• 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
  • Impossible Hope: Seeing as Isaiah Sees - Encouragement Everywhere
    Dec 2 2025

    What impossible hope are you carrying this Advent?

    This episode explores the invitation to see with Isaiah’s bold vision—a vision where God transforms weapons into tools for life and where our deepest longings point toward God’s coming kingdom. As we reflect on Scripture and the promises of Advent, we consider how to live more courageously, more lovingly, and more open to the impossible hope already dawning around us.

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    12 mins
  • Christ the King - Encouragement Everywhere
    Nov 24 2025

    This episode explores what it means to live under Christ’s reign, a kingdom shaped not by domination, but by love, mercy, and justice. As we reflect on the Feast of Christ the King and the stories of Scripture, we’re invited to see how God’s kingdom is unfolding even now. What might it mean to live more courageously, compassionately, and faithfully today?

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    13 mins
  • Not One Stone Left - Encouragement Everywhere
    Nov 17 2025

    This episode explores what it means to hold onto hope when everything familiar feels like it’s falling apart. Grounded in Jesus’ apocalyptic words and the destruction of the temple, we ask: what might it mean to live with resilient faith when our world feels uncertain?

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    15 mins
  • Seeing with the Eyes of the Heart - Encouragement Everywhere
    Nov 3 2025

    How do we recognize God in our everyday lives? This episode explores the call to live with open hearts, seeing Christ in those who interrupt or challenge us, and embracing the inheritance we receive in baptism. What might it mean to live more loving, generous, and faithful today, following Jesus’ invitation to see holiness in one another?

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    12 mins
  • Finding God on the Other Side - Encouragement Everywhere
    Nov 3 2025

    Where do we draw the lines of who belongs? This episode explores the invitation to remain open-hearted—to seek God in the people and places we might overlook. Anytime you draw a line between who’s in and out, be reminded that you will find God on the other side. As we reflect on faith as a pilgrimage rather than a destination, we’re reminded that every gift, every relationship, and every act of gratitude becomes a way of finding God on the other side.

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    11 mins