Cascade Church Portland

Kurt Kroon introduces our 3 part conversation on the church and LGBTQ+ inclusion. This first Sunday is a look at how we read the scriptures and an introduction into the next 2 weeks where we look at the Hebrew Scriptures and the New Testament. Kurt is joined by Michael Dinter at the conclusion of service.

(we had some issues with our audio and this recording will sometimes be echo-y or faint)

Cara Bartlett shares about being the world's foremost expert on self control (jk), scriptural examples of self-control and 5th grade haiku's. 

Scott Erickson shares about turd sandwiches, Caravaggio paintings and how the words of Father Greg Boyle that we are all unshakably good and we belong to each other can propel us into faithfulness. 

Kurt Kroon talks about goodness vs. generosity and a study at UCLA about the connection of empathy and generosity. 

Scott Erickson does his best (and it's very good!) Ira Glass impression to talk about kindness from the fruits of the spirit in several acts. Take a listen and see which act you connect most with as you consider the practice of kindness in our world. 

Sarah Swartzendruber talks about road trips, smoking noses and the challenge of patience without a preferred outcome in sight. 

Kurt Kroon shares about peace as a bringing together of all things, not cutting off the noisy parts of us, others and our world. Shalom.

Kurt Kroon explores the difference between joy & happiness and what can take you through the hardest moments in life. 

Kurt Kroon shares about how love in the ways that Paul builds up his definition of love throughout his writings and how it starts with understanding God as the definition of love. 

Kurt Kroon shares about sassy Paul, reading other people's mail and the ways the Fruits of the Spirit invites a better way of practicing Christianity than "right" belief.