Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, many people have been asking a single question: Are people ever going to return to church? At Beyond Sunday we are confident that God has a purpose for the Church and that it won’t just disappear overnight, but we also realize that the future of the Church may need to look drastically different than what we are used to. Where do we find sacred spaces and how do they shape our life? That’s this week, on Beyond Sunday!

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We’re continuing our recognition of Pride Month on the podcast and this week Pastor David and Pastor Cassandra are taking a dive into Reconciling in Christ Congregations. What are they? Why do they matter? And what does it mean for a community to explore that process?

You can learn more about Reconciling Works at www.reconcilingworks.org.

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It’s Pride Month and across the United States communities are gathering to celebrate the LGBTQIA+ community with parades, festivals, and more. This week we found an opinion piece that asked the question, “Do pro-gay Christian groups belong at pride?” Its a question that made us think more deeply about the role of Christians and allies at Pride festivals, and we hope it will do the same for you.

You can find the original piece here:

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/pro-gay-christian-groups-pride_n_6480b1fae4b0756ff85af213

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Why do so many of us have such a difficult time starting the practice of serving others? Are we just bad Christians? Do we not care enough? Do we think we are better than them? Probably not. Usually, our reasons for not serving are much less sinister but can be just as difficult to overcome.

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This summer we’re doing a mini-series within our Books of the Bible series and asking the question: Is that really in the Bible? First on the list is the Trinity. We talk about it almost every week but where exactly does it come from and how did we arrive at what we believe today?

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What’s the right way to love God? Is it by knowing every verse in the Bible from memory? Is it by having a feeling of love in your heart that you can’t explain? In case you didn’t get it from the set up…it’s both. This week Patrick and Pastor David explore how our faith requires knowing God with our minds and with our hearts.

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“Love the Lord your God with all your heart and love your neighbor as yourself.” Jesus’ own words seem pretty clear and straight forward yet somehow we seem to be experiencing a time when some claim “Christianity” while intentionally not loving their neighbors. Is this Christianity without love? Is that even still Christianity? The Beyond Sunday team is taking a look on this week’s episode.

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Its a crazy week here at Beyond Sunday, but we managed to sneak in this mini episode. We take a look at the hit NBC show, the office and see if it has anything to teach us about faith.

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Are you a people pleaser? do you have a hard time saying no? or apologize too much? than this is the podcast for you! We explore our compulsive needs to be “nice” and how we can confuse niceness for godliness.

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When the stories of the Bible were first being told, they were passed down from one generation to the next through oral tradition. Then they were written down. Then they were put into many different languages. And now they are being put into…movies? This week the Beyond Sunday Team is thinking about how we can honor the sacredness of scripture and bring the biblical story into modern forms. Do you have a favorite Hollywood Bible movie? Be sure to let us know!

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The future is now! We take a look at how our love of science fiction movies can shape out faith. We’ll also share how we feel about future tech and give some recommendations for our listeners.

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Can you think of yourself without thinking too much of yourself? Can you know who you are without forgetting who God is? For generations, the Church has wrestled with how to help people deal with our human instinct to care for ourselves first, think more of ourselves than others, and justify all our own behaviors, or what has commonly been called our “ego.” This week, Beyond Sunday is jumping into the conversation to see what we can stir up.

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When you listen to a sermon do you think what you are hearing is intended to be taken as fact? Turns out, most of American Christianity has drastically confused the opinions of their respective pastors with facts that cannot be questioned and should never be doubted. This leads at least one author to say that we have been dumbing down our faith rather than enhancing it. So, the Beyond Sunday Team is jumping in to offer our own opinions and, in the middle of it all, try to find some truth.

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Elise and Pastor David are jumping into those “other” books that you may find in the middle of your Bible. Why are they there? Why aren’t they ALWAYS there? We hope you enjoy this introduction to the Deuterocanonical texts that are in some Bibles but not all of them.

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There has long been a belief that as someone receives more education they are less likely to hold to faith. Despite what our Uncles tells us at the Thanksgiving table, it turns out this probably isn’t true. This week, Pastor David and Patrick are unpacking what it looks like to be a Christian that values faith and education and how we navigate that world.

Cassandra joins Patrick and Pastor David again this week as the team takes up a new report from The State of Theology. Turns out that the Beyond Sunday Team has a lot of questions about their questions. We hope you enjoy this episode as we wrestle with how our society thinks about God, faith, religions, and more.

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Patrick and Pastor David are joined by Cassandra Nagle for a trip to the Oscar’s! The Team then uses the Best Picture nominee Everything Everywhere All At Once as a launching point for a conversation about the power of silence and our ability to hear differently when the sound is off. Be sure to send in your Oscar predictions and enjoy this week’s episode of Beyond Sunday.

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It’s the final(ish) instalment of our monthly Books of the Bible Series and we are closing with what may well be the most theologically influential book in the New Testament - Paul’s letter to the Church in Rome. This is easily Paul’s most intricate and theological discourse and the Beyond Sunday Team is going to do our best to walk you through the basics of the critical piece of writing.

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There’s a revival happening again at Asbury. What’s happening? What’s it mean? What should we be doing? Join Patrick and Elise as the give the Beyond Sunday perspective on this event that has captured the attention of Christians across the country.

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Mental Healthcare has taken huge leaps forward in the last several decades, but in many cases Christians are lagging behind in supporting and encouraging people who are using mental health services. Why are Christians so slow to get care and so quick to judge those who do? That’s what the Beyond Sunday Team wants to explore this week.

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