Dig into God’s word with informal conversation around the scripture and ways to apply the message to our lives. We’ll pray for you, chat about what’s brewing around our church, First Lutheran in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and take your questions about faith and life. Join us as we put our Faith First.
Pr. Steve & Pr. Craig describe an amazing encounter they both had with a Bishop of the Country of Hungary, who described trying to be the church under the totalitarian governments of the Nazis and then the Iron Curtain and how Christ sets us free from the inside out of all evil forces that would oppress us.
Pr. Steve asks us what side of Jesus do you connect most with? Is it the divine authority who can do miraculous things including giving us eternal life or the real human being who cares about feeding and healing us from our day-to-day issues?
Pr. Steve teaches us how the first person in the Trinity, our Creator, protects us and provides for us through life's many dangers. An important word for us today amidst life's many ups and downs in the chaotic world in which we live.
Pr. Katie teaches us how God the Creator is the maker of it all and still creates and re-creates in and through us despite all the brokenness of the world around us. After all, in Genesis 1:1 it says in the beginning God created out of the chaos.
What are we confessing when we say "I Believe" nearly every week in church? Pr. Craig & Pr. Steve break down classic statement of Christian faith, The Apostles' Creed, and how it opens up the door to understanding to our vast and loving God.
What if we weren't meant to be a church that sits around but gets up and moves for God? Pr. Steve ponders this question and many more like it as he shares with us his Top Ten Things he learned while on sabbatical.
Pr. Steve returns! He gives us his first impressions after four months away on sabbatical while Pr. Katie talks a radical act by Jesus transforming forever our notion of sabbath.
Pr. Craig points out that scripture implores us to run OUR race and not someone else's. As we do Jesus warns that might come with some obstacles but we can make it through with the faith from God just like our ancestors.
Pr. Katie tells a story of Pr. Craig's wife Katie blessing the church with extra cantaloupes this week and how our small acts of kindness can be a great way of living out this weekend's scripture of living for today and looking out for others.
Pr. Craig shares what he learned from a talk with Hall of Fame Duke Basketball Coach Mike Krzyzewski about the importance of an organization holding each other accountable, including the leader, and how this concept applies to Christ's Church today.
Pr. Katie teaches us the importance of the Lord's Prayer isn't necessarily learning how to the say it (saying the right words) or why we say them (because Jesus said to), but WHOSE prayer it is and learning to have a relationship with the man behind it.
Pr. Craig dives deep into the story of Mary and Martha with our long-time Worship Producer Megan Fleming to talk about being present with Christ in new and exciting ways as peal back the curtain to "meet the wizard" to learn how our excellent online worship happens each week. Plus Youth Natalie Fersdahl takes us inside the fun of Vacation Bible School as young people from all across our community learn to Trust Jesus.
Pr. Katie teaches us in one of her favorite scriptures how Jesus shows us how to follow the rules of God but in doing so still show each other mercy.
Pr. Craig & Pr. Katie talk about Christ's mission to send people into our lives to reach us with God's peace and our call to reach out in peace to others. Join us as we give thanks to those who taught us and loved us in the faith and honor them by paying it forward to others this 4th of July.
Do you ever feel stuck in your faith? Pr. Katie teaches us how to get out of going in circles like driving endlessly in a roundabout if we just listen to God, yield to others, and follow the exit Jesus creates us for us. Once we've been set free...now what? Pr. Craig ponders how and where God might be leading us next.
Pr. Katie & Pr. Craig talk about the unifying powers of the Christian Church from the book of Galatians the uniting power of Baptism as we've done a lot of them lately! And Bob Koenig gives an update on the schedule and budget of our ongoing renovations.
Pr. Craig teaches the Penn State football team how our losses shape our victory which is ultimately what Christ does by using the "loss" of the defeat on the cross to shape the victory of the empty tomb and new life.
Pr. Katie and Pr. Craig muse if kindness is a foreign tongue today and if so, how might it be our call to "speak in tongues" to the world around us spreading Christ's love and light.
Pr. Craig & Pr. Katie chat about practical steps we can take to follow Jesus' advice to build unity in order to inspire others while Dir. of Support Services Bob Koenig gives us an update on our construction now underway to renovate our building from bottom to top.
This Memorial Day weekend Pr. Katie asks us to think about those who served and sacrificed for our peaceful freedom but also to remember that our true peace that surpasses all understanding comes from above.
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The heart was always off-limits to surgeons. Cutting into it spelled instant death for the patient. That is, until a ragtag group of doctors scattered across the Midwest and Texas decided to throw out the rule book. Working in makeshift laboratories and home garages, using medical devices made from scavenged machine parts and beer tubes, these men and women invented the field of open heart surgery. Odds are, someone you know is alive because of them. So why has history left them behind? Presented by Chris Pine, CARDIAC COWBOYS tells the gripping true story behind the birth of heart surgery, and the young, Greatest Generation doctors who made it happen. For years, they competed and feuded, racing to be the first, the best, and the most prolific. Some appeared on the cover of Time Magazine, operated on kings and advised presidents. Others ended up disgraced, penniless, and convicted of felonies. Together, they ignited a revolution in medicine, and changed the world.
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