• Be the Salt That Heals - Encouragement Everywhere
    Feb 9 2026

    This episode explores the invitation to make faith visible, as we reflect on Jesus’ call to let our light shine and Isaiah’s vision of justice for the oppressed. What might it mean to live more openly—allowing mercy, compassion, and good works to reflect God’s love in the world?

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    14 mins
  • Ringing the Bells We Can Ring - Encouragement Everywhere
    Feb 2 2026

    What does God actually ask of us? This episode explores the call to live our faith beyond Sunday worship, as we reflect on Micah’s invitation to do justice, love kindness, and walk humbly with God, alongside Paul’s reminder that God works through what the world calls weak or foolish. What might it mean to live more faithfully by offering the imperfect gifts we already have—and trusting that God’s light shines through our cracks?

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    10 mins
  • Come and See - Encouragement Everywhere
    Jan 19 2026

    This episode reflects on Jesus’ simple yet profound invitation: “Come and see.” Through Andrew’s encounter with Jesus in the Gospel of John, we explore how faith is not something we fully understand before we begin, but something we discover by taking real steps in trust. What might it mean to loosen our grip on certainty and take the next faithful step, trusting that God will meet us there with grace?

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    12 mins
  • Witnesses to Peace - Encouragement Everywhere
    Jan 12 2026

    This episode explores our call to proclaim peace in word and deed, as we reflect on Jesus’ baptism, God’s impartial love, and the courage to follow Jesus into unexpected places. What might it mean to embody peace—not just speak it—in our daily lives?

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    13 mins
  • Transformed and Sent: Living by the Light of Christ - Encouragement Everywhere
    Jan 5 2026

    What happens when worship truly changes us?

    This episode explores the invitation to be transformed through worship and then sent into the world to live by another way. Reflecting on the journey of the Magi, we consider how encountering Jesus—through prayer, song, scripture, and Eucharist—reorients our lives, sometimes subtly and sometimes boldly. What might it mean to leave worship each week guided not by a star, but by the light of Christ?

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    14 mins
  • Emmanuel in the Everyday - Encouragement Everywhere
    Dec 22 2025

    Where do we notice God in the days that feel most ordinary? This episode reflects on learning to pay attention—to light, to beauty, and to God’s quiet presence woven through everyday life. Drawing on Psalm 80 and the promise of Emmanuel, we explore how God restores us not by fixing everything, but by being with us. What might change if we slowed down long enough to notice the Godlight already surrounding us?

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    12 mins
  • Catchers of the Light - Encouragement Everywhere
    Dec 16 2025

    What do we do when hope feels fragile and the darkness feels close? In this Advent sermon, we reflect on Mary’s song—not as naïve optimism, but as courageous trust in a God who is already at work. As doubt surfaces in both Mary’s story and John the Baptist’s question to Jesus, we’re invited to look for signs of God’s grace, healing, and mercy in our own lives and communities. This episode calls us to become “catchers of the light,” naming and sharing hope even as we wait for God’s kingdom to dawn.

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    14 mins
  • Becoming the Signs of Hope - Encouragement Everywhere
    Dec 8 2025

    This episode explores how we recognize, and become, signs of God’s hope in the world. Reflecting on Advent symbols, scripture, and the life of St. Nicholas, we’re invited to notice God’s presence in ordinary things and to offer love, generosity, and compassion wherever we are. What might it mean to live more attentive, hopeful, and loving today?

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    11 mins