Pastor A.J. and Rabbi Evan dive into the “fall” of humanity. What are the different perspectives and theological meanings to this story in Judaism and Christianity? What are the differences? We talk about how this story affects our understanding of good and evil and our very relationship with our creator God. For those that follow the RCL this episode talks about Genesis 3:8-15 for Sunday, June 9th, 2024.

Discussion Questions:

1. What’s your working definition of sin?

2. Where does sin come from?

3. How does the perspective that Rabbi gives challenge your traditional beliefs?

4. Does God need humanity?

5. Do you do good things to “make up” for sin or something else?

6. How do you feel about the concept that God may have lied to them?

Other notes:

• Correction: *Jesus’ genealogy is taken back all the way to Adam in the Gospel of Luke not Matthew.

Is the Sabbath for us or are we for the Sabbath? Jesus challenges us once again by breaking the rules and paves the way for us to evaluate how we do church. Who is church for? How important are your giant stained glass windows? Pastor Andrea and Pastor A.J. dive into the gospel lesson, Mark 2:23-3:6, for Sunday, June 2nd, 2024.

Discussion Questions:

1. Does your church have very strong feelings about where things are located in the church?

2. What would happen if you moved stuff around?

3. How does this challenge our communities?

4. What would it say to the world around us to make changes?

5. Where is the Good News?

What’s it like to be heirs to the kingdom? Or have you been told that your “sins of the flesh” keep you out? Well, my friends, Pastor Jon and Pastor A.J. talk about what it means to be a part of the body of Christ, a member of the second part of the Trinity, and who it’s for. Guess what, it’s you! This episode talks about Romans 8:12-17 for Trinity Sunday, May 26, 2024 with some Galatians 5 scattered in there.

Discussion Questions:

1. What does it mean to you to be seen as part of the Trinity body?

2. What have you been told about the “sins of the flesh”?

3. How have you internalized this?

4. What does it mean to be heirs of the promise?

5. What theological ideas have you been engrained with in your life that you have had to un-learn?

6. What embodied experiences do you experience God?

Live Recording Event Info:

• “Unclobber: Rethinking our misuse of the Bible on homosexuality” by Pastor Colby Martin. https://a.co/d/axRhIYV

• Live Recording Event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/476139701613332/