Harriet Congdon finishes up our series on Resilience with a keen insight from the story of Abraham, Hagar & Sarah while tying together all the previous messages on resilience.Kirjoittanut Cascade Church Portland

Ian Durias shares this week as we continue our series on Resilience by talking about the ways we love ourselves and how we categorize our shortcomings as screw-ups, weaknesses or growth opportunities.Kirjoittanut Cascade Church Portland

Chelsea Gerlach shares about a resilience that uses curiosity to better inform itself in addition to finding enjoyment in the midst of difficult journeys.Kirjoittanut Cascade Church Portland

Sarah Swartzendruber shares about resilience as a learning space that is difficult to stay in and nobody would choose that has a way of working something out in us. Listen as we talk about how to stay in that learning space even when we don't want to as we look at the disciples' journey of resilience.…

Kurt Kroon looks at Daniel 3 and how resistance can look in the face of fear-based and oppressive kingdoms.Kirjoittanut Cascade Church Portland

Kurt Kroon takes a look at the dividing path moments in our lives that invite us into a practice of resilience.Kirjoittanut Cascade Church Portland

Scott Erickson, Sarah Swartzendruber, Ian Durias and Kurt Kroon chat about the summer '25 message series on Resilience and how the Teaching Team works and collaborates on series just like this one!Kirjoittanut Cascade Church Portland

Dr. Greg Peterson talks about mental health and some ways that our brains get in the way of our mental health and ways that we can find greater mental well being in the world.Kirjoittanut Cascade Church Portland

This Sunday Ian Durias interviews therapist Malia Vasquez about how mental health and AAPI identities impact healing journeys.Kirjoittanut Cascade Church Portland

Ian Durias interviews Daphne Auza and Jillian Mariano regarding their work with Malaya and organizing on behalf of Filipino workers around the globe.Kirjoittanut Cascade Church Portland

Cara Meredith, author of "Church Camp: Bad Skits, Cry Night, and How White Evangelicalism Betrayed a Generation", shares with us about what belonging looks and feels like with a fresh look at the Philip & The Ethiopian Eunuch story from the scriptures.Kirjoittanut Cascade Church Portland

Kurt Kroon and Scott Erickson share about adult friendships. The struggles, the joys and ways we can get curious about better way of engaging ourselves and others.Kirjoittanut Cascade Church Portland

Kurt Kroon shares a message about the largest cross in the world and what that can tell us about how this symbol of Christianity has been and could still be used in our world.Kirjoittanut Cascade Church Portland

In this sermon Harriet looks at the themes of prayer and perserverance on either side of some wisdom about integrity. Enjoy!Kirjoittanut Cascade Church Portland

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This is age appropriate theology specifically written for Pre-K kids that is fun and engaging while learning about Jesus. At the end, you will hear Sarah ask a line that is intentionally said at the end of every kids lesson at Cascade, "using your skill of curiosity, what are some questions you have from the story?" We hope this invites you to curi…

This is age appropriate theology specifically written for Pre-K kids that is fun and engaging while learning about Jesus. At the end, you will hear Sarah ask a line that is intentionally said at the end of every kids lesson at Cascade, "using your skill of curiosity, what are some questions you have from the story?" We hope this invites you to curi…

This is age appropriate theology specifically written for Pre-K kids that is fun and engaging while learning about Jesus. At the end, you will hear Sarah ask a line that is intentionally said at the end of every kids lesson at Cascade, "using your skill of curiosity, what are some questions you have from the story?" We hope this invites you to curi…

This is age appropriate theology specifically written for Pre-K kids that is fun and engaging while learning about Jesus. At the end, you will hear Sarah ask a line that is intentionally said at the end of every kids lesson at Cascade, "using your skill of curiosity, what are some questions you have from the story?" We hope this invites you to curi…

This is age appropriate theology specifically written for Pre-K kids that is fun and engaging while learning about Jesus. At the end, you will hear Sarah ask a line that is intentionally said at the end of every kids lesson at Cascade, "using your skill of curiosity, what are some questions you have from the story?" We hope this invites you to curi…

Kurt Kroon talks through Nehemiah 2 and what we do with criticism. Do we internalize or reject it? What tools do you use to discern your areas of growth?Kirjoittanut Cascade Church Portland

Kurt Kroon introduces the book of Nehemiah and talks about rebuilding in deconstructed spaces and what we do with power and privilege.Kirjoittanut Cascade Church Portland

Kurt Kroon shares about pep rallies, Shamrock Runs and the ever present cycle of death and resurrection pulling us into the present.Kirjoittanut Cascade Church Portland

This Sunday we hear from Harriet Congdon, Andrew Chang and Kendra Wenzel on their experiences with polarization and what has been helpful and harmful in that process.Kirjoittanut Cascade Church Portland

Sarah Swartzendruber shares about a recent social media experience dealing with theology on her Parenting After Deconstruction Instagram page and how she processed it.Kirjoittanut Cascade Church Portland

Chelsea Gerlach shares some incredibly practical next steps for engaging in polarizing conversations. In this conversation Chelsea references Loretta Ross, and you can find her work hereKirjoittanut Cascade Church Portland

Kurt Kroon shares on the story of Jonah about the tendencies we have to idealize and demonize folks as a means of feeling safe and God's movement to reconcile all people.Kirjoittanut Cascade Church Portland

Kurt Kroon shares about Paul, Colossians 2 and how Christ moves us to end gatekeeping.Kirjoittanut Cascade Church Portland

Leroy Barber joins us to share about the US's history of reparations and how the scriptures talk about making repairs.Kirjoittanut Cascade Church Portland

This Sunday Kurt Kroon interviews Alvin Hayes about the link he sees in the Civil Rights movement and Jesus Christ.Kirjoittanut Cascade Church Portland

Kurt Kroon looks at Luke 8 and the parable of the sower within the context of how we interpret parables today and some of the context around what Jesus in his context.Kirjoittanut Cascade Church Portland

Kurt Kroon discusses wisdom and how Jesus and John the Baptist are bringing this to us via radical inclusion through very different methods.Kirjoittanut Cascade Church Portland

On this Sunday Kurt Kroon shared about how Jesus negotiates the sacredness of who each person is and the potential of who we can become. This comes with a look at Luke 13:11-17 and the healing of a woman in the synagogue on the sabbath.Kirjoittanut Cascade Church Portland

Shelby Hanson leads us in a new message series that can give us fresh eyes on the parable structure and make unfamiliar what we've made familiar.Kirjoittanut Cascade Church Portland

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On Sunday January 29th Kurt Kroon talked about different lenses for viewing the Scriptures and how taking experiences from non-dominant folks and interpreting them through a dominant worldview can fundamentally change the message.Kirjoittanut Cascade Church Portland

Chelsea Gerlach shares a message about the planet, our relationship with it and how we hear the voice of God to move towards the healing of the land and ourselves.Kirjoittanut Cascade Church Portland

Kurt Kroon takes a look at comparisons between the story of Jesus birth and the origin stories of Horus, Romulus and Remus, Alexander the Great, and Augustus Caesar. We 'll see what the similarities and differences tell us.Kirjoittanut Cascade Church Portland

Sarah Swartzendruber talks through the role of grief in Mary's song both as a look forward to the life of Jesus and a reflection after the death of Jesus.Kirjoittanut Cascade Church Portland

Kurt Kroon talks through Luke 1:46-55 and the impact of Power Dynamics.Kirjoittanut Cascade Church Portland

Kurt Kroon talks about how our interpretation of Ephesians 6:10-17 is impacted by living in the world's largest military country and how that compares to the military factors in Paul's day.Kirjoittanut Cascade Church Portland

Harriet Congdon discusses the history and harm created by Ephesians 5:21-6:9, while suggesting various lenses for liberative interpretation.Kirjoittanut Cascade Church Portland

Kurt Kroon talks through sexuality, language and greed and the ways those topics can be shared for shame/oppression or freedom/liberation.Kirjoittanut Cascade Church Portland

Kurt Kroon talks through the Paul's problematic "othering" language and how we can call one another forward to growth and liberation.Kirjoittanut Cascade Church Portland

Leroy Barber, Sarah Swartzendruber and Kurt Kroon discuss the inherent problems with Christian calls for unity in a post-election climate.Kirjoittanut Cascade Church Portland

Insil Kang closes our Acts series with an intersectional look at Paul and how that informs the good news of Jesus.Kirjoittanut Cascade Church Portland

A message from Pastor Sarah Swartzendruber on Acts 19 and the way money and the church interact.Kirjoittanut Cascade Church Portland

A message from Michelle Lang Raymond on Acts 17.Kirjoittanut Cascade Church Portland

A message from Leroy Barber on Lydia's table and the foundations of the church from Acts 16.Kirjoittanut Cascade Church Portland