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| Title | Pub. Date | Duration | |
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| What’s Your Water | 31 août 2025 | 00:43:13 | |
Speakers: Jeff Jarvis and Mike Hanson At Friends Church, our mission is simple: to inspire you to Take Water to your World. “Taking Water” can look different in each of our lives. Sometimes... | |||
| Celebrating ME | 24 août 2025 | 00:40:53 | |
Speakers: Jeff Jarvis What happens when you spend large amounts of time and effort chasing the approval of others but somehow lose parts of yourself in the process? This weekend,... | |||
| Supporting Mothers | 17 août 2025 | 00:46:33 | |
Speakers: Vince Klassen I read a quote recently: “Mother: One person who does the work of twenty—for free.” For many, this couldn’t be more true. From carrying us for nine... | |||
| Should I Stay or Should I Go? | 10 août 2025 | 00:31:53 | |
Speakers: Vince Klassen We’ve all had them—relationships that just aren’t great. Maybe one part works, but the rest feels heavy, even toxic. So when is it okay to let go?... | |||
| Rebuilding After Disillusionment | 03 août 2025 | 00:31:53 | |
Speakers: David Hill Here are moments when life leaves us feeling empty. We chased education, expecting a better career, only to end up disillusioned. We married believing it would bring... | |||
| One day when… | 27 juil. 2025 | 00:31:44 | |
Speakers: Jeff Jarvis Last week, World No. 1 golfer Scottie Scheffler surprised many when he confessed that, even after 17 PGA wins and $90 million in prize money, his success... | |||
| Good News for Everyone | 20 juil. 2025 | 00:29:11 | |
Speakers: Vince Klassen It always starts with a moment—the tension between what I need and what They need. Whether it’s a parent with a child, a stranger at Stampede, or... | |||
| Loneliness | 13 juil. 2025 | 00:30:50 | |
Speakers: Vince Klassen Recently, someone sat me down and simply said, “I’m lonely.” They work from home and barely see anyone in person. Another just ended a relationship and now... | |||
| Finding Meaning | 06 juil. 2025 | 00:41:05 | |
Speakers: Jeff Jarvis “Life is never made unbearable by circumstances, but only by lack of meaning and purpose.” — Viktor Frankl A deeper sense of meaning and purpose can feel... | |||
| The Wisdom of Jesus | 03 juil. 2025 | 00:41:47 | |
Speakers: Jeff Jarvis Life can get noisy. Fast. Confusing. Every day, decisions with serious consequences get made, with some returning later to haunt us. Wouldn’t it be great to have... | |||
| Jesus and Politics | 22 juin 2025 | 00:34:44 | |
Speakers: Vince Klassen What does Jesus have to do with politics? More than we often admit. In a world where political talk tears us apart, we’re diving in—feet first—to ask:... | |||
| The Pace That’s Burning Us Out | 15 juin 2025 | 00:36:50 | |
Speakers: Vince Klassen Life moves fast—and not always for the wrong reasons. Kids’ sports ramp up. A work project lands unexpectedly. School deadlines pile on. Before we know it, we’re... | |||
| Self-Care | 08 juin 2025 | 00:42:55 | |
Speakers: Jeff Jarvis Despite having lived over 2000 years ago, this man named Jesus continues to be one of the most inspirational and influential humans to have walked the earth.... | |||
| Healing Our Finances Using Parts | 01 juin 2025 | 00:46:40 | |
Speakers: Vince Klassen Tariffs. Inflation. Recession. Soaring prices—eggs, gas, housing, groceries. The financial hits just keep coming. It feels heavier than years past. Are we prepared for where this is... | |||
| Glass Half Empty? | 25 mai 2025 | 00:51:58 | |
Speakers: Jeff Jarvis Why is it that some people always seem to fixate on what may be wrong, even when life may be going well? When was the last time... | |||
| Mental Filtering | 18 mai 2025 | 00:42:36 | |
Speakers: Vince Klassen Do we see the world as it truly is—or through a lens that distorts it? And if our perception is shaped, how does that alter the way... | |||
| Emotional Reasoning | 11 mai 2025 | ||
Speakers: Jeff Jarvis Have your feelings ever led you astray? Every day we can find ourselves in situations that stir up strong emotions within us that cause us to react: Screaming,... | |||
| This Incredibly Complex and Nuanced Situation is… Simple | 07 mai 2025 | 00:33:56 | |
Speakers: Vince Klassen Why do we so often see complex, nuanced issues as simple? Black or White Yes or No Us versus Them I notice it in myself—especially when I’m... | |||
| The Sky Is Falling: Finding Inner Calm in an Age of Overwhelm | 27 avr. 2025 | 00:47:51 | |
In a time of political division, financial uncertainty, and nonstop headlines, it’s easy to swing between extremes—panicking that everything is falling apart, or minimizing it all just to cope. But... | |||
| Easter | 20 avr. 2025 | 00:39:47 | |
Speakers: Vince Klassen & Jeff JarvisCelebrate the powerful new life that emerges when we open ourselves to the divine wisdom speaking within. What is it saying to you—and are you... | |||
| Taking Water to Mexico | 13 avr. 2025 | 00:40:45 | |
Speakers: Jeff Jarvis & Mexico Team A few weeks ago, a dedicated team from Friends Church—students, parents, and adults—embarked on a life-changing journey to Tijuana, Mexico. Together, they partnered... | |||
| Spiritualizers | 06 avr. 2025 | ||
Speakers: Vince Klassen & Kyla Anderson Have you ever noticed that some of the most religious people can also be the most judgmental, unkind, or even cruel? Scroll through the comments... | |||
| Spiritual Bypassing | 30 mars 2025 | 00:34:30 | |
Speakers: Vince Klassen What if our spiritual practices and ideals are stopping us from doing the work to really heal? Richard Schwartz, the founder of Internal Family Systems, which we... | |||
| What’s Holding Us Back? | 23 mars 2025 | 00:36:36 | |
Speakers: Vince Klassen As we begin to explore the Parts within us—Exiles carrying past pain and Protectors keeping that pain at bay—we start to see patterns. We notice recurring reactions,... | |||
| Eyes Opened | 16 mars 2025 | 00:39:39 | |
Speakers: Vince Klassen & Dayna Mullen There are moments in life when our Eyes are truly Opened—when we see what we’ve been missing and gain a fresh, healthier perspective. Our... | |||
| The Voices Within | 09 mars 2025 | ||
Speakers: Jeff Jarvis Have you ever been surprised by your own reaction to something—fine one moment, then suddenly overwhelmed? Most of us struggle to explain what’s happening inside when we... | |||
| Painful Parts | 02 mars 2025 | 00:32:45 | |
Speakers: Vince Klassen In a world full of chaos, we all strive to live in alignment with our values—but let’s be honest, some moments are better than others. Sometimes, we... | |||
| The Practice of Gratitude | 23 févr. 2025 | 00:43:07 | |
Speakers: Jeff JarvisOne Sunday, a while back, I shared the story of Nicholas Winton, the man responsible for saving the lives of 669 children from the horrors of the holocaust. I... | |||
| When Prayer Meets Real Life: Interview with Gerry Smiley, Double Lung Transplant Survivor | 16 févr. 2025 | 00:42:36 | |
Speakers: Vince Klassen & Gerry Smiley It’s easy to talk about prayer and conceptions of God from a place of health, but what about when you're on the edge of... | |||
| New Prayer of Confession | 09 févr. 2025 | 00:39:22 | |
Speaker: Vince Klassen As we expand our understanding of the word prayer, we begin to see it not just as a quiet wish or whispered plea to a superbeing up in... | |||
| The Hands and Feet of Prayer | 02 févr. 2025 | 00:35:45 | |
Speaker: Vince Klassen As we expand our understanding of the word prayer, we begin to see it not just as a quiet wish or whispered plea to a superbeing up in... | |||
| Contemplative Space | 26 janv. 2025 | 00:40:45 | |
Speakers: Jeff Jarvis Prayer is often seen as simply making requests to a higher power in the hope that they’ll intervene on our behalf. Last week, we challenged this view... | |||
| Prayer vs the Wheelchair | 19 janv. 2025 | 00:29:21 | |
Speakers: Vince Klassen This week, we embark on a profound exploration of prayer—a practice that, for many, intertwines deeply with their understanding of God, the existence of suffering, the pursuit... | |||
| Pastor on the Hotseat – Jeff | 12 janv. 2025 | 00:32:30 | |
Speakers: Jeff Jarvis & Bryce Ever had a question for one of our pastors but didn’t know how to ask it? Or maybe you were too scared because, let’s face... | |||
| Pastor on the Hotseat – Vince | 05 janv. 2025 | 00:35:19 | |
Speakers: Vince Klassen & Bryce Ever had a question for one of our pastors but didn’t know how to ask it? Or maybe you were too scared because, let’s face... | |||
| Growing Pains | 29 déc. 2024 | 00:38:53 | |
Speaker: Jeff Jarvis If you’re growing, you’re changing. It’s true. Especially with the spiritual journey. Certain priorities, beliefs, perspectives, attitudes, that once served us well can begin to feel constraining... | |||
| Our Healthy Life | 22 déc. 2024 | 00:35:56 | |
Speaker: Vince Klassen “On this final Sunday before Christmas, let’s explore how to cultivate our healthiest spiritual selves – so we can embrace the season with love, joy, and unshakable... | |||
| Integration | 15 déc. 2024 | 00:37:38 | |
Speaker: Jeff Jarvis The ability to learn information and recall it on demand is a coveted skill, rewarded in almost every academic and vocational setting. It can make school a... | |||
| Don’t Get Angry… | 08 déc. 2024 | 00:43:21 | |
Speaker: Vince Klassen Sure, Sensei James says, ‘Don’t be angry—it’ll make your Christmas better.’ Thanks for that groundbreaking insight (note the sarcasm)! We all know anger doesn’t help—but the real... | |||
| Honoring our I | 01 déc. 2024 | 00:27:22 | |
Speaker: Trevor Dreher We’re in the middle of our ‘Spiritual Ninja’ series, where we’re sharing the skillsets of ‘Spiritual Ninjas’ so that we can all be better in our own... | |||
| The Antidote of War | 24 nov. 2024 | 00:31:51 | |
Speaker: Vince Klassen We live in a world that often feels like it’s spiraling into chaos. Wars rage on every level—between nations, within our families, and even inside ourselves. These battles cost... | |||
| Navigating Your Desires | 10 nov. 2024 | 00:45:15 | |
Speaker: Jeff Jarvis You don’t have to look hard to find stories of relational turmoil, addiction, financial ruin and emotional pain that resulted from pleasure-seeking gone awry. Which is likely... | |||
| The Skill of Good Conversations | 28 oct. 2024 | ||
Speaker: Vince Klassen At the core of all meaningful relationships lies conversation—a dynamic exchange between two or more people, where we delve into the richness of our differences and similarities.... | |||
| The Power of Seeing People (and Being Seen) Deeply | 27 oct. 2024 | 00:38:37 | |
Speaker: Vince Klassen In our final week exploring How to Know a Person by David Brooks, we’ll dive into how truly seeing someone—deeply and with compassion—can become a profound spiritual practice. How... | |||
| The Art of Accompaniment | 13 oct. 2024 | 00:42:39 | |
Speaker: Jeff Jarvis It’s surprising how much you can get to know someone by just hanging out with them. Not asking probing, soul-level questions, but just playing or doing mundane... | |||
| A Spark of the Divine | 06 oct. 2024 | 00:38:34 | |
Speaker: Jeff Jarvis We all likely know someone who has a knack for making people feel seen and valuable. I shared last week about a youth leader named Brian who could... | |||
| Invisible | 29 sept. 2024 | 00:43:53 | |
Speaker: Jeff Jarvis There’s a profound idea, a metaphor, that has captivated us: the notion that within each of us, there exists a spark of the divine. Can you imagine... | |||
| Taking Water to a Thirsty World | 22 sept. 2024 | 00:44:52 | |
Speaker: Vince Klassen We've embarked on a transformative journey, asking ourselves: What isn't working in traditional religion for us? Many of us have felt the weight of an I-centric approach... | |||
| We Don’t Build Walls to Keep People Out | 15 sept. 2024 | 00:39:12 | |
Speaker: Vince KlassenThroughout history, faith communities have constructed boundaries—both tangible and intangible—that define who belongs and who does not. These barriers, whether they are the physical walls of a church... | |||
| Turned Off | 08 sept. 2024 | 00:38:56 | |
Speaker: Jeff Jarvis If 100 random people were asked what the world needs most right now, very few would likely say traditional religion is the answer. Sadly, this expression of... | |||
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