NewChurch Live

Jesus' questions don't focus on numbers, on counting, on the quantitative. What does it mean to move away from such measures in our relationships? Matt. 6:46 #Matthew #love #loveeachother

In life we struggle. We get consumed with how we look to others. Imagine a way in which we were no longer looking in the mirror, wondering how others see us; and instead could look more out the window, wondering how we could serve others. 9/25/22

What is Good in Everyone? No one is ever totally without at least some good in their heart. Asleep to it or not ... that is the question. Gen. 6:17 Secrets of Heaven 661 #Noah'sArk #protected #childhood

The parts of our life fed by compulsive behavior and warped rationalizations need to go. And God will help. Gen. 6:17 Secrets of Heaven 661 #Noah'sArk #protected #anger

Faith is a lot more than book knowledge. Gen. 6:16 Secrets of Heaven 654 #Noah'sArk #protected

In a storm, don't expect to understand all that much. Gen. 6:16 #Noah'sArk #protected

You Are Always Protected There is always - no matter the storm - a part of us that is protected. Gen. 6:14 #Noah'sArk #protected

We struggle with tunnel vision and limited sight. How do we gain a more panoramic view of life? Can we see life through God’s eyes? Is it possible? 9/18/22

Religion and spirituality rarely do well in the realm of purity. How do we find comfort with the inevitable mixed motives of life? Gen. 6:14 #Noah'sArk #motives

One of the commands in the building of Noah's ark was that it should have compartments. A lot of wisdom there! #NoahsArk #Noah

Noah's Ark was not a Boat An important distinction ... an "ark" is not a "boat." Gen. 6:14 #Noah'sArk

Probably most of can remember a time in Junior High where we were "flooded" with the thought that nobody liked us. The "facts" that came out of the "feeling" are never constructive. The same is true for adults. Gen. 6:11 #Anxiety

A "flood" of bad ideas.... Gen. 6:11 #Corruption

Life and relationships are filled with challenges. How can we cast a new paradigm that allows us to hold the good times in a healthier way, and the bad times in a more constructive way? 9/11/22

If you could share something about life with college students, what would it? Joshua 3 #Joshua #promisedland #crossingtheJordan

There are times for appropriate anger, but we need to be careful. We need to ask, what accomplishes more, love or anger? Genesis 6:8 Secrets of Heaven 597-598 #Noah #shore #love #anger #generosity #humility

Much of faith is a choice... what will be the ground of our being? Secrets of Heaven 597-598 #Noah #shore #love #generosity

Should We Let Our Kids Fail? Secrets of Heaven 591 #Noah #failure #Swedenborg

Most churches are answering questions that people are not asking. What would YOU like to hear at church? This service will be very interactive and involved, where we listen to your ideas on the topics that mean the most to you. Pastor Chuck will be answering YOUR questions Live! 9/4/22

We can learn in many ways - one of which is by the simple act of living. Amazing to see, within life, those things that are eternally true and those that are not. Secrets of Heaven 596 #Noah #lifegiving #Swedenborg

There are things to learn, even in hard times. Secrets of Heaven 588 #mercy #merciful #forgiveness

Our better emotions like mercy are there for us to both feel and learn from. Secrets of Heaven 588 #mercy #merciful #forgiveness

"Faith filled people are, quite simply, usable for larger purposes because they live in listen to a much Larger Self." Secrets of Heaven 586 #mercy #Godsmercy #trueself

Pastor Chuck live on the road from State College, PA

Human beings were designed by God to find our greatest joy in helping others. We talk about the concept of “usefulness” and how each of us has the opportunity to help and be helped, and the incredible unity this can create. with Curtis Childs 8/28/22

10 Minutes of Calm: Live From Ocean City, NJ

One Fact About Cynicism

Friends often believe crazy things... as do we! Secrets of Heaven 563

The Hidden Gold in Everyone We all hold a "remnant" - what in reality is a hidden gifts from God deep in our heart. Life is a journey to bring those gifts to life. Secrets of Heaven 561 #hiddengold #gifts

When Everything Feels Alive In heaven, “every one of the parts is alive”. What could life be like if we saw our worlds as alive? Secrets of Heaven 554 #everythingisalive

5 Ideas that Could Change Your Life Transformational vs. Transactional There are few more cornerstone concepts than the idea that love is transformative, not transactional. How does that look in our lives? It looks like loving people so that they can change in the way they hear God’s calling them to, versus a transactional love that holds they will only be loved if they change. Loved so that change is possible vs. Loved only if change happens - now there is a wonderful idea! 8/21/22

1 Goal for the Weekend.... Let's go into this weekend smiling, and with one goal! Secrets of Heaven 551 #goal #thegiftofinefficiency #takeawalk

Everyone. Always. We are all God's children. And, few concepts are more easily made saccharine. There is work in the idea of a shared core. Secrets of Heaven 551

We Will Exhaust Our Friends If We Fail To….. Self-centeredness shares nothing but itself. Let remember to share more than just that. Secrets of Heaven 549 #Noah #listening #askquestions

Giving And Receiving All in One Paradoxically – when we even come to love others more than ourselves, we find our truest selves. Secrets of Heaven

5 Ideas that Could Change Your Life The Common Good Isn’t it interesting how, with rare exception, we all know what a good thing looks like. We see someone help another and we know, “That is good.” Let's look more closely at what it looks like not just to see the common good, but to contribute to it. 8/14/22

How Angels Find Joy A lot of the joy is around service, AND a lot is around openness. Secrets of Heaven 544 #angels #heaven #joy

How Angels Become Angels Joy, Peace, Openness - now there is path we can walk on! Secrets of Heaven 540 #angels

What Gets Born Out of Failure? Out of a string of failure, good things can be born. Gen. 5:30 Secrets Heaven 536

Mistakes on the Journey Home In life over the course of the years, for most people arrive at few key "knowns". Mistakes are every bit as important on this journey as failures. Gen. 5 Secrets Heaven 468

Trusting Our Gut Can we really trust our gut? Gen. 5:23 Secrets Heaven 521

5 Ideas that Could Change Your Life Creation Never Ends Creation is eternal and perpetual. Everything then is in a sense of movement and growth… including us! 8/7/22

Is There Any Way to be Comfortable with Change?

How Do Love and Truth Connect I had a conversation with Scarlett Lewis...

The Case for Simple Life too complicated? Try a simple heart. Gen. 6:6 Secrets of Heaven 589

What is Beneath the Surface? Often love lies beneath anger. Gen. 6:6 Secrets of Heaven 587

The Importance of Not Knowing Sometimes our biggest challenges come from what we "know." Gen. 6 Secrets of Heaven 586

5 Ideas that Could Change Your Life Love Above All Else A key Christian New Church concept is that we are to “Love above all the other commandments.” Seeing God in others even in the darker corners of our lives. 7/31/2022

It's good that we're different! A complex machine like a car or a computer needs many different parts working in tandem to accomplish amazing things. God intends for the human race to be the ultimate complex machine—all of us working together using our different skills, minds, and hearts to accomplish the ultimate goal: the happiness of all. 7/24/2022 with Curtis Childs

What is True Beauty? - 10 Minutes of Calm Beauty in heaven comes down to one word... thoughtfulness. Secrets of Heaven 553