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Father Martins continues our Lenten audio reflection. Thank you to Hallow for sponsoring this episode!Hallow.com/exfiles , start the Prayer40 challenge...it's not too late!!! Get 90 days freeSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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Your thoughts are not background noise — they are an integral part of how God created you. As Lent begins, Sr. Mary Grace, Sr. Magnificat Rose, and Sr. Cora Caeli explore how our mind shapes our actions, relationships, and peace. When we let Christ renew our minds, everything begins to change. This season of Let Love is produced in collaboration with Ascension. If you'd like to receive our weekly show notes, as well as occasional updates from the Sisters of Life, text LETLOVE (one word) to 33777 to be added to our email list.

This week, we launched our Lent Series looking at Lent as Resistance by exploring how we resist empire. How might God be affirming and re-affirming our inherent Belovedness and inviting us to resist empire that tries to take that away? 

Pastor Kenny opened our Lent Series with Jesus' words from the Sermon on the Mount about fasting.

Vineyard Church of Hopkinton

In the opening episode of this four-part Lenten Podcast series with my dear friend Sr. Rita D'Souza, DLJC Sisters, I invite you to join us into entering The Garden of Lent, where God reveals Himself as the Divine Gardener. We reflect on how Lent calls us into communion, surrender, and trust — not through perfection, but through presence.This episode gently reframes Lent as a season of invitation rather than obligation, where God lovingly draws us toward growth, healing, and transformation in His time.In this episode, we reflect on:God as our Divine GardenerLent as a journey of communion, not performanceThe invitation to begin again — gently and honestlyWhether you're just beginning Lent or feeling weary in your faith, this episode sets the foundation for a grace-filled journey inward.

Fr. Martins shares a reflection on one of the most significant exchanges in human history: between the man who asked, “What is truth?” and the Truth Himself. Join us for part 1 of a multi episodic Lenten retreat. Thank you to our sponsors who helped make this episode and all of the others possible!Hallow.com/exfiles- sign up today for Prayer40: The Return. Prayer changes things. DO IT. Get 25% Off Cowboy Colostrum with code EXFILES at https://www.cowboycolostrum.com/EXFILES.Remi- Go to shopremi.com/EXFILES and use code EXFILES at checkout for 50% off.Wake up with clearer skin, smoother hair, and cooler sleep. Use code EXFILES for an extra 30% off at blissy.com/EXFILES.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Today marks the exciting launch of our Lenten series, "Waiting for Weight Loss." This six-week-long journey is designed to reorient your heart towards what’s truly important while acknowledging your goals for body change—whether that’s weight loss, looking younger, or any other transformation you’ve been hoping for or working toward. Throughout Lent, you'll get 20 short, practical podcast episodes—three each week—full of encouragement, strategy, daily prayers, and honest conversations about body image, food, and faith. Today, Heather shares her own experience, inviting listeners to consider the difference between healthy goals and making body change an idol. If you’ve been obsessing over jeans that don’t fit or other physical goals, you’ll find hope and help here. **Join the Waiting for Weight Loss Community!**For the first time, we’ve created a private, secure community (not on social media) where you can connect, ask questions, discuss episode topics, and find resources. To join, simply visit Waitingforweightloss.com and drop your email in the form and you'll get instructions on how to join. Topics this season will include: - How to keep your goals grounded- Why God gave us bodies- Discipline as a servant, not a savior- What scripture really says about body size and transformation- How to rightly order the desire for change This is your opportunity to walk the journey with others who get it. Invite a friend, bring your questions, and join a supportive space focused on wholehearted health (body, soul, and spirit), keeping Jesus—not weight loss—as your primary hope. **Don’t forget**: Whether you’re new to Lent or just want a 40-day journey for your heart before Easter, sign up for our private community at waitingforweightloss.com ! Let’s start a conversation, support one another, and find true freedom together. Tune in tomorrow for Day 1 of this transformative series—and invite someone you love to join! --- Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

Over the next six weeks, we're going to spend time with Jesus in the desert - a place where he was taken at a pivotal point in his life to face a spiritual battle before he began his ministry.The story we have of this battle takes the form of a conversation between Jesus and God's enemy, Satan, "the devil".In this introduction, we look at the whole story and how it fits into the bigger stories of the gospel and the Bible as a whole.The desert was not just a difficult, desolate place. It was the front line of a battle, seen as a dumping ground of isolation, prison for demons and a stronghold of evil, the opposite of good life.Jesus was not heading there for a peaceful retreat but to engage in battle, and he looked to readers of this story like a leader. For a Jewish audience, he would have sounded like Moses who spent 40 days fasting on Mount Sinai before receiving the Jewish law. Others will have noticed that Luke put this story after a family tree which linked Jesus to Adam, everyone's ancestor, and wondered if Jesus could succeed where Adam and Eve failed in dealing with temptation.It's hard for us to find 40 days away from our normal lives, but can we find some time every day in Lent to spend with Jesus in the desert? Can it help us to see ourselves, our relationships and our purpose in the world a different way and get us ready for Easter, where Jesus finishes the battle?Upcoming episodes (one per week every Wednesday):Episode 1 - the bread trial - what the devil saidEpisode 2 - the bread trial - what Jesus saidEpisode 3 - the temple trial - what the devil saidEpisode 4 - the temple trial - what Jesus saidEpisode 5 - the world trial - what the devil saidEpisode 6 - the world trial - what Jesus saidFind more about Lent and Easter at severnchurchbristol.org/lent

Send me a Text Message!Our Lent series has carried along a minor theme of trusting God. The major theme was Jesus' last few weeks on earth, the crucifixion, the resurrection and the ascension, but the minor theme has been the question, "Can God be trusted?" I realize most of you listening, believe in Jesus, but do you believe Jesus? Do we trust what he says enough that when he says it, we do it? Do I trust him? I think it's impossible to find the thriving value of every word that comes from the mouth of God if we only listen and learn but never lean in. So this last episode simply asks that question one more time. Do I trust Jesus?

Send me a Text Message!I love to imagine that I was there, in the upper room, in those days right after Jesus went up home. But for a moment I'd like you to imagine you missed it. You weren't there. You didn't join the group. Got distracted. Got scared. Other things were more important. You missed it. What did they have to do in order to receive the promise? Just wait. Be there. 120 waited. They prayed. They didn't have to earn it.  They just had to be there, they just had to join in. See I know there are times when we are called to wrestle in prayer, to agonize in prayer, to battle in prayer. But sometimes, I also think that God just wants us to be there. He wants us to engage with others for Him. But imagine you missed it?  

Send me a Text Message!We celebrate the incarnation at Christmas, resurrection at Easter, but that's only 2/3's of the story at best. Where is Jesus now? After 40 days of post-resurrection, earth-walking, he went up...home. This is the ascension. Can I tell you why the ascension is so important? We need to know who Jesus is now, where Jesus is now, what Jesus is doing now. It's so important because what we need we can't get on our own. Who we need to become we can't become on our own. The ascension tells us that Jesus is who we need now! He not only understands our prayer, he hears our prayers. And he not only hears our prayers, he holds the key to all our prayer's answers, because He went up!

Pastor David McBride

Send me a Text Message!One of Jesus' last words before going up home was the word, "Wait." Now everyone, at some intersection of life will have to learn to wait. Lewis Smedes writes: "Waiting is our destiny as creatures who cannot by themselves bring about what they hope for.  We wait in darkness for a flame we cannot light.  We wait in fear for a happy ending we cannot write.  We wait for a not yet that feels like a not ever.  Waiting is the hardest work of hope." Don't miss that. God's "wait" is a word of hope. When God says, "wait" He's promising you that there will be a tomorrow. God's "Wait!" is a promise of more. And so in this episode, I'm asking you to join me in asking Him...for more!

Send me a Text Message!Before Jesus left his team and went back to his Father in heaven, he gave them a cause, a calling, a great commission. Go and make disciples. Haddon Robinson once wrote, "Somewhere I must find a cause that is greater than myself that is worthy of my life." We deperately need to be committed.  Otherwise we have this awful sense that our lives don't count. We want our lives to count, so Christ offersus a cause.   In John 17:18, Jesus said, "In the same way that You gave Me a mission in the world, I give them a mission in the world."  Just like God sent Jesus on a mission, Jesus is sending us. That's our cause. I call it Grander-Mission Living! Do you have a cause that is worthy of your living and your dying?

Send me a Text Message!As we start to wrap up our Lent Series, we are looking at some moments in the 40 days between Jesus' resurrection and his ascension into heaven. One of those moments, was Peter's campfire encounter with Jesus. In the last episode we set it up with a reminder of Peter's betrayal and the Rooster's notification. In this episode, we're going to the campfire breakfast that Jesus had with Peter and some of his friends. But as we go to breakfast, don't forget that image I left with you. Jesus eyes from the cross, catching Peter's eyes in his denial. And the possibility that the way Jesus looked at Peter when the rooster crowed, was the same way Jesus looked at Peter before the rooster crowed; with love. What if in that glance, Jesus is looking forward to a moment on a beach and He's already imagining his sunrise invitation to...come have breakfast? Maybe it's your invitation too!

Pastor Joel Solomon

Send me a Text Message!At the very heart of this next story, a story that took place after the resurrection and before the ascension, is a breakfast with Jesus. It was a meal around a campfire and a moment of renewal between Peter and Jesus. I think you could say that Jesus never met a meal he didn't like. He just had this way of turning every table into sacred space, every meal into an encounter with God. Is it any wonder that a hallmark of the early church was the practice of hospitality, the sharing of their table? See long before the church had pulpits, she had tables. And the invitation to meet Jesus often started with "Wanna do lunch?" Or in this case breakfast.But before we get to that campfire breakfast, we need to set the stage, put our souls in Peter's sandals and be reminded, that I'm not a loser if Jesus loves me. 

Send me a Text Message!For the next few episodes as we close our our Lent series, we are going to look at a few of Jesus' days between the resurrection and his ascension. In this episode it's that guy who has the nickname that kind of sucked but totally stuck. Doubting Thomas. How would you like to be remembered with that nickname for a couple thousand years? But Thomas' story is an excellent reminder that that quest for faith is sometimes difficult. If you have ever wrestled with doubts, and I have...then Thomas' story will encourage you and remind that...Jesus is ok with your doubts!

Send me a Text Message!From the earliest days of our movement, a greeting arose that was so meaningful. The early Christians greeted each other with the constant reminder that their story was not over and the best was yet to come. The one to initiate the greeting would say, "Christ is risen." The one responding would say, "He is risen indeed." From the very beginning, true Christianity has been a movement of the indeed. He has risen indeed. To those who say that the resurrection is just a metaphor; to those who imagine that after Jesus died, his disciples found  themselves still moved by his life and his teaching and at some point said, "Let's honor his memory by talking about him like he's still alive.  We say, "No he is risen indeed." Resurrection Sunday is an indeed day.

Send me a Text Message!As the story unfolds, it's Saturday. The disciples are in this in-between time; the  time in between hopeless and hopeful.  They don't know what's available so they aren't living like what's available is really available. It's life in the in-between.  Can you relate to that?  As a follower of Jesus do you ever feel like you are living life in the in-between? You're not quite hopeless, but not quite hopeful.  You believe in God, but a vital relationship?  Sometimes you put forth quite a bit of effort to be a good Christian, but it seems like duty and you're not sure God cares.You don't consider your life broken, but on the other hand, you hear these promises about abundant life and you wonder if you're missing something.  Sometimes we wake up to find ourselves in the in-between life and we don't even know how we got there but more than anything else we want to know how to move on. Are you living life in the in-between? 

Today is Good Friday, join us as Lead Pastor Kris McDaniel reflects on Jesus' interaction with the thief on the cross.If the thief on the cross can turn to Jesus at the very end and Jesus welcomes him, then it's never too late for us.Today's Scripture: Luke 23:32-43We hope to see you tonight at our Good Friday service and again on Sunday to celebrate the beginning Easter!Learn more at atltrinity.org.

Today is Maundy Thursday. Join us today as Lead Pastor Kris McDaniel reflects on the Last Supper.How is Jesus nourishing us so that we may move toward freedom? Can we participate with Jesus this Maundy Thursday?Today's Scripture: Luke 22:14-30To find out more about Holy Week at Trinity, visit atltrinity.org/lent.

For Holy Week, Lead Pastor Kris McDaniel is walking us through the events of the last week of Jesus' life. Today, Kris reflects on Judas's betrayal of Jesus.How much is Jesus' life worth? If Jesus was betrayed by sinful men, then he knows what it is like to be in agony and loneliness. Listen in as Kris teaches us about failure and mercy.Today's Scripture: Matthew 26:1-5; 14-25To find out more about Holy Week at Trinity, visit atltrinity.org/lent.

For Holy Week, Lead Pastor Kris McDaniel is walking us through the events of the last week of Jesus' life. Today, Kris reflects on Jesus cleansing the temple. The church is meant to be level ground where all are invited, but the temple of Jesus' time was not level ground. Jesus is pushing against the system of oppression. What does it look like to align our lives with Jesus in this way?Today's Scripture: Mark 11:15-19To find out more about Holy Week at Trinity, visit atltrinity.org/lent.

Welcome to Holy Week. This week Lead Pastor Kris McDaniel is walking us through the events of the last week of Jesus's life. Today he will reflect on Jesus being anointed by the unnamed woman in Bethany. As we journey to the cross, how often does sin define a place for us and keep us in a place of shame? What would your life look like if it was free?Today's Scripture: Mark 14:3-9To find out more about Holy Week at Trinity, visit atltrinity.org/lent.

Today Katie Wilson walks with us through the forgiveness and sanctification of our emotional life. The God of the universe wants to know the depths of our hearts, so let's not dismiss our emotions. Can we be bold enough to let God see the raw emotions in us?Look back over the week of reflecting on your emotional life – what will you take with you into the new week?Today's Scripture: Isaiah 55To find out more about Holy Week at Trinity, visit atltrinity.org/lent.

Kids & Youth Discipleship Pastor Dave McCune and Youth Discipleship Pastor Haley Naylor talk about what it means to align with God emotionally. God profoundly cares about our emotions. So, where do our emotions come from, and what do they tell us about our soul?Today's Scripture: Matthew 16:21-23To find out more about Holy Week at Trinity, visit atltrinity.org/lent.

Every Wednesday during Lent, we are inviting our church community to fast and pray together in order to draw our attention to areas of sin in our lives. This week Care Pastor Jason Faulkner leads us through these practices with a focus on our emotions. Fasting is a practice that Jesus engaged in when he was in the wilderness facing temptation. Today, as you are able, we encourage you to fast from food for part or all of the day.  We will also use these days to walk through the Prayer of Examen together. We hope that the Prayer of Examen provokes a kind curiosity in us and a movement toward repentance as we seek to live more connected to ourselves, God, and others.To find out more about Holy Week at Trinity, visit atltrinity.org/lent.

In today's episode, Kids' Discipleship Pastor Katie Oosse explores the breadth of God's emotions. Listen in as she guides us through the practice of imaginative prayer and asks us to put ourselves in the story of Jesus and Peter. What might you learn about your own emotions and their relationship to Jesus from this story? Today's Scripture: Matthew 16:21-23To find out more about Holy Week at Trinity, visit atltrinity.org/lent.

Lead Pastor Kris McDaniel introduces our fifth and final section of the SPIRE model – emotional. Being emotional is not the same as being emotionally aware or emotionally mature. We are being invited by God to expand our emotional bandwidth. What emotions live underneath the emotions you express? Can we treat our emotions like a child we treat with compassion and kindness?Where are you emotionally?To find out more about Holy Week at Trinity, visit atltrinity.org/lent.

Welcome to the fifth Friday in Lent! In today's episode, Associate Pastor Katie Wilson speaks words of grace and peace and forgiveness over our relationships. Look back over the week of reflecting on your relational life – what will you take with you into the new week?Read in today's episode: “A Blessing of Friendships” by Alice ZaccarelloTo find out more about Lent at Trinity and download our podcast companion guide, visit ​​atltrinity.org/lent.

Kids & Youth Discipleship Pastor Dave McCune and Youth Discipleship Pastor Haley Naylor talk about how we learn to relate to God as people in relationship with God and others. God has always been about restoring relationships. Are there any relational patterns that might have worked for us in the past but that we need to look at differently now? Today's Scripture: Genesis 37:12-36To find out more about Lent at Trinity and download our podcast companion guide, visit ​​atltrinity.org/lent.

Every Wednesday during Lent, we are inviting our church community to fast and pray together in order to draw our attention to areas of sin in our lives. This week, Care Pastor Jason Faulkner leads us through these practices with a focus on our relational lives. Fasting is a practice that Jesus engaged in when he was in the wilderness facing temptation. Today, as you are able, we encourage you to fast from food for part or all of the day.  We will also use these days to walk through the Prayer of Examen together. We hope that the Prayer of Examen provokes a kind curiosity in us and a movement toward repentance as we seek to live more connected to ourselves, God, and others.To find out more about Lent at Trinity and download our podcast companion guide, visit ​​atltrinity.org/lent.

In today's episode, Kids Discipleship Pastor Katie Oosse explores the relationship between Joseph and his brother. Listen in as she guides us through the practice of imaginative prayer and asks us to imagine ourselves in the narrative of deep relational pain and brokenness in Jacob's family.Today's Scripture: Genesis 37:12-36To find out more about Lent at Trinity and download our podcast companion guide, visit ​​atltrinity.org/lent.

Lead Pastor Kris McDaniel introduces our fourth section of the SPIRE model – relational. Regardless of how we are wired, we all crave relationships. This week, we will take a look at where our relationships can be a place of redemption and healing. As finite beings, how can we order our relationships rightly? What do I owe those closest to me?Where are we relationally?Read more about Joseph and his brothers here.To find out more about Lent at Trinity and download our podcast companion guide, visit ​​atltrinity.org/lent.

Welcome to the fourth Friday in Lent! In today's episode, Associate Pastor Katie Wilson speaks words of grace and peace and forgiveness over our minds. Look back over the week of reflecting on your intellectual life – what will you take with you into the new week?Read in today's episode: Philippians 4:4-9To find out more about Lent at Trinity and download our podcast companion guide, visit ​​atltrinity.org/lent.

Kids & Youth Discipleship Pastor Dave McCune and Youth Discipleship Pastor Haley Naylor talk about how we learn to relate to God as people who use our brains. Our patterns of thought change the way we live our lives. What does it look like to be transformed through the renewing of our mind? Listen in as Haley and Dave guide us through three big ideas about the way we use our minds.Today's Scripture: John 3:1-21 To find out more about Lent at Trinity and download our podcast companion guide, visit ​​atltrinity.org/lent.

Every Wednesday during Lent, we are inviting our church community to fast and pray together in order to draw our attention to areas of sin in our lives. This week Care Pastor Jason Faulkner leads us through practices with a focus on our intellectual lives. Fasting is a practice that Jesus engaged in when he was in the wilderness facing temptation. Today, as you are able, we encourage you to fast from food for part or all of the day.  We will also use these days to walk through the Prayer of Examen together. We hope that the Prayer of Examen provokes a kind curiosity in us and a movement toward repentance as we seek to live more connected to ourselves, God, and others.To find out more about Lent at Trinity and download our podcast companion guide, visit ​​atltrinity.org/lent.

In today's episode, Kids Discipleship Pastor Katie Oosse explores the mind of Nicodemus and his intellectual wrestling with Jesus. Listen in as she guides us through the practice of imaginative prayer and asks the question — where have you let a limited, human perspective keep you from seeing God's Kingdom perspective?Today's Scripture: John 3:1-21 To find out more about Lent at Trinity and download our podcast companion guide, visit ​​atltrinity.org/lent.

Lead Pastor Kris McDaniel introduces our third section of the SPIRE model – intellectual. All of us are intellectual beings, even if we don't identify as an “intellectual.” We are meant to aim our minds in a direction that leads to life, so how do we think deep life-giving thoughts? Where are we intellectually?Read John 3:1-21 to hear more about Nicodemus.To find out more about Lent at Trinity and download our podcast companion guide, visit ​​atltrinity.org/lent.

Welcome to the second Friday in Lent! In today's episode, Associate Pastor Katie Wilson speaks words of grace and peace and forgiveness over our bodies. Look back over the week of reflecting on your physical life – what will you take with you into the new week?Read in today's episode: A Blessing for the Body by Kate BowlerTo find out more about Lent at Trinity and download our podcast companion guide, visit ​​atltrinity.org/lent.

Kids & Youth Discipleship Pastor Dave McCune and Youth Discipleship Pastor Haley Naylor talk about how we learn to relate to God as physical people. What does it mean that my body is a temple? How can we learn to love the Lord with all our strength? When I get off track how can I realign our body with God? Listen in as Haley and Dave guide us through new ways to contemplate our bodies.Recommendations: Hope HealsTo find out more about Lent at Trinity and download our podcast companion guide, visit ​​atltrinity.org/lent.

Every Wednesday during Lent, we are inviting our church community to fast and pray together in order to draw our attention to areas of sin in our lives. This week, Care Pastor Jason Faulkner leads us through these practices with a focus on our physical lives. Fasting is a practice that Jesus engaged when he was in the wilderness facing temptation. Today, as you are able, we encourage you to fast from food for part or all of the day.  We will also use these days to walk through the Prayer of Examen together. We hope that the Prayer of Examen provokes a kind curiosity in us and a movement towards repentance as we seek to live more connected to ourselves, God, and others.To find out more about Lent at Trinity and download our podcast companion guide, visit ​​atltrinity.org/lent.

In today's episode, Kids Discipleship Pastor Katie Oosse explores the narrative of David and Uriah the Hittite. Listen in as she guides us through the practice of imaginative prayer and asks the question, “Are there areas like David where your body or desires have led you away from life and goodness?”To find out more about Lent at Trinity and download our podcast companion guide, visit ​​atltrinity.org/lent.

This week, we'll look at the story of David & Bathsehba from 2 Samuel 12. Listen as Kris sets up the week and discusses the second part of the SPIRE Model – physical.We live a fully embodied life, but our relationships to our bodies can be very complex. How do we recognize that our bodies are valuable and live that way?We will spend the rest of the week examining our physical lives and practicing ways to become more aligned with God. To find out more about Lent at Trinity and download our podcast companion guide, visit ​​atltrinity.org/lent.

Welcome to the first Friday in Lent! In today's episode, Associate Pastor Katie Wilson speaks words of grace and peace and forgiveness over us. Look back over the week of reflecting on your spiritual life – what will you take with you into the new week?To find out more about Lent at Trinity and download our podcast companion guide, visit ​​atltrinity.org/lent.

Kids & Youth Discipleship Pastor Dave McCune and Youth Discipleship Pastor Haley Naylor talk about how we learned to relate to God as children – and what that means for us now. Can we realign our spirit with God's? To find out more about Lent at Trinity and download our podcast companion guide, visit ​​atltrinity.org/lent.