Church at the Well Podcast

The Lord's Prayer - Your Kingdom Come

This week, Jordan continues our journey through The Lord's Prayer with a deeper look at what we're really praying and hoping for when we pray, "Your Kingdom Come."

The Lord's Prayer - Hallowed Be Your Name

God’s name: what is it, and how do we “hallow” it? In this sermon, Abby explores the mystery and gift of God’s name as first revealed to Moses and then, more fully, through Jesus. She offers practical ways we can be hallowing his name in our lives and points us to a time when his name will be more fully revealed.

3 Things We Learn About God from The Lord's Prayer

This week, Jordan shares three things we can learn about God from the Lord's Prayer in Matthew 6. 

Installation Service - August 24th

As we mark Adam’s last Sunday as Church at the Well’s lead pastor and welcome Jordan and Abby into their new roles as co-lead pastors, Adam explores an instructive picture from the Book of Numbers: Aaron’s budding staff, a reminder that leadership in God’s kingdom is not grasped for but received, and that flourishing and new life ultimately come from God.

Praying In, By, & For Creation

What does prayer have to do with creation? In this sermon, Abby explores three ways we can pray in light of creation, drawing from examples in Scripture and sharing stories of how God has met and ministered to her in and through nature.

Summer Sabbath - Week Six

This week, we explore how God invites us to both community and solitude as part of Sabbath. 

Summer Sabbath - Week Five

Finding Rest in Jesus
In between commands against stealing, idolatry, and others, the Sabbath command might seem oddly out of place in the Ten Commandments. But what if it's there for a reason? This week, Adam continues our Summer Sabbath series by considering God's invitation to something deeper than a "day off" - an invitation to the true rest of Sabbath that we find in Jesus. 

Summer Sabbath - Week Three

Three Obstacles to Practicing Sabbath
Rest just doesn’t just happen; we have to choose to take it. In this sermon, Abby considers three common obstacles that hinder us from practicing Sabbath and invites us to see Sabbath not as something to master or accomplish, but as a gift to receive and enjoy as we are able.
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Discussion Questions:
Preparing for Sabbath isn’t just about guarding time, but, if helpful, planning it. Take two minutes to write a list of life-giving things you might enjoy doing as part of your Sabbath practice, then go around the circle, each sharing a few items from your “Sabbath Menu.”
Is there someone in the group who knows someone who practices the art of rest well? If so, please share. If not, how does it feel not to know anyone who rests well?
Building on Exodus 20:10, come up with a list as a group of who Sabbath is for besides you. (In other words, come up with a modern paraphrase of this verse). Do any items on your list stand out?
What are a few ways our practice of Sabbath might be a blessing to others?

Summer Sabbath - Week Two

Keeping sabbath is an act of resistance. In this sermon, Jordan explores three lies of identity (we are what we do, we are what we have, and we are what others say about us) and how practicing sabbath helps us to resist these lies and lean into the truth that we are God's beloved.
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Discussion Questions:
Have you ever had a really busy week or season that left you feeling exhausted or burned out? What was it like to finally stop and rest after such a hard time? What did rest look like?
The Israelites were forced into harsh labor, day in and day out. How do you think they might have reacted to God’s command to stop and rest? Would it have been easy for them? Difficult?
Bruggemann writes that God is a “Sabbath-keeping God… a Sabbath-giving God, and a Sabbath-commanding God.” Which one of these sticks out to you the most? Why?
Nouwen describes three lies of identity: I am what I do, I am what I have, and I am what others say about me. Do you see any evidence of these lies of identity at work in the world around you or in your own story?
How might keeping the Sabbath help us resist those lies of identity?

Summer Sabbath - Week One

When we practice Sabbath, we’re not just taking a break from work, we’re returning to the heart of God’s design for relationships and renewal. This week, Adam kicks off our Summer Sabbath series by offering three ways to look at Sabbath and reminding us that when we Sabbath, we’re rehearsing for the Kingdom of God.