Neighborhood Church Podcast

Sauter goes through Matthew 13 and how stories can often lead to transformation vs yelling facts. The post What's the deal with everyone's mind being blown and transformed by my facebook comments? first appeared on Neighborhood Church.

Why do we feel the need to have something outside of ourselves to validate ourselves? Sauter discuses John 5 and the sacred work of dreaming. The post What's the deal with Girbaud jeans? first appeared on Neighborhood Church.

In thinking of the cross, many start at a place of suffering and all the blood that was shed. Is there other ways to process what the cross might mean for humanity? Where and why did someone to focus on so much blood? Join us as we process atonement theories and how they shape how… The post What's the deal with all that blood? first appeared on Neighborhood Church.

A beautiful story of picking teams, sizing up opps and all the energy we invest in our circles. The post What's the deal with sandals and angels? first appeared on Neighborhood Church.

Rebecca Rick wraps up our series on rituals by talking on book shelves, Lady McBeth and moving with kindness. The post Confession first appeared on Neighborhood Church.

Participating in rituals can aide in our journey of transformation if we’re willing to submit to the process as well as evaluate the growth (or lack there of) in the process. Investing in these habits, rhythms, energy etc… can bring lasting change. The post External to Internal Transformation first appeared on Neighborhood Church.

With a new year comes new opportunities. Rebecca walks us through how rituals can honor where you are coming from and move you towards who you want to be on purpose. The post God with us…now what? first appeared on Neighborhood Church.

Join us as Sauter takes on the week 4 of Advent speaking on the Broseph Joseph trying to divorce Mary and why this story is critically important to us today. The post One Reality first appeared on Neighborhood Church.

Dreams can inspire us to do amazing things as well as help inspire those around us. Join us as Sauter discusses how the dreams we carry for ourselves and others, evolve and change as we progress in our journeys. The post Advent week 2: Dreams first appeared on Neighborhood Church.

Next in our series on identifying green flags on where we can invest the best of ourselves, we have sacred wisdom. Sauter’s post presidential election message. The post Sacred Wisdom first appeared on Neighborhood Church.

“We need to uphold biblical marriage!” A statement that comes with multiple people eye rolling or doing it mentally as they hear this. What marriage in the Bible are you hoping to emulate? What is the context those marriages existed and how does that shape our ideas of relationships today? Sauter breaks down myths of… The post Biblical marriage and the eye rolls that follow first appeared on Neighborhood Church.

We launch our new series on processing those nudges to pause, pivot or keep going on our journeys. The post Green Flags first appeared on Neighborhood Church.

Join Sauter as he shares tips on accessing hope through the sacred art of prayer. The post “Yes, I got a D in prayer” and other stories of hope first appeared on Neighborhood Church.

Continuing our series on hope, Sauter walks through Colossians 3 on the premise of placing our hearts and minds on “things above” and why it’s radically different way of processing reality. The post Hope as an escape? first appeared on Neighborhood Church.

Kris continues on our series on hope where he talks through Luke 5 and the crew of folks who put a man through a roof and why it continues to shape us today. The post Hope that moves first appeared on Neighborhood Church.

Celebrating incremental growth is a wild and at times, unattractive, when we sit around hoping for the huge monumental experiences that occur here and there in our lives. What we see in the teachings of Christ is an invitation to step into a flow of this breath, this moment, and trust that it’s enough to… The post Step by Step first appeared on Neighborhood Church.

Rebecca Rick shares her story of being forced to slow down and the lessons that come with waiting…intended and intended lessons mind you. The post Searching the Meanings first appeared on Neighborhood Church.

We explore what makes God so beautiful and what does it look like to embody and extend that to others. The post The Value of Beauty first appeared on Neighborhood Church.

We delve into the world of God’s manifest destiny, God’s perfect will or what some call God’s providence. We explore bias, privilege and ego and the way it can shape our view of what God is doing (or not doing). The post God's Providence? first appeared on Neighborhood Church.

Third installment of our values series. The post Value of Purpose first appeared on Neighborhood Church.

Sauter launches our new series centered on Values and how when they are named, embodied and expressed it can help us get to who we have always wanted to be. The post Values first appeared on Neighborhood Church.

Food matters. It can bring people together to clink a glass, remember your dads cinnamon rolls or your cultures special meal on your favorite holiday. Paul talks on how food matters in Romans 14 and how to see people at the table and believe them when they share their own preferences. Where he lands is… The post People > Beliefs first appeared on Neighborhood Church.

The fullest you is not a threat to God or the community. When we believe and operate that who we are and the things we find passion and belonging in add value every where we go. Let those freak flags fly, meaning, move in your authentic self and let love lead. The post Let That Freak Flag Fly! Romans 12:3-21 first appeared on Neighborhood Church.

Romans 12 is a banger of a chapter. Paul shifts to sharing his thoughts on creating a Jesus looking culture through using our bodies and minds. The post Creating Culture With Purpose And On Purpose first appeared on Neighborhood Church.

We continue our series in Romans to Chapter 10. Sauter shares how the idea of the rapture is wildly irresponsible to share with 11 year olds and how we read/process the Bible matters. Learning that this faith is in our breath and when we can name what we love it can make room for even… The post Naming What You Love first appeared on Neighborhood Church.

Mike Valdez shares his story of losing people he loved and how to walk with and through grief. The post Grief first appeared on Neighborhood Church.

Rebecca shares her story of messiness, pain and grief and how we can navigate through it and tell better stories. The post Holy Mess first appeared on Neighborhood Church.

Bodies can be easily left out when thinking about sacredness and holiness. Our bodies are more than a “flesh bag” that houses our spirit. We see this in John 20, where Jesus reveals what a holy body can look like. The post Sacred Bodies first appeared on Neighborhood Church.

A story about rockets on books, insane conversation at Perkins, some dude asking women why they’re crying and why all of this points to resurrection. The post Easter 2024! first appeared on Neighborhood Church.

With Holy Week approaching, Sauter shares several ways of thinking about Christ and the cross. Did God need their son to die? How to process a brutal death and call it good? The post Why did Jesus Have to Die and Why it Deeply Matters first appeared on Neighborhood Church.

Rebecca Rick is back! For some of us, returning to the Bible after deconstruction is exciting; it feels like a return Home. For others, returning to the Bible can be me…complex. This week Rick talks about one of the methods she uses when reading the Bible- a method she describes here as Finding The Jim.… The post Finding the Jim first appeared on Neighborhood Church.

Romans has a high priority on how a community is flourishing with one another, the earth and the communities around them. When everything is in the right place everyone and everything flourishes. Also Sauter talks on Romans 8:28 and how you interpret that verse deeply matters. The post Flourishing for Everyone: Romans 8 first appeared on Neighborhood Church.

The way you think about God matters. It informs how you show up in a room, how you sleep, how you engage with people different than yourself and especially how you think about sin. Kris shares how we can reimagine the idea of sin and similar to Paul, not be enslaved to it, but live… The post Room Full of Sinners: Romans Ch. 6 first appeared on Neighborhood Church.

Neighborhood gathers to have an open mic where anyone can share what they are grateful for. We had stories of the importance of family, coming out and getting married and the celebration of living a sober life. It was a sacred and holy time. The post Gratitude Sunday first appeared on Neighborhood Church.

Gratitude is an essential practice to a good and beautiful life. Nikki Sauter shares some practical tips to prepare us for the following gratitude Sunday. The post What gratitude does in us first appeared on Neighborhood Church.

We continue our series on the book of Romans where we process chapter 5. We talk about the reality that life is not easy and that we can do hard things. The importance of having hope and how the toxicity of original sin and why in the world Paul would even allude to such a… The post Romans 5: Hope and Dreams first appeared on Neighborhood Church.