Unfinished Community Podcast

Welcome to "Back to Basics," where Pastor Don and Courtney Fraley explore the Bible one story at a time - with additional Micah for effect - starting at the beginning, and working our way forward until we either get bored or run out of Bible! Tune in every week for a brief exploration of the next chapter in that thrilling and oft-misunderstood story, the Bible! Welcome back as we dive in to the oddly clear insistence of Exodus, Chapter 6. Does God ascribe to a "both-sides" mentality? Why would God magically harden a heart when power does that so well on its own? Does this passage have anything to do with Aragorn? Check out today's episode to find out about all that and more! __________ LINKS: This video is also available as a video series on YouTube, if you're interested in those fancy moving pictures I hear are all the rage! Website: www.unfinisihed.love Facebook: @UnfinishedKIPC Instagram: @PastorKuma Discord: https://discord.gg/mJxWv6c Tithing and Donations: bit.ly/unfinishedcommunity

This is the sermon delivered by Rev. Don Van Antwerpen to the congregation of the Unfinished Community on October 6,, 2024. Today's sermon is drawn from Genesis 2:18-24 and Mark 10:2-16, and involves some very deliberate re-evaluating of some of the frankly ridiculous ways in which we have interpreted the Bible over generations. Is woman meant to be subservient to man, or is she a straight-up improvement? Does God have IT training, since the divine solution to an annoying arrogance was to turn the whole man off and back on again? And what about divorce; what in God's name is up with Jesus' sudden pivot to right-wing talking points and quiverful-adjacent BS? Listen in, and find out! (Manuscript available at the website below!) Scripture links are below! _______________ LINKS: This sermon is also available as a video on YouTube, if you're ever interested in what a sermon filmed on a potato actually looks like! First Reading: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis%202%3A18-24&version=NRSVUE Second Reading: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Mark%2010%3A2-16&version=NRSVUE Unfinished Community Website: www.unfinisihed.love Facebook: @UnfinishedKIPC Instagram: @PastorKuma Discord: https://discord.gg/mJxWv6c Tithing and Donations: bit.ly/unfinishedcommunity

Welcome to "Back to Basics," where Pastor Don and Courtney Fraley explore the Bible one story at a time - with additional Micah for effect - starting at the beginning, and working our way forward until we either get bored or run out of Bible! Tune in every week for a brief exploration of the next chapter in that thrilling and oft-misunderstood story, the Bible! Welcome back as we dive in to the anti-imperialistic madness of Exodus, Chapter 5. Who is doing the screwing here; Moses, Pharaoh, or God? How, and why, does the hardening of hearts happen, and can Pastor Don successfully explain it before the end of the episode? Check out today's episode to find out about all that and more! __________ LINKS: This video is also available as a podcast at anchor.fm/pastorkuma, or by searching for "Unfinished Community" wherever you get your podcasts; if that's more your thing! Website: www.unfinisihed.love Facebook: @UnfinishedKIPC Instagram: @PastorKuma Discord: https://discord.gg/mJxWv6c Tithing and Donations: bit.ly/unfinishedcommunity

Welcome to "Back to Basics," where Pastor Don and Courtney Fraley - with an additional Micah/Llama this time - explore the Bible, one story at a time, starting at the beginning, and working our way forward until we either get bored or run out of Bible! Tune in every week for a brief exploration of the next chapter in that thrilling and oft-misunderstood story, the Bible! Welcome back to our continuing coverage of the 4th chapter of Exodus as we throw up our hands to form a full-on genki dama of snark! Foreskins are back on the men as everything goes creepily off the rails. Where did all these weird blood rituals come from? Is any of this even supposed to make sense? How many confused faces can Courtney make, anyways? Check out today's episode to find out about all that and more! __________ LINKS: This video is also available as a podcast at anchor.fm/pastorkuma, or by searching for "Unfinished Community" wherever you get your podcasts; if that's more your thing! Website: www.unfinisihed.love Facebook: @UnfinishedKIPC Instagram: @PastorKuma Discord: https://discord.gg/mJxWv6c Tithing and Donations: bit.ly/unfinishedcommunity

Welcome to "Back to Basics," where Pastor Don and Courtney Fraley explore the Bible, one story at a time, starting at the beginning, and working our way forward until we either get bored or run out of Bible! Tune in every week for a brief exploration of the next chapter in that thrilling and oft-misunderstood story, the Bible! Welcome back to our continuing coverage of the book of Exodus, now with a bonus special guest! Join us as we discuss the terrifying, miraculous events of Exodus 4 with an atypically elevated level of snark! Does this confirm the presence of Solid Snake in the Biblical canon? Does God really give a crap about any of our limitations? Did you know that being white is apparently a disease? Check out today's episode to find out about all that and more! __________ LINKS: This video is also available as a podcast at anchor.fm/pastorkuma, or by searching for "Unfinished Community" wherever you get your podcasts; if that's more your thing! Website: www.unfinisihed.love Facebook: @UnfinishedKIPC Instagram: @PastorKuma Discord: https://discord.gg/mJxWv6c Tithing and Donations: bit.ly/unfinishedcommunity

Welcome to "Back to Basics," where Pastor Don and Courtney Fraley explore the Bible, one story at a time, starting at the beginning, and working our way forward until we either get bored or run out of Bible! Tune in every week for a brief exploration of the next chapter in that thrilling and oft-misunderstood story, the Bible! Welcome back to our continuing coverage of the book of Exodus, already in progress! Join us as we go at the second part of Chapter 3, and explore God's revelation of the Divine name to Moses. How do you pronounce a word that has no vowels? How long have we been trying to do that anyways? Did God seriously pick a word/phrase for the Divine name that could basically mean anything? Can it be pronounced "Yiffy?" Check out today's episode to find out about all that and more! __________ LINKS: This video is also available as video on YouTube (link on the church website below) if silly videos are more your thing! Website: www.unfinisihed.love Facebook: @UnfinishedKIPC Instagram: @PastorKuma Discord: https://discord.gg/mJxWv6c Tithing and Donations: bit.ly/unfinishedcommunity

Welcome to "Back to Basics," where Pastor Don and Courtney Fraley explore the Bible, one story at a time, starting at the beginning, and working our way forward until we either get bored or run out of Bible! Tune in every week for a brief exploration of the next chapter in that thrilling and oft-misunderstood story, the Bible! Welcome back to our continuing coverage of the book of Exodus, already in progress! Join us as we settle in for the first part of Chapter 3, and our discussion of Moses' encounter with the burning bush. Is this a euphemism for an STD? Why, exactly, does the Bible kinda forget who Moses' father-in-law was? Isn't it interesting that God chooses an expression of nature for the Divine self-revelation? And does our personal revelation in God's presence automatically turn us against the Empire? Check out today's episode to find out about all that and more! __________ LINKS: This video is also available as a video on our YouTube channel, if crazy facial expressions and visual humor is more your thing! Website: www.unfinisihed.love Facebook: @UnfinishedKIPC Instagram: @PastorKuma Discord: https://discord.gg/mJxWv6c Tithing and Donations: bit.ly/unfinishedcommunity

Welcome to "Back to Basics," where Pastor Don and Courtney Fraley explore the Bible, one story at a time, starting at the beginning, and working our way forward until we either get bored or run out of Bible! Tune in every week for a brief exploration of the next chapter in that thrilling and oft-misunderstood story, the Bible! After a much-deserved break following our dramatic finish of Genesis, and our big Exodus 1 livestream event, we are BACK with our continuing coverage of the book of Exodus, already in progress! Join us as we continue our dive int Chapter 2, and our much-longer-than-expected discussions on the origin of the first great Biblical super-hero. How ominous can God really be, when it comes to it? What happens when we take the oppression of our imperial society as a given, America? How great and marvelous is the infinite of God's creation, and how easily can Pastor Don get pissed off at young-earth creationists? Check out today's episode to find out about all that and more! __________ LINKS: This video is also available as a podcast at anchor.fm/pastorkuma, or by searching for "Unfinished Community" wherever you get your podcasts; if that's more your thing! Website: www.unfinisihed.love Facebook: @UnfinishedKIPC Instagram: @PastorKuma Discord: https://discord.gg/mJxWv6c Tithing and Donations: bit.ly/unfinishedcommunity

Welcome to "Back to Basics," where Pastor Don and Courtney Fraley explore the Bible, one story at a time, starting at the beginning, and working our way forward until we either get bored or run out of Bible! Tune in every week for a brief exploration of the next chapter in that thrilling and oft-misunderstood story, the Bible! After a much-deserved break following our dramatic finish of Genesis, and our big Exodus 1 livestream event, we are BACK with our continuing coverage of the book of Exodus, already in progress! Join us this week as we dig into chapter 2, and the beginning of the story of Moses. How awesome are Hebrew midwives? How linguistically NUTS is Moses' name? And perhaps...murder? Check out today's episode to find out about all that and more! __________ LINKS: This video is also available as a podcast at anchor.fm/pastorkuma, or by searching for "Unfinished Community" wherever you get your podcasts; if that's more your thing! Website: www.unfinisihed.love Facebook: @UnfinishedKIPC Instagram: @PastorKuma Discord: https://discord.gg/mJxWv6c Tithing and Donations: bit.ly/unfinishedcommunity

Good Friday; the day in which we mark the suffering, crucifixion, and death of Jesus Christ. Join us this evening for a time of meditation and reflection on this terrible moment in our history, as we consider what it means to us in our world today, and how it helps set the stage for the great morning to come in a few days time. ______________ LINKS: This sermon is also available as a podcast at anchor.fm/pastorkuma, if podcasts are more your thing. First Reading: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+4%3A13-14&version=NRSVUE Second Reading: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+19%3A28-30&version=NRSVUE (Sermon manuscript available at the website below) Unfinished Community: www.unfinished.love

This is the sermon delivered remotely by Rev. Don Van Antwerpen to the congregation of the First Reformed Church of New Brunswick, New Jersey on March 17, 2024. Today's sermon is drawn from Jeremiah 31:31-34 and John 12:24-33, and we talk about the importance of our relationship with God growing and evolving over time, both individually and as church communities. What happens when you take a stalk of wheat and plant it under ground? Are we supposed to do church the same way as we always have? What happens when we let ourselves explode into new life? Listen in, and find out! (Manuscript available at the website below!) Scripture links are below! _______________ LINKS: This sermon is also available as a podcast at anchor.fm/pastorkuma, if podcasts are more your thing! First Reading: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Jeremiah%2031%3A31-34&version=NRSVUE Second Reading: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+12%3A24-33&version=NRSVUE Unfinished Community: www.unfinished.love

Welcome to "Back to Basics," where Pastor Don and Courtney Fraley explore the Bible, one story at a time, starting at the beginning, and working our way forward until we either get bored or run out of Bible! Tune in every week for a brief exploration of the next chapter in that thrilling and oft-misunderstood story, the Bible! At last we have arrived, at this our final, nice, episode of Back to Basics; Genesis Edition, and we're taking our last shot at Chapters 48-50 simultaneously! Is it true that "The Lord of the Rings" movies stole their idea of the repetitive ending from the book of Genesis? Was Jacob actually the first mummy? Since Joseph was definitely turned into a mummy, is it possible that some Victorian Englishman ate him during that whole "mummy jerky" phase? And if the evangelical cultists are right about the whole issue of "blood magic," does that mean that somewhere in England this man's descendants live on completely unaware that they have inherited phenomenal Biblical mummy powers? Can we fund our church by selling the movie rights to this idea and, if so, can we get Brendan Frasier attached? Check out today's episode to find out about all that and more! __________ LINKS: This video is also available as a podcast at anchor.fm/pastorkuma, or by searching for "Unfinished Community" wherever you get your podcasts; if that's more your thing! Website: www.unfinisihed.love Facebook: @UnfinishedKIPC Instagram: @PastorKuma Discord: https://discord.gg/mJxWv6c Tithing and Donations: bit.ly/unfinishedcommunity

This is the sermon delivered remotely by Rev. Don Van Antwerpen to the congregation of the First Reformed Church of New Brunswick, New Jersey on February 25, 2024. Today's sermon is drawn from Mark:31-38 and Romans 4:13-25, and focuses on what can happen when we allow ourselves to become overconfident. What do Red Mages have to do with preaching the gospel? What is it like to be so confident that you'd tell Jesus off directly to his face AND not be a white person at the same time? How far outside of his mind is Peter, anyways? Listen in, and find out! (Manuscript available at the website below!) Scripture links are below! _______________ LINKS: This sermon is also available as a podcast at anchor.fm/pastorkuma, if podcasts are more your thing! First Reading: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Mark+8%3A31-38&version=NRSVUE Second Reading: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Romans+4%3A13-25&version=NRSVUE (Sermon manuscript available at the website below) Unfinished Community: www.unfinished.love

Welcome to "Back to Basics," where Pastor Don and Courtney Fraley explore the Bible, one story at a time, starting at the beginning, and working our way forward until we either get bored or run out of Bible! Tune in every week for a brief exploration of the next chapter in that thrilling and oft-misunderstood story, the Bible! Come on in as we take aim at Genesis, Chapter 47, wherein Joseph finished the long, hard, but ultimately rewarding work of settling the family of Israel in Egypt. Surely, nothing bad can come from that! But did Joseph actually invent the idea of a company town centuries before Bezos gave it a go? Is capitalism truly the universal constant? Is the story of Genesis going to have a happy ending after all, or just an ominous one? Check out today's episode to find out about all that and more! __________ LINKS: This video is also available as a podcast at anchor.fm/pastorkuma, or by searching for "Unfinished Community" wherever you get your podcasts; if that's more your thing! Website: www.unfinisihed.love Facebook: @UnfinishedKIPC Instagram/Twitter: @PastorKuma Discord: https://discord.gg/mJxWv6c Tithing and Donations: bit.ly/unfinishedcommunity

Welcome to "Back to Basics," where Pastor Don and Courtney Fraley explore the Bible, one story at a time, starting at the beginning, and working our way forward until we either get bored or run out of Bible! Tune in every week for a brief exploration of the next chapter in that thrilling and oft-misunderstood story, the Bible! Come on in as we take aim at Genesis, Chapter 46, wherein Jacob gets the whole gang together and brings them down into Egypt to find his long-lost son. Did you know that Biblical cultures have really had a bone to pick with shepherds for this long? Did you think we were gonna make it out of Genesis without at least one more Xeongears reference? Also...did you think there wouldn't be just one more callback to Abraham's repetitive work with Abimelech? Because there is! Check out today's episode to find out about all that and more! __________ LINKS: This video is also available as a podcast at anchor.fm/pastorkuma, or by searching for "Unfinished Community" wherever you get your podcasts; if that's more your thing! Website: www.unfinisihed.love Facebook: @UnfinishedKIPC Instagram/Twitter: @PastorKuma Discord: https://discord.gg/mJxWv6c

This is the sermon delivered by Rev. Don Van Antwerpen to the congregation of Monocacy Valley Church on January 28, 2024. Today's sermon is drawn from 1 Corinthians 8:1-13, and focuses on the sometimes absurd ways that God breaks through our un-listening ears to make God's self known. What do idol sacrifices have to do with the practice of Christian love? How does the breaking of our expectations actually help us be better Christians? What do circus clowns have to do with lessons in English grammar? Listen in, and find out! (Manuscript available at the website below!) Scripture links are below! _______________ LINKS: This sermon is also available as a podcast at anchor.fm/pastorkuma, if podcasts are more your thing! Scripture Reading: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+Corinthians+8%3A1-13&version=NRSVUE (Sermon manuscript available at the website below) Unfinished Community: www.unfinished.love

Welcome to "Back to Basics," where Pastor Don and Courtney Fraley explore the Bible, one story at a time, starting at the beginning, and working our way forward until we either get bored or run out of Bible! Tune in every week for a brief exploration of the next chapter in that thrilling and oft-misunderstood story, the Bible! Join us as we dig into Genesis, Chapter 45, as Joseph finally drops everything and reveals himself to his brothers. With a header like that, is it any surprise that the first verse reads, "Then Joseph could no longer control himself before all those who stood by him, and he cried out..."? How many terrible jokes can we make before this whole series gets cancelled? And are all these unintentional double entendre really coming out of the climax of the story, if not the entire book? Check out today's episode to find out about all that and more! __________ LINKS: This video is also available as a podcast at anchor.fm/pastorkuma, or by searching for "Unfinished Community" wherever you get your podcasts; if that's more your thing! Website: www.unfinisihed.love Facebook: @UnfinishedKIPC Instagram/Twitter: @PastorKuma Discord: https://discord.gg/mJxWv6c

This is the sermon delivered by Rev. Don Van Antwerpen to the congregation of Monocacy Valley Church on January 21, 2024. Today's sermon is drawn from Jonah 3:1-5, 10 and Mark 1:14-20, and we continue on from last week's sermon by exploring just what we do after we listen to God. What does it take to actually follow Jesus? Is it as easy as walking in a straight line? Is walking in a straight line actually easy? What do toddlers, repentance, and advanced robotics all have in common? Listen in, and find out! (Manuscript available at the website below!) Scripture links are below! _______________ LINKS: This sermon is also available as a podcast at anchor.fm/pastorkuma, if podcasts are more your thing! First Scripture Reading: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Jonah+3%3A1-5%2C+10&version=NRSVUE Second Scripture Reading: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Mark+1%3A14-20&version=NRSVUE (Sermon manuscript available at the website below) Unfinished Community: www.unfinished.love

Welcome to "Back to Basics," where Pastor Don and Courtney Fraley explore the Bible, one story at a time, starting at the beginning, and working our way forward until we either get bored or run out of Bible! Tune in every week for a brief exploration of the next chapter in that thrilling and oft-misunderstood story, the Bible! Join us for our exploration of Genesis, Chapter 44, as we realize that oh yes Joseph very much CAN get even crazier and crueler with his treatment of his brothers. How many times is he gonna have to repeat the same trick before he gets the reaction he expects? What exactly did Jacob think was gonna happen after all this Egypt nonsense? How long have we been talking about Genesis, anyways? Check out today's episode to find out about all that and more! __________ LINKS: This video is also available as a podcast at anchor.fm/pastorkuma, or by searching for "Unfinished Community" wherever you get your podcasts; if that's more your thing! Website: www.unfinisihed.love Facebook: @UnfinishedKIPC Instagram/Twitter: @PastorKuma Discord: https://discord.gg/mJxWv6c

This is the sermon delivered by Rev. Don Van Antwerpen to the congregation of Monocacy Valley Church on January 14, 2024. Today's sermon is drawn from 1 Samuel 3:1-10and John 1:43-51, and focuses on the delicate and difficult challenge of actually listening to God. What does it mean to really listen; is it more than just opening our ears? Does God want us to just sit down and shut up, or are we being asked to do more, to be more? Listen in, and find out! (Manuscript available at the website below!) Scripture links are below! _______________ LINKS: This sermon is also available as a podcast at anchor.fm/pastorkuma, if podcasts are more your thing! First Scripture Reading: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+Samuel+3%3A+1-10&version=NRSVUE Second Scripture Reading: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+1%3A43-51&version=NRSVUE (Sermon manuscript available at the website below) Unfinished Community: www.unfinished.love