The Nexus Podcast

Questions of Marriage (S11 Episode22)

Prompted by an email from a young adult at Nexus, Brad addresses the question of how to think through dating/marriage when the person you are with does not share your faith.   He explores Paul’s most extensive writings on marriage, the ‘unequally yoked’ passage, and most importantly, how marriage and community connect and overlap.

Howling: When God, Wolves & Humans Laugh (S11 Episode21)

Brad claims that this is the most fun he's had doing a sermon in a long time.  It has to do with wolves and humans and God – howling and laughter, bonding and defiance, and equipping us with one of the greatest tools for resilience in the face of struggle. 

Tongues of Fire (S11 Episode20)

Pentecost of course marks the coming of the Holy Spirit, the gift Jesus had promised his followers. It is one of the most pivotal moments in the history of the Christian Path.  You see, after Pentecost, everything about the Jesus Path would start to become more and more clear. Things start clicking for Jesus' disciples. Pentecost would become the epicentre of the Jesus Path revolution and it all starts with a much-anticipated gift.  A gift that launches what Willie Jennings calls "the revolution of the intimate."

The Girls with the Red Balloon (S11 Episode19)

In this episode Brad examines the power of storytelling and the ways we use it to further agendas and escape responsibility.  In the book of Acts, Peter crafts a story. A powerful and dangerous one.  With Peter's story as a lens we examine our own stories and how they might be our way of blaming and putting up boundaries.

A Failure of Imagination (S11 Episode18)

What we witnessed at Capitol Hill on January 6th was not just political unrest, but a Christian insurrection. We need to call it for what it was before we can figure out what to do about it. And so, we begin our foray into the book of Acts with a teaching called A Failure of Imagination. 

Pablo Escobar's Hippopotamuses (S11 Episode17)

Welcome to our new series "Of Wolves & Walking & The Dangerous Book of Acts".  It starts here with Pablo Escobar. From a zoo in Columbia, to the reintroduction of wolves into Yellowstone National Park, the apostle Paul’s ecosystem analogy, trophic cascades, Christmas gift baskets, Black Lives Matter, and churches facing fines for meeting in person during lockdown – listen in as Brad brings it all together as a kick-off to our first series of 2021.

What We Have Lost (S11 Episode16)

What has Nexus as a community lost because of Covid?  Has not being together in person for church changed anything?  Watching Church in your PJs has it's up side.  But is there a downside?  Brad suggests we have lost at least one small but significant thing.  

 

 

Of Caves and Christmas (S11 Episode15) CHRISTMAS EVE

A Christmas Eve reflection.

Shock & Awe (S11 Episode14)

Through a short history of military tactics to some fields just outside of Bethlehem, this weeks talk contrasts the shock and awe used in war with the shock and awe used by Jesus.  What might it mean for our world to find its way home again?

Home But Never Home (S11 Episode13)

Another exile story that speaks to the ache of being exiled at Christmas time.