Kurt Kroon looks at Daniel 3 and how resistance can look in the face of fear-based and oppressive kingdoms.توسط Cascade Church Portland

Kurt Kroon takes a look at the dividing path moments in our lives that invite us into a practice of resilience.توسط Cascade Church Portland

Scott Erickson, Sarah Swartzendruber, Ian Durias and Kurt Kroon chat about the summer '25 message series on Resilience and how the Teaching Team works and collaborates on series just like this one!توسط Cascade Church Portland

Dr. Greg Peterson talks about mental health and some ways that our brains get in the way of our mental health and ways that we can find greater mental well being in the world.توسط Cascade Church Portland

This Sunday Ian Durias interviews therapist Malia Vasquez about how mental health and AAPI identities impact healing journeys.توسط Cascade Church Portland

Ian Durias interviews Daphne Auza and Jillian Mariano regarding their work with Malaya and organizing on behalf of Filipino workers around the globe.توسط Cascade Church Portland

Cara Meredith, author of "Church Camp: Bad Skits, Cry Night, and How White Evangelicalism Betrayed a Generation", shares with us about what belonging looks and feels like with a fresh look at the Philip & The Ethiopian Eunuch story from the scriptures.توسط Cascade Church Portland

Kurt Kroon and Scott Erickson share about adult friendships. The struggles, the joys and ways we can get curious about better way of engaging ourselves and others.توسط Cascade Church Portland

Kurt Kroon shares a message about the largest cross in the world and what that can tell us about how this symbol of Christianity has been and could still be used in our world.توسط Cascade Church Portland

In this sermon Harriet looks at the themes of prayer and perserverance on either side of some wisdom about integrity. Enjoy!توسط Cascade Church Portland

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This is age appropriate theology specifically written for Pre-K kids that is fun and engaging while learning about Jesus. At the end, you will hear Sarah ask a line that is intentionally said at the end of every kids lesson at Cascade, "using your skill of curiosity, what are some questions you have from the story?" We hope this invites you to curi…

This is age appropriate theology specifically written for Pre-K kids that is fun and engaging while learning about Jesus. At the end, you will hear Sarah ask a line that is intentionally said at the end of every kids lesson at Cascade, "using your skill of curiosity, what are some questions you have from the story?" We hope this invites you to curi…

This is age appropriate theology specifically written for Pre-K kids that is fun and engaging while learning about Jesus. At the end, you will hear Sarah ask a line that is intentionally said at the end of every kids lesson at Cascade, "using your skill of curiosity, what are some questions you have from the story?" We hope this invites you to curi…

This is age appropriate theology specifically written for Pre-K kids that is fun and engaging while learning about Jesus. At the end, you will hear Sarah ask a line that is intentionally said at the end of every kids lesson at Cascade, "using your skill of curiosity, what are some questions you have from the story?" We hope this invites you to curi…

This is age appropriate theology specifically written for Pre-K kids that is fun and engaging while learning about Jesus. At the end, you will hear Sarah ask a line that is intentionally said at the end of every kids lesson at Cascade, "using your skill of curiosity, what are some questions you have from the story?" We hope this invites you to curi…

Kurt Kroon talks through Nehemiah 2 and what we do with criticism. Do we internalize or reject it? What tools do you use to discern your areas of growth?توسط Cascade Church Portland

Kurt Kroon introduces the book of Nehemiah and talks about rebuilding in deconstructed spaces and what we do with power and privilege.توسط Cascade Church Portland

Kurt Kroon shares about pep rallies, Shamrock Runs and the ever present cycle of death and resurrection pulling us into the present.توسط Cascade Church Portland

This Sunday we hear from Harriet Congdon, Andrew Chang and Kendra Wenzel on their experiences with polarization and what has been helpful and harmful in that process.توسط Cascade Church Portland

Sarah Swartzendruber shares about a recent social media experience dealing with theology on her Parenting After Deconstruction Instagram page and how she processed it.توسط Cascade Church Portland

Chelsea Gerlach shares some incredibly practical next steps for engaging in polarizing conversations. In this conversation Chelsea references Loretta Ross, and you can find her work hereتوسط Cascade Church Portland

Kurt Kroon shares on the story of Jonah about the tendencies we have to idealize and demonize folks as a means of feeling safe and God's movement to reconcile all people.توسط Cascade Church Portland

Kurt Kroon shares about Paul, Colossians 2 and how Christ moves us to end gatekeeping.توسط Cascade Church Portland

Leroy Barber joins us to share about the US's history of reparations and how the scriptures talk about making repairs.توسط Cascade Church Portland

This Sunday Kurt Kroon interviews Alvin Hayes about the link he sees in the Civil Rights movement and Jesus Christ.توسط Cascade Church Portland

Kurt Kroon looks at Luke 8 and the parable of the sower within the context of how we interpret parables today and some of the context around what Jesus in his context.توسط Cascade Church Portland

Kurt Kroon discusses wisdom and how Jesus and John the Baptist are bringing this to us via radical inclusion through very different methods.توسط Cascade Church Portland

On this Sunday Kurt Kroon shared about how Jesus negotiates the sacredness of who each person is and the potential of who we can become. This comes with a look at Luke 13:11-17 and the healing of a woman in the synagogue on the sabbath.توسط Cascade Church Portland

Shelby Hanson leads us in a new message series that can give us fresh eyes on the parable structure and make unfamiliar what we've made familiar.توسط Cascade Church Portland

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توسط Cascade Church Portland

On Sunday January 29th Kurt Kroon talked about different lenses for viewing the Scriptures and how taking experiences from non-dominant folks and interpreting them through a dominant worldview can fundamentally change the message.توسط Cascade Church Portland

Chelsea Gerlach shares a message about the planet, our relationship with it and how we hear the voice of God to move towards the healing of the land and ourselves.توسط Cascade Church Portland

Kurt Kroon takes a look at comparisons between the story of Jesus birth and the origin stories of Horus, Romulus and Remus, Alexander the Great, and Augustus Caesar. We 'll see what the similarities and differences tell us.توسط Cascade Church Portland

Sarah Swartzendruber talks through the role of grief in Mary's song both as a look forward to the life of Jesus and a reflection after the death of Jesus.توسط Cascade Church Portland

Kurt Kroon talks through Luke 1:46-55 and the impact of Power Dynamics.توسط Cascade Church Portland

Kurt Kroon talks about how our interpretation of Ephesians 6:10-17 is impacted by living in the world's largest military country and how that compares to the military factors in Paul's day.توسط Cascade Church Portland

Harriet Congdon discusses the history and harm created by Ephesians 5:21-6:9, while suggesting various lenses for liberative interpretation.توسط Cascade Church Portland

Kurt Kroon talks through sexuality, language and greed and the ways those topics can be shared for shame/oppression or freedom/liberation.توسط Cascade Church Portland

Kurt Kroon talks through the Paul's problematic "othering" language and how we can call one another forward to growth and liberation.توسط Cascade Church Portland

Leroy Barber, Sarah Swartzendruber and Kurt Kroon discuss the inherent problems with Christian calls for unity in a post-election climate.توسط Cascade Church Portland

Insil Kang closes our Acts series with an intersectional look at Paul and how that informs the good news of Jesus.توسط Cascade Church Portland

A message from Pastor Sarah Swartzendruber on Acts 19 and the way money and the church interact.توسط Cascade Church Portland

A message from Michelle Lang Raymond on Acts 17.توسط Cascade Church Portland

A message from Leroy Barber on Lydia's table and the foundations of the church from Acts 16.توسط Cascade Church Portland

Jason Fileta is with us to talk about Acts 13 and how people seeking after God can be led astray by letting their fear grab after power.توسط Cascade Church Portland

Pastor Sunia Gibbs shares with us a look at Acts 10 and what we can learn about human tendency to call assimilation inclusion and its consequences.توسط Cascade Church Portland

This week we take a look at Acts 3 and how history can connect us to ourselves and those around us.توسط Cascade Church Portland

We take a look at Acts 2 and how American individualism shapes our view of church community.توسط Cascade Church Portland