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UnLearning: Atonement

Last Sunday Josh led us in a conversation about unlearning Original Sin. This weekend we moved to the logical next question: If Original Sin isn’t a thing, then what does the death of Jesus mean? If Jesus isn’t dying to make a relationship with God possible for us, how can we meaningfully understand his death? The sermon begins at the 38:35 mark.

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UnLearning: Original Sin

Have you ever heard of Original Sin? This idea that, because of something that happened a long time ago with the first humans, we are all born sinners and separated from God? This Sunday Josh helped us think about the problems with this starting point for our faith and offered other ways of thinking about humanity, sin, and our relationship with God - ways that bring real good news!  The sermon begins at the 45:18 minute mark.

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UnLearning: Labor

Do you find yourself busy and exhausted most of the time? Do you feel guilt or shame when you aren’t being productive? That attachment to busyness is what Josh invites us to unlearn this week, putting in its place a value and commitment for regular times of rest and renewal.

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UnLearning: Hope

This week we continued our “UnLearning” series by discussing hope. Hope plays a central role in our human experience, but what is it? Is it just a kind of wishful thinking? Or is there something more substantive that undergirds our hope? The sermon begins at the 32:40 mark.

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UnLearning: Joy

This Sunday, we continued our “UnLearning” series by discussing joy. What is joy? Is there a way to make space for joy that doesn’t just feel like toxic positivity or just another thing that we aren’t living up to? We apologize that the sound and video aren’t their usual quality this week. We experienced a power outage and had to go unplugged. The sermon begins at the 22:54 mark.

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UnLearning: Faith

Is faith primarily about holding a specific set of beliefs or doctrines? Is it about believing hard to believe things? Or is faith something more, something transformative? The sermon begins at the 33:30 mark.

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UnLearning: Despair

This week we continued our “UnLearning” series by talking about “Unlearning Despair.” We are living in a difficult and unprecedented moment in our lifetime. For many of us, there are days when the constant barrage of bad news just makes us want to give up on the possibility of things getting better. Is there a way to approach this moment hopefully, without pretending or bypassing? The sermon begins at the 35:39 mark.

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