 2014 - Rest&Resistance: 1st Commandment from 2014-09-22T16:24:39
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Part 2 - Rest and the first commandment.
ListenSeptember 7, 2014 - Rest&Resistance* from 2014-09-22T16:20:43
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Part 1 - An introduction to the Ten Commandments through the fourth commandment.
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ListenAugust 17, 2014 - This is a Football: Who is Jesus?* from 2014-08-17T19:03:47
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Part 1 - How we know Jesus existed and who Jesus thought he was.
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ListenAugust 3, 2014 - Words to Build a Life On: Finale from 2014-08-03T19:08:24
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Part 8 of 8: The surprise blessings and some words about the coming season of Vox.
ListenJuly 27, 2014 - Words to Build a Life On: Peacemaking from 2014-07-30T20:52:37
Speaker: Brent Heid --- Part 7 of 8: Stirring the water on the way to peace.
ListenJuly 13, 2014 - Words to Build a Life On: Pure from 2014-07-13T22:50:57
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Part 6 of 8: We do not see things as they are. We see things as we are.
July 6, 2014 - Words to Build a Life On: Mercy from 2014-07-06T20:28:13
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Part 5 of 8: God is like Jesus; Jesus is like the beatitudes.
ListenJune 29, 2014 - Words to Build a Life On: Righteousness and Justice from 2014-06-29T19:18:09
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Part 4 of 8: The politics of Jesus in the government of God.
June 22, 2014 - Words to Build a Life On: Meek from 2014-06-23T16:09:26
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Part 3 of 8: The humble, quiet, trusting, will get their share.
ListenJune 15, 2014 - Words to Build a Life On: Mourning from 2014-06-16T16:04:24
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Part 2 of 8: Blessed are the depressed.
June 8, 2014 - Words to Build a Life On: Poor in Spirit from 2014-06-09T17:40:45
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Part 1 of 8: Blessed are those who are poor at being spiritual.
ListenJune 1, 2014 - Garden City from 2014-06-02T19:22:52
Speaker: David Greusel --- Locating the gospel in a space; from a garden to a city.
May 25, 2014 - Liturgy (and updates) from 2014-05-28T16:03:53
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- An explanation of Vox's approach to worship; a panel update about our fundraiser toward a future meeting space.
ListenMay 18, 2014 - Ravens and Widows from 2014-05-22T23:16:12
Speaker: Jonathan Jones --- Training for life of financial generosity.
ListenMay 4, 2014 - Axis: Shelter from 2014-05-05T00:23:48
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- The community of Christ is a house that can withstand storms when it is founded on his words.
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April 27, 2014 - Axis: Astonishment from 2014-04-27T20:20:55
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- The appropriate response to the gospel, and the posture for working out salvation.
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April 20, 2014 - Resurrection Sunday from 2014-04-21T18:54:22
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Taps & Reveille, learning to care about the good news of Easter.
ListenApril 13, 2014 - Axis: Future from 2014-04-13T20:34:22
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- The prophetic witness of the church to the reality of God's future.
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ListenApril 6, 2014 - Axis: Go West from 2014-04-06T20:04:38
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- The eastward flight of human civilization, and the call west.
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ListenMarch 30, 2014 - Axis: Truth from 2014-03-31T16:59:01
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Pilate and Jesus at the trial of the powers.
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ListenMarch 23, 2014 - Axis: Wonder from 2014-03-24T16:52:04
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- The cure for life-killing boredom in the beauty and mystery of Christ on the cross.
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March 15, 2014 - Axis: Beauty from 2014-03-17T21:09:39
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Christ on the cross and the superpower script.
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March 9, 2014 - The Goal is Soul: Dwell from 2014-03-10T20:12:11
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Learning to live in the house of the Lord through the restoration of the soul.
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February 23, 2014 - The Goal is Soul: My Cup Overflows from 2014-02-24T17:51:06
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Power, prestige, and prosperity: our programs for happiness. Listen
February 16, 2014 - The Goal is Soul: Rod&Staff from 2014-02-17T19:05:54
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Fear and evil on the path, and comfort from the shepherd's instruments. Listen
February 9, 2014 - The Goal is Soul: His Name's Sake* from 2014-02-10T21:00:10
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- What motivates God's leading, and our choosing.
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ListenFebruary 2, 2013 - The Goal is Soul: Right Paths from 2014-02-03T20:54:15
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- He leads me in paths I choose, and paths I do not choose.
January 26, 2014 - The Goal is Soul: Soul-ology* from 2014-02-02T04:52:14
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- The soul in the human system.
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January 19, 2014 - The Goal is Soul: Psalm 23 from 2014-01-20T21:30:33
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- The good shepherd.
ListenJanuary 12, 2014 - Jonah from 2014-01-14T18:58:45
Speaker: Seth Sears --- Costa Rica missionary and friend of Vox on the story of Jonah.
ListenDecember 15, 2013 - Given: Lavish from 2013-12-16T16:37:41
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- The good reasons to give: needs, rules, and love.
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ListenDecember 8, 2013 - Given: Setting Apart from 2013-12-08T20:41
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Why Christians give ten percent of their money to God's work in the world.
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December 1, 2013 - Given: Generosity from 2013-12-02T17:17
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- A generous posture that gives light to the world.
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ListenNovember 17, 2013 - Letters From John: Discerning Lives from 2013-11-18T20:00
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- 5 of 5 - Living in the generous illuminative gaze of our Father.
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November 10, 2013 - Letters From John: Discerning Teachers from 2013-11-11T18:43:07
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- 4 of 5 - Who can we trust?
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ListenNovember 3, 2013 - Letters From John: Discerning Knowledge from 2013-11-03T20:07:33
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- 3 of 5 - Consumerism as the new Gnosticism.
October 27, 2013 - Letters From John: Discerning Worlds from 2013-10-28T18:57:10
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- 2 of 5 - "Who do you love?" is the orienting arrow to reality.
October 20, 2013 - Letters From John: Discernment from 2013-10-21T19:16:54
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- 1 of 5 - John the Evangelist writes to bolster confidence in Christ.
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ListenOctober 13, 2013 - Versus: Pneumatology from 2013-10-14T18:18:57
Speaker: Joe Goodwin --- 6 of 6: The giving gift.
October 6, 2013 - Versus: Christology from 2013-10-09T21:17:50
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- 5 of 6: What does what we do reveal about what we think about Jesus?
ListenSeptember 29, 2013 - Versus: Trinity from 2013-09-30T17:43:20
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- 4 of 6: God is relational.
ListenSeptember 22, 2013 - Versus: Election from 2013-09-23T17:35:29
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- 3 of 6: God chooses Jesus.
ListenSeptember 15, 2013 - Versus: Creation&Original Sin from 2013-09-16T16:55:29
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- 2 of 6: Recovering the biblical setting of primary doctrines.
September 8, 2013 - Versus from 2013-09-10T02:54:50
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- 1 of 6: Doctrine is intended to be the healing teaching of the church.
ListenSeptember 1, 2013 - Ain't No Grave: Next* from 2013-09-02T18:03:32
Speaker:Rustin Smith --- Part 2 of 2 - Finding a wise and faithful path forward for our church.
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ListenAugust 25, 2013 - Ain't No Grave from 2013-08-27T18:10:47
Ain't No Grave - Speaker: Rustin Smith
ListenAugust, 4 2013 - Voice Sunday from 2013-08-06T01:38:29
Voice Sunday - Sabath keeping - Speaker: Jonathan Jones, Rustin Smith & the community
ListenJuly 28, 2013 - Being a Christian from 2013-07-28T17:05:17
Speaker: Aaron Mills ---- Being a Christian vs a Disiple
ListenJuly 14, 2013 - Stories from our community from 2013-07-16T02:03:36
Speaker: Klee, Fay, Schmidt --- Stories
ListenJuly 7, 2013 - Putting Christ On from 2013-07-09T01:23:10
Speaker: Resa Eastwood --- Putting Christ On
ListenJune 9, 2013 - Purity backfires from 2013-06-10T15:53:30
Speaker: Paul Hill --- Purity backfires
ListenMay 5, 2013 - Vulnerability from 2013-05-06T02:01:21
Speaker: Tim Suttle --- Overflow: Vulnerability
ListenApril 28, 2013 - Beauty Will Save the World: Love from 2013-04-30T02:02:30
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Part 4: Love
ListenApril 21, 2013 - Beauty Will Save the World: Seeing from 2013-04-23T16:22
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Part 3: How we see determines who we become.
ListenApril 14, 2013 - Costa Rica Team Sharing from 2013-04-18T17:03:10
Speaker: Costa Rica Team --- Sharing about recent trip
ListenApril 7, 2013 - Beauty Will Save the World: Spray from 2013-04-07T19:06
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Part 2: Beauty is not what it is.
March 31, 2013 - Beauty Will Save the World: Resurrection from 2013-04-01T15:25:34
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Part 1: Resurrection means the present can frame the past.
ListenMarch 17, 2013 - With: Relationships from 2013-03-18T18:02:42
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Lent Series Pt. 4 - For-ness as a mark of suffiency in the sweet society of God.
March 10, 2013 - With: Personal Growth from 2013-03-10T20:00
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Lent Series Pt. 3 - The proven theaters and practices that lead to living water.
March 2, 2013 - Sabbatical from 2013-03-03T20:55:20
Speaker: Jonathan Jones - The Vox Council announces a sabbatical season for Family, Creative, Pastoral, and Congregational renewal.
ListenFebruary 24, 2013 - With: Surrender from 2013-02-24T20:19:13
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Lent Series Pt. 2 - The Danger-Fear-Control cycle can be replaced by Surrender-Safety-Faith.
February 17, 2013 - With: Divine Assurance and Divine Invitation from 2013-02-17T21:18:34
Speaker: Peggy Heid --- Lent Series Pt. 1 - The 'with God' life is based on God's promise to be with us.
ListenFebruary 10, 2013 - Revenge from 2013-02-10T20:03:37
Speaker: Jonathan Jones - Bitterness leads to destruction; we are the people formed by grace.
ListenFebruary 3, 2013 - House of God: Calling from 2013-02-03T18:31:51
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Part 5: The church is a community where people experience the beauty of God, learn to live life with Jesus, and participate in God's mission.
ListenJanuary 27, 2013 - House of God: Respond* from 2013-01-27T20:12:59
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Part 4: The church gathers around the column of social action in the mission of God.
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ListenJanuary 20, 2013 - House of God: Relate from 2013-01-20T19:14:01
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Part 3: The church gathers around the column of restoration and formation in community.
January 13, 2013 - House of God: Receive from 2013-01-13T21:54:31
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Part 2: The church gathers around the column of experiential spirituality.
ListenJanuary 6, 2013 - House of God from 2013-01-06T20:36:09
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Part 1: The unstoppable church-community reveals Jesus to the world.
ListenDecember 23, 2012 - Impossible: Hospitality from 2012-12-23T19:45:27
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Advent 4: Welcoming the other into the same and the visitation of Christ.
December 16, 2012 - Impossible: Gift from 2012-12-16T20:55:05
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Advent 3: Giving and Forgiving in the reckless way of God.
December 9, 2012 - Impossible: Justice from 2012-12-09T19:09:59
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Advent 2: Justice calls for our incomplete response.
December 2, 2012 - Impossible: Events from 2012-12-02T20:17:39
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Advent 1: True Events are ongoing, vocative, and impossible.
ListenNovember 18, 2012 - Giants in the Land: Suffering and Beauty from 2012-11-18T21:18:59
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Part 7 of 7: The Prophet of the Exile describes the way of return to God.
November 11, 2012 - Giants in the Land: Holiness and Obedience from 2012-11-11T21:05:46
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Part 6 of 7: Isaiah and the experience of 'the holy' that leads to committed participation.
November 4, 2012 - Giants in the Land: Worship and Idols from 2012-11-04T23:23:18
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Part 5 of 7: Elijah reforms the community with prophetic worship, and finds provision from God.
October 28, 2012 - Giants in the Land: Prayer and Integrity from 2012-10-28T18:19:03
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Part 4 of 7: David and prayer toward an integrated life.
ListenOctober 21, 2012 - Giants in the Land: Word and Words* from 2012-10-21T18:44:17
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Part 3 of 7: Moses and names, stories, and signposts.
*Audio from this teaching is not available.
October 14, 2012 - Giants in the Land: Faith and Sacrifice from 2012-10-14T20:33:23
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Part 2 of 7: Abraham and the Way of Faith
October 7, 2012 - Giants in the Land: People and Stories from 2012-10-07T18:08:48
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Part 1 of 7: Remembering the figures and tales that give shape to who we are.
ListenSeptember 30, 2012 - The Jesus Way: and the Way of Celebrity from 2012-09-30T19:22:09
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Part 4 of 4 - The early church in contrast to Josephus and the Zealots.
September 23, 2012 - The Jesus Way: and the Way of Religion from 2012-09-23T18:45
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Part 3 of 4 - Jesus in contrast to Caiaphas and the Essenes.
September 16, 2012 - The Jesus Way: and the Way of Power from 2012-09-16T19:27
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Part 2 of 4 - Jesus in contrast to Herod and the Pharisees.
September 9, 2012 - The Jesus Way: So, Jesus from 2012-09-09T20:46:34
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Part 1 of 4 - The Jesus way wedded to the Jesus truth leads to the Jesus life.
ListenSeptember 2, 2012 - Character Invitations from 2012-09-03T21:41:31
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- All-ages gathering. Characters converge at a hole in a roof to become entry points into the Jesus life.
ListenAugust 12, 2012 - Sermon on the Mount: Enter from 2012-08-12T19:29:30
Speaker: Kristen Brown --- Part 10 of 10 - Founding our lives in the teaching of Jesus.
ListenJuly 29, 2012 - Sermon on the Mount: Wisdom and Pearls from 2012-07-29T21:05:09
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Part 8 of 10 - The value of the kingdom changes how we evaluate one another in community.
July 22, 2012 - Sermon on the Mount: The Sure Thing from 2012-07-22T21:50:34
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Part 7 of 10 - Locating our resources in the most secure place.
July 15, 2012 - Sermon on the Mount: Real World from 2012-07-15T20:54:51
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Part 6 of 10 - The Lord's Prayer is a central, revolutionary framework for learning how to pray.
July 8, 2012 - Sermon on the Mount: Centered from 2012-07-08T21:17
Speaker: Kristen Brown --- Part 5 of 10 - The secret life is rewarded by the Father.
ListenJuly 1, 2012 - Sermon on the Mount: Perfect from 2012-07-01T20:43:50
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Part 4 of 10 - Jesus intends to make citizens who can live in the Kingdom of Heaven.
June 24, 2012 - Sermon on the Mount: Signifier from 2012-06-24T20:55:35
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Part 3 of 10 - Jesus has come to fill the Law to the full.
June 17, 2012 - Sermon on the Mount: Salt and Light from 2012-06-17T20:43:43
Speaker: Kristen Brown --- Part 2 of 10 - Our corporate iden...
ListenJune 10, 2012 - Sermon on the Mount: Lucky from 2012-06-10T20:52:31
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Part 1 of 10 - The coming of the Kingdom means surprise blessings.
ListenJune 3, 2012 - Trinity Sunday from 2012-06-03T21:36:59
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Receiving, Remembering, Responding: a Trinitarian strategy for life in the church.
ListenMay 20, 2012 - All Is Grace: Sound of Grace from 2012-05-20T22:41
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Part 7 of 7 - We she walks on the street, ...
ListenMay 13, 2012 - All Is Grace: Grace Avoidant from 2012-05-13T21:25:38
Speaker: Kristen Brown --- Part 6 of 7 - We can avoid the grace of ...
ListenMay 6, 2012 - All Is Grace: Cheap Grace from 2012-05-06T23:05:06
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April 29, 2012 - All Is Grace: Politic from 2012-04-29T20:51:24
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Part 4 of 7 - Grace constitutes a new society that is alive in Christ.
April 22, 2012 - All Is Grace: Prone to Wander from 2012-04-22T23:16:11
Speaker: Kristen Brown --- Part 3 of 7 - There is grace in the dese...
ListenApril 14, 2011 - All Is Grace: Breath from 2012-04-15T21:45:22
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Part 2 of 7 - Grace is for Resurrection, Creation, and Mission.
April 8, 2012 - All Is Grace: Resurrection from 2012-04-09T04:07:37
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Part 1 of 7 - Grace is the form and medium of God's power to bring life out of death.
ListenApril 1, 2012 - Glittering Vices: Pride from 2012-04-01T20:45:54
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Part 7 of 7 - The greatest sin.
March 25, 2012 - Glittering Vices: Anger from 2012-03-25T20:40:58
Speaker: Chuck Whittington --- Part 6 of 7 - The longing to set things right inside justice, love, gentleness, and grace.
ListenMarch 18, 2012 - Glittering Vices: Sloth from 2012-03-18T20:58
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Part 5 of 7 - The plague that destroys at midday.
March 11, 2012 - Glittering Vices: Envy from 2012-03-11T19:50:11
Speaker: Kristen Brown --- Part 4 of 7 - The sick sin of comparison.
ListenMarch 3, 2012 - Glittering Vices: Greed from 2012-03-04T20:48:04
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Part 3 of 7 - Arrogance and fear destroy joyful generosity.
February 26, 2012 - Glittering Vices: Gluttony and Lust from 2012-02-26T22:06:19
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Part 2 of 7 - We are made to hunger for sustenance and to desire union.
February 19, 2012 - Glittering Vices: the Void from 2012-02-19T22:02:13
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Part 1 of 7 - An introduction to our Lenten series on the historic seven deadly sins.
ListenFebruary 12, 2012 - Beginnings: Calling from 2012-02-12T21:20:10
February 5, 2012 - Beginnings: Ambition from 2012-02-05T21:57:14
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Part 5 of 6: Forging a life apart from God.
January 29, 2012 - Beginnings: The Flood from 2012-01-29T23:41:07
Speaker: Kristen Brown --- Part 4 of 6: Life through the wa...
ListenJanuary 22, 2012 - Beginnings: Acquiring from 2012-01-23T00:19:48
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Part 3 of 6: The sons of Eve suffer.
January 15, 2012 - Beginnings: Rest & Scrambling from 2012-01-15T21:49
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Part 2 of 6: The downward phsychological spiral of the fall.
January 8, 2012 - Beginnings: Forming & Filling from 2012-01-08T21:47:26
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Part 1 of 6: God creates a functioning cosmos out of what is formless and empty, good news for a people in exile.
ListenJanuary 1, 2012 - Undone from 2012-01-07T23:13:33
Speaker: Robyn Adams --- We are undone, but we are undone...
ListenDecember 18, 2011 - Currency of the Kingdom: Everything for Love from 2011-12-19T15:58:51
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Advent 4: We are not primarily defined by our thinking or doing, but by by our loving.
December 4, 2011 - Currency of the Kingdom: Isolation for Peace from 2011-12-04T21:44:54
Speaker: Kristen Brown --- Advent 2: Exchanging our Isolation for the Peace of the Kingdom.
ListenNovember 27, 2011 - Currency of the Kingdom: Worry for Hope from 2011-11-27T20:54:24
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Advent 1: Hope replaces worry in the Kingdom of God.
ListenNovember 20, 2011 - Christ the King Sunday from 2011-11-20T23:17:24
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Christ the King Sunday is marked with child dedications and a preview of Advent.
ListenNovember 13, 2011 - Pronouncing the Certainty of Shalom in a Meaningless Age from 2011-11-13T22:03:06
November 6, 2011 - Insisting on the Reality of Death in a Technological Age from 2011-11-07T17:34:44
October 30, 2011 - Embodying the Integrity of Creation in an Exploitative Age from 2011-10-30T20:05:02
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Part 4 of 6: Work of the People: blowing the ashes of Christian worship.
October 23, 2011 - Embracing the Priority of Neighbor in a Violent Age from 2011-10-23T21:44:04
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Part 3 of 6: Work of the People: blowing the ashes of Christian worship.
October 16, 2011 - Affirming the Dignity of Selves in a Dehumanizing Age from 2011-10-16T21:50
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Part 2 of 6: Work of the People: blowing the ashes of Christian worship.
October 9, 2011 - Proclaiming the Presence of God in a Secular Age from 2011-10-09T21:46:18
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Part 1 of 6: Work of the People: blowing the ashes of Christian worship.
ListenOctober 2, 2011 - Tenth Anniversary from 2011-10-04T04:20:33
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- A reflection on Psalm 126 and the first ten years of our church-community.
ListenSeptember 25, 2011 - Comings & Goings: Hearing the Kingdom from 2011-09-26T16:57:28
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Part 5 of 5: Our vision overrides our ability to hear.
ListenSeptember 18, 2011 - Comings & Goings: Life Over Death from 2011-09-19T17:24
Speaker: Kristen Brown --- Part 4 of 5: What is God doing and how do we move more into God's life?
ListenSeptember 11, 2011 - Comings & Goings: Becoming & Being from 2011-09-12T16:50:03
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Part 3 of 5: We have not arrived; we are already here.
September 4, 2011 - Comings & Goings: Receiving the New from 2011-09-06T21:03
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Part 2 of 5: No one designs new app for an old iPhone. Cultivating a posture of flexibility, compatability and receptivity to what Jesus is...
ListenAugust 28, 2011 - Comings & Goings: Intro from 2011-08-29T05:44:01
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Part 1 of 5: What the river says. Preparing for the tenth anniversary of our church-community.
ListenAugust 14, 2011 - Baptism 3 from 2011-08-14T22:31:38
Speaker: Kristen Brown --- What we renounce when we say yes to following Jesus in baptism.
ListenAugust 7, 2011 - Baptism 2 from 2011-08-07T22:43:55
Speaker: Kyle Gillespie --- Zacchaeus shows us what it looks like to say yes to Jesus.
ListenJuly 31, 2011 - Baptism 1 from 2011-08-01T00:31:52
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Part 1 of 4: An introduction to baptism in the Vox Dei Community.
ListenJuly 24, 2011 - Ruth 5: Punchline from 2011-07-24T21:41:04
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Unlikely storylines are brought to a dramatic result by a conspicuously absent God.
ListenJuly 17, 2011 - Ruth 4: Playing a Part from 2011-07-17T20:59:28
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Ruth 4: Naomi's risky plan tests our sensibilities about God's activities.
July 10, 2011 - Encouragement from 2011-07-10T21:20:17
Speaker: Rob Elkins --- Bucket fillers and bucket drillers: spuring one another on with the power of an encouraging word.
ListenJuly 3, 2011 - Ruth 3: A Covenant Way of Life from 2011-07-06T04:05:33
Speaker: Kristen Brown --- Ruth 3: Boaz finds his way into the story through daily obligation.
ListenJune 26, 2011 - Ruth 2: Honest Return from 2011-06-26T21:31
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Ruth 2: Naomi goes back to God and God's people with grievances.
June 19, 2011 - Ruth 1: Opting In from 2011-06-20T17:39:25
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Ruth 1: Ruth does what we would not do; God is like Ruth.
ListenJune 12, 2011 - Pentecost Movements from 2011-06-12T21:33:01
Speaker: Rustin Smith - St. Barnabas, Pentecost, Ruth, and the commissioning of a new Pastor. Vox welcomes Kristen Brown!
ListenMay 29, 2011 - Death to Life 5: Present Future from 2011-05-29T21:49:57
May 22, 2011 - Death to Life 4: Culture Jamming from 2011-05-23T19:00:05
May 15, 2011 - Death to Life 3: Weak Community from 2011-05-16T17:14:59
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Easter 4: The church is a community in a world where community is dead.
May 8, 2011 - Death to Life 2: Nevertheless from 2011-05-09T18:01:06
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Easter 3: Marks of being an apprentice of Jesus; honesty, yearning, doubt, and humility.
May 1, 2011 - Death to Life from 2011-05-01T22:59:41
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Easter 2: The church lives by a peculiar narrative, so our experience can only be as deep as our yearning.
ListenApril 24, 2011 - Resurrection Wings from 2011-04-25T18:06:22
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Easter Sunday: What we believe is what we see is what we are is what we do.
ListenApril 17, 2011 - Light From Darkness* from 2011-04-18T07:15
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Lent 6: Despair is the location of God's being.
* Apologies for poor audio quality.
April 10, 2011 - Death of Community from 2011-04-11T20:31
Speaker: Jon Bowles --- Lent 5: Neighbors are replaced by institutions, leaving us craving community but resisting what commuity requires.
ListenApril 3, 2011 - Death of Identity from 2011-04-04T20:34:46
Speaker: Tisha Gillespie --- Lent 4: Work & love, consumption & intimacy, and the thin idenities we form in our bodies.
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March 20, 2011 - Death of Meaning from 2011-03-21T17:18
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Lent 2: God meets us in our encounters with death in all its forms.
March 13, 2011 - The Monster from 2011-03-14T17:34:27
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Lent 1: Death is a monster that comes to separate us from our identity.
ListenFebruary 27, 2011 - Along the Way 7: Engaging from 2011-02-28T18:08:10
February 20, 2011 - Along the Way 5 & 6: Good Hypocrites from 2011-02-21T20:28:20
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Jesus and Paul and the difference between a bad and good kind of hypocrisy.
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January 30, 2011 - Along the Way 4: A Fixed Point from 2011-01-31T20:59:44
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- The journey to recovering the human vocation requires navigational support.
January 23, 2011 - Along the Way 3: To Rule and Worship from 2011-01-23T22:46:45
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Jesus comes to live and make possible the restoration of the human vocation.
January 16, 2011 - Along the Way 2: Character from 2011-01-17T05:43:36
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Aristotle's framework for transformation invites a significant innovation from Jesus.
ListenJanuary 9, 2011 - Along the Way 1: What Now? from 2011-01-10T20:36:22
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Rules versus Authenticity as two options in finding the best way to live life in-between the beginning and the end.
ListenJanuary 2, 2011 - Doors, Windows, Epiphany from 2011-01-03T23:01:46
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- An orientation to 2011 for Vox Dei Community.
ListenDecember 26, 2010 - The Feast of Stephen from 2010-12-28T22:17:06
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Jesus was born into a time of agony.
ListenDecember 5, 2010 - Advent 2: Giving Badly from 2010-12-06T19:00:23
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Advent 2: God is a giver but we are not God.
November 28, 2010 - Advent 1: Imagination and the Maelstrom from 2010-11-29T19:52:56
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Advent 1: Financial and relational pressures of the season requires new possibilities for living well.
ListenNovember 14, 2010 - Voice Sunday: Doors and Windows from 2010-11-15T04:28:14
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Voice Sunday is an annual look back and forward in the Vox Dei Community. Vincent Van Gogh orients us with a critique of the church of his day.
ListenNovember 7, 2010 - Getting It Together 4: Strangers from 2010-11-08T20:26:46
October 31, 2010 - Getting It Together 3: Neighbors from 2010-11-01T18:06:33
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Part 3 of 4: Psalm 15 as an orientation into the neighborhood.
October 24, 2010 - Getting It Together 2: Language from 2010-10-25T19:11:59
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Part 2 of 4: Psalm 15 as an orientation into the power of words.
October 17, 2010 - Getting It Together 1: Shalom from 2010-10-18T19:44:11
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Part 1 of 4: Psalm 15 as an orientation into God's integrated world.
ListenOctober 3, 2010 - Final Briefing from 2010-10-04T19:37:50
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Part 13 of a conversation on growing up in Christ. A final word for the beginning of the conversation.
... ListenSeptember 26, 2010 - On the Precipice from 2010-09-27T18:47:42
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Part 12 of a conversation on growing up in Christ. Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ.
September 19, 2010 - Love & Worship from 2010-09-20T01:22:38
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Part 11 of a conversation on growing up in Christ. The alternative ways of getting things done.
ListenSeptember 12, 2010 - Negative Space from 2010-09-13T23:54:13
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Part 10 of a conversation on growing up in Christ. Morality is not maturity. The ordinary, relational, shy way the Spirit inhabits our choices.
ListenSeptember 5, 2010 - A Slow Ascent from 2010-09-06T00:40:47
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Part 9 of a conversation on growing up in Christ. The how, why, and what of becoming mature.
ListenAugust 29, 2010 - Cradle Language from 2010-08-29T22:39:08
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Part 8 of a conversation on growing up in Christ. Prayer, the native tongue of the church, is personal, communal, and deep language.
ListenAugust 22, 2010 - The Inseparables from 2010-08-23T19:49:03
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Part 7 of a conversation on growing up in Christ. Inscape seeing as the posture of maturity in the church.
ListenAugust 1, 2010 - Flourishing from 2010-08-23T19:02:17
Speaker: Jonathan Jones --- Seeking the welfare of the city.
ListenJuly 25, 2010 - Baptism from 2010-07-26T00:55:10
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- An introduction to baptism in the Vox Dei Community.
ListenJuly 18, 2010 - A Serious House from 2010-07-18T22:34:27
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Part 6 of a conversation on growing up in Christ. Jesus is our peace.
July 11, 2010 - Swimming from 2010-07-11T21:32:55
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Part 5 of a conversation on growing up in Christ. It is grace or nothing.
July 4, 2010 - The Mountain from 2010-07-04T22:22
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Part 4 of a conversation on growing up in Christ. It is here. We are on it. It us under us.
ListenJune 27, 2010 - Abundance from 2010-06-27T22:16
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Part 3 of a conversation on growing up in Christ. The cosmos is bigger than we imagined.
ListenJune 20, 2010 - Axios from 2010-06-21T17:10
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Part 2 of a conversation on growing up in Christ. Our walking and God's calling.?
ListenJune 13, 2010 - Illusions from 2010-06-14T17:45:27
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Part 1 of a conversation on growing up in Christ. Having our illusions of church exposed and overcome is a necessary part of growing up.
June 6, 2010 - Evangelism 4: Beloved Children Become Belief-ful Adults from 2010-06-07T17:45
Speaker: Tisha Gillespie --- Part 4 of 4 in a series about patterns of evangelism throughout Scripture.
May 30, 2010 - Evangelism 3: Forgetters Made Rememberers from 2010-05-31T17:47
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Part 3 of 4 in a series about patterns of evangelism throughout Scripture.
ListenMay 23, 2010 - Evangelism 2: Outsiders Become Insiders from 2010-05-23T23:41
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Part 2 of 4 in a series about patterns of evangelism throughout Scripture.
ListenMay 16, 2010 - Evangelism 1: A Drama in Three Scenes from 2010-05-16T21:00
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Part 1 of 4 in a series about patterns of evangelism throughout Scripture.
ListenMay 9, 2010 - Luke Reflection from 2010-05-11T19:12
Various speakers contribute to a community reflection on a long journey through the gospel of Luke.
ListenMay 2, 2010 - Ascension from 2010-05-02T22:58
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Jesus leads and blesses his followers who respond with worship and a joyful return into the neighborhood.
ListenApril 25, 2010 - Is This Enough? from 2010-04-29T20:02
Speaker: Kyle Gillespie --- The physical resurrection as a call for local, ordinary presence.
ListenApril 18, 2010 - Stir from 2010-04-18T22:12
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- The disciples recognize what is familiar in the midst of the unfamiliar on the road to Emmaus.
ListenApril 11, 2010 - Run from 2010-04-12T07:07
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- In the aftermath of resurrection, two orienting questions and a response.
ListenApril 4, 2010 - Resurrection and Atheism from 2010-04-05T23:00
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- An invitation to atheism and resurrection.
ListenMarch 28, 2010 - The Cross from 2010-03-29T19:31
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Gazing upon the cross gives us the potion that breaks the spell of our dominant cultural religion.
ListenMarch 21, 2010 - Scripted from 2010-03-21T23:08
Speaker: Rustin Smith featuring David Clark and the Vox High School class --- Part one of two weeks in the crucifixion narrative of Luke.
ListenMarch 14, 2010 - Haiti Report from 2010-03-14T19:49
Speakers: Meredith Muenks, Jonathan Klee, Kyle Gillespie, Rustin Smith --- Three members of a medical relief team share some of their experience with the Vox Dei Community.
ListenMarch 7, 2010 - Darkness from 2010-03-07T23:04
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Everything sad will come untrue.
ListenFebruary 28, 2010 - Nothing from 2010-02-28T22:19
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Three 'nothings' revealed in dinner conversation between Jesus and his guests.
ListenFebruary 21, 2010 - Remember from 2010-02-21T20:59
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Jesus eagerly hosts a meal for his friends.
ListenFebruary 14, 2010 - Ritual and Herd from 2010-02-14T21:03
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Jesus prepares a ritual while Judas sides with the crowd.
ListenFebruary 7, 2010 - The Time Will Come from 2010-02-07T22:28
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Jesus looks ahead to a turn in history that requires a broader conversation.
ListenJanuary 24, 2010 - Belonging to God from 2010-01-25T18:25
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Jesus reveals what belongs to God.
January 17, 2010 - The Stone from 2010-01-17T21:42
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Jesus is the overlooked stone that cannot be overcome.
January 10, 2010 - Angry Hope from 2010-01-11T19:44
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Jesus clears the Temple and confronts religious leaders.
January 3, 2010 - Attend from 2010-01-04T18:04
Speaker: Rustin Smith --- Recognize the time of God's coming to you.