LifeSpring Community Church - Talks Online

In this message, Pastor Fran unpacks how the truths Jesus is most wanting to lead us into are the ones that change how we look at God, ourselves, and other human beings.

In this third week of the series, Pastor Fran shows how when Jesus talks about "eternal life", he's not just talking about where we go after we die, but about our soul being rooted in the beautiful mystery of God, who is eternal love.

Pastor Fran shows what going the way of Jesus looks like.

Leslie Zurita leads us through the parable of the prodigal son.

Pastor Fran teaches about how we've misunderstood what the Kingdom of God is, and how when we see that it's the Kingdom of Love we'll want to lay all our other ideas and attitudes at its feet.

Pastor Fran walks through the time after the resurrection of Jesus and shows us how Jesus isn't attached to any one group but belongs to everyone.

Pastor Fran shares, through the story of Easter, how Jesus gave himself in self-giving love for all of us.

Pastor Fran walks us through the scenes of Palm Sunday and shows us why Jesus weeps over the city.

Pastor Fran guides us through the scriptures that show how God has made you to be uniquely you.

Pastor Fran shows us how the resurrection is the beginning of seeing.

Pastor Fran preaches about how the way Jesus sees and approaches people (and calls us to) is not an admonition to be a little more loving, but rather a complete paradigm shift away from judgment and toward love!

Pastor Fran leads us through the "fear" of God and shows us how God has no dark side.

KC Crino shows us how to be wise and discerning in our faith journey.

Pastor Fran shows us how we can hear God's voice in our lives.

Pastor Fran leads us through how we can use our imagination to empathize with our neighbor.

Leslie Zurita shares with us how to navigate life and its challenges and trials with love.

KC Crino talks about how we can resist the trap of binary thinking and being judgmental by acting in kindness towards others.

Pastor Fran shows us how we can find beauty in a personal relationship with God especially when we feel completely helpless.

Pastor Fran gives a message on how even when our hearts are weary, God's love will always win out in the end.

Pastor Fran preaches on the epiphany and encourages us to read the bible more deeply and look at it through the heart and nature of Jesus.

Leslie Zurita shares comfort for those in the midst of struggles and challenges the rest of us to stay awake, see, and love them

Pastor Fran shares a message about how we can find hope this Christmas season.

Pastor Fran continues his advent series and shows us how the mystery of Christ is in all of us everywhere.

Pastor Fran leads us into the second week of advent and encourages us to go against the grain of the world by practicing radical gentleness.

Pastor Fran shares a special message on the first day of advent.

Leslie Zurita and Pastor Fran have a conversation that covers the remaining questions submitted by the congregation about faith, theology, and other topics.

Pastor Fran gives us a modern yet biblical take on spiritual warfare.

Pastor Fran answers another question from the congregation: how do I read the bible?

A great conversation with Keri Ladouceur, the Director of our Post Evangelical Collective.

Pastor Fran walks us through interpretations of the roles of women in the bible.

Pastor Fran answers the question, "What happens when we die?"

Pastor Fran leads us to look at the book of Revelation from a historical perspective rather than through the popular theological trends of current times.

Hear the story through an interview with Pastor Fran about how LifeSpring started New Life for Haiti.

Pastor Fran shows us how we can take a journey of renewal and transformation to move us to restoration of our humanity through knowing that we are a beloved child of God.

Pastor Fran walks us through how we need to take a look at ourselves as we travel through these tumultuous political and cultural times. Are the things we're saying, healthy, helpful, or good?

In this sermon Pastor Fran explains why Paul said the scripture kills, but the Spirit gives life and what that means.

Pastor Fran reminds us that Christianity isn't about believing the "right" thing and behaving, but about seeing things differently. We need to see the humanity of every person - that everyone is made in the image of God.

Pastor Fran shows us how our traditional views of sin can be viewed through eyes of Jesus instead.

Pastor Fran and Leslie Zurita introduce our new sermon series, Beliefs and Becoming, that helps us see how sometimes we're so focused on our beliefs that we can't move beyond to becoming.

Pastor Fran takes us through a conversation he recently had that led him to realize we need to see things bigger and deeper.

Hear the testimonies of 12 people baptized on August 3, 2025, at our special Outdoor Baptism Service.

Pastor Fran shows us how our various hopes in life are feeding into and pointing us to a much greater hope.

Pastor Fran shares how our woundedness can impact our relationships and how we can move toward a path of healing and change.

Pastor Fran walks us through three "cultural stories" happening right now that we need to be aware of and consider what kind of Christianity we're going to get behind.

KC Crino explains kingdom justice (restorative justice) and how "otro mundo es posible" (another world is possible).

Pastor Fran and Leslie have a conversation about how to live out the way of Jesus as a community.

Pastor Fran talks about our struggle with ethics in our personal relationships and how we should treat others.

Pastor Fran shows us how living a life for God is not about fear of punishment from disobedience, but about love.

In this message Fran shows how Jesus tried to move our understanding of our humanity from merely external things to the the centrality of who we are inside, and how to really take the journey of becoming, we must increase our awareness, understanding of, and connection to our inner person. This message has some great history, some great Bible teaching, and some great spiritual insight!

In this message Pastor Fran debunks the idea that being a good Christian means ignoring the depths of your own experience and unfolding story, and helps us understand our journeys as a set of deaths and rebirths that gradually reconcile the good and bad, the joyful and painful into the process of becoming our true selves.

Theologian and ethicist, Andrew DeCort, returns for another impactful conversation with Pastor Fran about searching for the way of Jesus.