Life Church Lancaster: Recent Episodes
Life Church Lancaster
Life Church provides a safe place to explore faith so you can find a meaningful connection with God and enjoy greater fulfillment in life. Visit us at www.lifechurchlancaster.org. Life Church Lancaster. 700 Brentwood Drive. Lititz, PA 17543.
The fourth Sunday in our How the Bible Works series is about Curiosity with Pastor Mindy Wolfe.
Join us as we revisit Aaron Niequist leading us the spiritual practice known as The Examen.
Join us as we celebrate Life Church graduates and our young people and family ministry.
Pastor Greg Carey continues our Jesus Stories series with the story of the wee, little man Zachheus.
Dr. Greg Carey shares his thoughts on the passage "Give unto Caesar what is Caesar's; give unto God what is God's."
Join Life Church as we welcome author and Christian ethicist David P. Gushee as he discusses Christian Nationalism and his book, Defending Democracy From Its Christian Enemies.
Shawn Smucker leads us in this week's entry in our Searching for the Heart of Jesus series.
Lisa Bartelt tells us all about the parable of the mustard seed and how it applies to today's church.
Life Church Lancaster Online for Sunday June 18th for Part 2/3 of the Finding Guides to Lead Us series, Speaking Pastor Mindy Wolfe
Join us for Life Church Lancaster Online for Connection "to Each Other" with Dr. Greg Carey. This is the 8th sermon in our Connection Series.
Join us for Life Church Lancaster Online for Connection "to Science" with Pastor Mindy Wolfe and Lindsay Kabakjian. This is the 7th sermon in our Connection Series.
Additional resources for stages of faith:
"Stages of Faith" by James Fowler "Faith Shift" by Kathy Escobar "The Wisdom Pattern" by Fr. Richard Rohr
What did Jesus mean when he said that his followers would do greater things than he did?
Listen to Jason along with Alexander John Shaia (via video) share how God can be found in the wilderness.
Listen in as Shawn shares four practices that can help us develop greater trust in God during a time of uncertainty.
Listen in as Maile shares 4 ways she has found to be effective in cultivating hope in her personal life - even during the "meantime" of this pandemic crisis.
Mindy shares an important lesson for the Meantime from one of the most familiar stories in the bible. God's goodness is on full display, even in times when we think it can seem hard to find.
Listen in as Jason shares how the Easter story teaches us to respond when God or life becomes confusing.
For many of us ignoring, hiding, or pressing down our pain is our chosen path. But if we want to transform our pain instead of passing in on to those around us we need to learn some new skills. Join in as we learn from Psalm 137 the essential first steps to processing our pain in healthy ways.
In times of tragedy and loss people often believe God's judgement is upon us. But is that really what's happening? Is it possible that Jesus is showing us a new way to understand what's going on?
Our first message for Life Church during the Coronavirus Pandemic. This was recorded using facebook live and explores what we can learn from the massive paradigm shift Jesus disciples faced and how to walk through our own changes due to the virus and its impact on our community.
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Justin Lee shares his story of being a committed follower of Jesus and being gay. For the last two decades, Justin Lee has been an influential Christian voice, best known for working across areas of theological disagreement to promote grace and mutual understanding.
Justin’s first book, Torn: Rescuing the Gospel from the Gays-vs.-Christians Debate, has been widely cited for its role in changing conservative Christians’ attitudes and helping Christian parents accept their LGBTQ kids. His newest book, Talking Across the Divide, offers strategies for having more productive conversations on controversial issues in a polarized society.
Thanks to his books and his advocacy work, Justin has been invited to speak across the U.S. and around the world. He's been featured in a number of media outlets, including Dr. Phil, Anderson Cooper 360, All Things Considered, The Advocate, The Christian Post, and The New York Times.
Justin lives in Orlando, Florida, where he currently serves as the executive director of Nuance Ministries and as a consultant for the Tyler Clementi Foundation. He makes humorous videos on the Bible and other topics on his YouTube channel and blogs at GeekyJustin.com.
Learn from the shepherds of the Christmas story what God loves to do with people who have been written off by society.
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Listen in as on our final Sunday as a 'portable church' we explore what it really takes to be a happy church community.
Part 5
If your goal is to find happiness, no amount of money will ever be enough. But this one principle can change the way you view money and help you find peace.
What kind of reputations should followers of Jesus have in their communities? If Jesus knocked on your neighbors door and asked what they thought of you, what might they tell him? Does it even matter?
What might happen if we were able to understand and experience God's love twice as much as we currently do? How might our lives change?
Is it possible that Jesus' early disciples made up the entire story? Is it possible that the Jesus story we are familiar with is actually a legendary account? Listen in as we think through these questions.
If most of what we know about Jesus comes from the Gospels Matthew, Mark, Luke & John, how do we know these documents are reliable? Can they be trusted to give us truth about Jesus or are they religious propaganda from the first century? Listen in to part two of "Encounter" as we wrestle with these important questions.
Is Jesus a fairy tale or a faith hero? With millions of devout followers is there any real historical evidence for the life of Jesus? Listen in as we explore the evidence for Jesus found outside of the biblical record.