Kairos DSM

With a lot of people using incendiary language in the name of Jesus to advance their own agendas, how do we keep moving forward when other people (and Christians) get in the way?

As we continue looking at what it means to start this year strong, we look at the practices that help to make us who we are. Join us as we talk about superstition, traditions, and putting new words to old phrases.

During the kickoff for the year, we talked about expectations. But what does it mean to understand that and then take the first steps into our calling from God?

There are a lot of expectations for the fall: new classes, new places to live, a new year that we *hope* will be different than last year. So we look at our expectations of God, and what God expects from us as we step into a new season.

Addressing our third big question about why Easter still matters today, we look at what Jesus' comeback means for our everyday lives.

Continuing our series about why Easter continues to matter after the holiday, we dive into why God decided to die, why it was necessary, and what it means for us now.

Easter can be a mountaintop moment. But afterward, life can catch up to us and make it seem like it was just a big show. All of this can leave us asking some big questions, and we're asking them in our new series!

Join us as we look at what "praying" actually is, who makes it "count," and why you've already been doing it (even if you didn't know it!).

Seeing old bible stories in a new way is often challenging, but as we continue our Lenten series on the number 40, we learn how we miss a major part of the "David & Goliath" story. Listen and hear steps about what it means to slay our own giants that have stuck around for way too long.

Rooting for "those" people, crazy miracle stories, and being a reluctant prophet - learning how we can step into loving people better this Lenten season.

Starting a new Lenten series about a special number and what it might mean for us as we prepare for Easter - also, what we get wrong about the devil and temptation.

What is love (baby don't hurt me)? What does it mean to be loved in a world where we use that word so often, and how might it change our relationships and our lives?

As we start in-person worship again, as well as start classes back on campus, at the same time of seeing a few things open up around our city, it feels like a starting point. But as we have a lot of hopes and dreams for this spring to be very different than last year, how do we start well?

In hoping for a new year, there is a difference between trying to "look on" the bright side, and "be" the bright side! Plus, a book in the bible that never mentions God?

We all want personal growth when it comes to a new year, but that often comes with discomfort. This week, we look at a story from the bible where discomfort led back to brokenness. How do we instead step into where God is leading us?

How do we deal with problems that seem to follow us? Listen as we look at Moses' story, and learn how to have hope for 2021 that doesn't run out of gas like our new year's resolutions.

A lot of us want 2021 to be "better" this year, and that includes ambition for ourselves. But what does that actually mean?

What does it mean to have the holiday spirit? When are we allowed to have it, and what is it about? Also: why cheesy Christmas movies have EVERYTHING to do with the true meaning of Christmas

Classes are getting cancelled as ou city and sate experience more with COVID, amidst political unrest and racial tensions. High school poetry, Taylor Swift, and the book of Psalms to the rescue!

This week, this season, this year: a lot of us are feeling lost for a lot of reasons. But how do we lead in our communities when we ourselves feel lost?

Fears take a lot of forms - scary movies, political unrest, and pandemic viruses, just to name a few this month. But how do we deal with those, and how might our posture towards those fears enable us to be leaders in our communities? And what does God have to do with it?

Being leaders in community has a lot to do with how we relate to others, but how does your sense of self play a role? And how do we know who we are?

We want to be peaceful, loving people in our communities as we seek to live how Jesus lived. But what about when people make that really difficult?

As we explore what it means to be a leader in our communities, we ask: what are the communities that have raised us?

Our teaching from our parking lot kickoff - how do we make daring decisions even during this season of uncertainty?

What happens when we can't go about life the way that we want? What happens when we're forced to adapt, and where does God fit into that?

As we transition to a new season, all of us feel a little like new students this fall. But what exactly do we do to combat that unease in fall 2020?

Many people are experiencing power outages after 2020's most recent curveball. But how does that relate to our mental health, and how might we learn more about ourselves in the midst of it?

We're all looking for context right now in order to ground ourselves in a season of uncertainty. This week, we talk about internet searches and context!

In this installment of our Mental Health Monday, we talk about dealing with stress, how we cope, and two giant English teddy bears named Ted and Ed.

Part of our weekly series to benefit mental health amidst a hectic season of both society and life.

Our first of a weekly series about mental health amidst both this season of society and season of life.

We had the privilege of kicking off a new sermon series in collaboration with the Ames campus this last week, where we address cliches that you often hear in church. This week we ask the question: does everything really happen for a reason?

This week, we talk to the one and only Kat Henry, who helped launch Kairos IA City. Listen to what it's like to start with something fresh on campus, and how she's seen that impact those in this stage of life.

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