Artisan Church Podcast

The community comes together to process the challenges of current events by "living the questions" that arise in us lately. Speaker: Pastors Jae Newman and Scott Austin Part of the series “Season of Epiphany”

Pastor Jae examines how a “servant song” from Isaiah offers clear reasons why Jesus is “Beloved” to his Father and explores what Jesus’s baptism means for us. Speaker: Pastor Jae Newman Part of the series “Season of Epiphany”

Pastor Jae teaches on how the Genesis creation narratives connect with Jesus’s establishment of the Kingdom of God. Speaker: Pastor Jae Newman Part of the series “Season of Epiphany”

The story of the birth of Jesus is inherently "political," meaning simply that it took place in a particular place and time, with social and civic factors at play. (Just look at how much detail about the government there is in the Christmas story!) We, too, exist in a particular time and place, with our own social and civic factors at play. And if we want Christ to be born into our own hearts, we must take this into account. Speaker: Pastor Scott Austin Part of the series “The Will to Dream: Persistent courage to imagine, resist, and rebuild a better world.”

Dive into Mary’s “Magnificat,” her famous hymn of praise, as we explore some of the stresses held by Jesus’s mother while she clung to the hope of security in God’s provision. Speaker: Pastor Jae Newman Part of the series “The Will to Dream: Persistent courage to imagine, resist, and rebuild a better world.”

When we are caught in the tension between a holiday season that calls us to peace and a world that seems to be in ever-increasing discord, we may need to reset our understanding of what peace is, and what it isn't. We are reminded, once again, of Martin Luther King Jr.’s words: “True peace is not merely the absence of tension; it is the presence of justice.” Speaker: Pastor Scott Austin Part of the series “The Will to Dream: Persistent courage to imagine, resist, and rebuild a better world.”

Enter Advent and discover the word of the Prophet Isaiah who calls us to draw strength from real hope in the midst of difficult, heartbreaking days. Speaker: Pastor Jae Newman Part of the series “The Will to Dream: Persistent courage to imagine, resist, and rebuild a better world.”

As we consider the way Paul ends his letter to the Galatians, we not only find the passage we've been anticipating all along (the Fruit of the Spirit!), but we also see the intensity and passion with which our author makes his point. Will we be offended—or inspired? Speaker: Pastor Scott Austin Part of the series “Roots of the Fruits”

Pastor Jae explores how Jesus, filled with the Holy Spirit, models how we can clap back against all that wishes to confuse us or separate us from finding our place in history and God’s family. Speaker: Pastor Jae Newman Part of the series “Roots of the Fruits”

One of the earliest formative teachings of the Christian religion is that despite our never-ending desire to come up with ways to sort ourselves into hierarchy, the Spirit has leveled the playing field. We are all One. Speaker: Pastor Scott Austin Part of the series “Roots of the Fruits”

Each autumn we contemplate questions both old and new.  Explore how determining the vintage of our oldest questions can help us find ways to hold our new thoughts in tension as we pour our best into another year of learning, of aging. Speaker: Pastor Jae Newman Part of the series “Roots of the Fruits”

We know the presence of the Lord in our lives by the fruit of the Spirit that others find within us.  What happens, though, when that fruit rots on the vine?  How do we reset ourselves from the shadow sides of our gifts? Speaker: Pastor Jae Newman Part of the series “Roots of the Fruits”

A reprise of a well-loved sermon that helps us entirely rethink the ugly version of the "good news" that so many of us have heard. Don't miss it! Speaker: Pastor Scott Austin Part of the series “Sunday School 2.0”

Members of the Artisan community share the major shifts they experienced as they transitioned from childhood faith to an adult faith. Speaker: Pastor Scott Austin Part of the series “Sunday School 2.0”

How do we know what we believe as we age? Pastor Jae explores how the stories we loved best as children create deep imprints in our understanding of God and how encountering those stories evolves as we do. Speaker: Pastor Jae Newman Part of the series “Sunday School 2.0”

Many children who’ve grown up in church have been taught to see themselves through shame and fear. Together we’ll consider what changes when we believe we are actually good inside, and how that shift makes space for true community, restoration, and flourishing. Speaker: Pastor Jessie Brajcki Part of the series “Sunday School 2.0”

Joseph. Daniel. Noah. Moses. Even Jesus himself! Many of us learned of these heroes of the faith as cute, cartoonish characters—sort of a biblical Sesame Street. But few of us really learned the broader arc of the Bible's stories, and without this, we will struggle to apply these mysterious ancient texts to our modern lives. Speaker: Pastor Scott Austin Part of the series “Sunday School 2.0”

In our next WSMF message, Zachary Foster shares about his sobriety journey for National Alcohol & Drug Addiction Recovery Awareness Month. Speaker: Zachary Foster Part of the series “Work of the People (What's Saving My Faith): What's Saving My Faith”

Making healthy, thoughtful choices can help us protect fragile parts of us that require boundaries.  But what if those boundaries are crossed?  What if we outgrow these boundaries? Pastor Jae investigates how daily work can help us navigate a way out of circular mazes. Speaker: Pastor Jae Newman Part of the series “Do You Still Talk to Grandma?: When the Problematic People in Our Lives are the Ones We Love”

Many of us experience fractured relationships. No matter where blame belongs, we can often feel “lost” on what our complicated relationships can look like in the future.  Pastor Jae explores how accepting little losses every day can direct us to finding something unexpected. Speaker: Pastor Jae Newman Part of the series “Do You Still Talk to Grandma?: When the Problematic People in Our Lives are the Ones We Love”