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Welcome to the Central Peninsula Church Podcast. Central Peninsula Church is a community in the heart of Silicon Valley that exists to make and mature more followers of Christ. We are a non-denominational church, dependent on the Word of God, gathering for weekly worship in Foster City, California, as well as online. For more than 50 years, we have been cultivating authentic relationships and welcoming people from all backgrounds into our community of faith, where we seek to support one another and compassionately engage the world around us as we live life side-by-side.
Episodes
Friday Jan 27, 2023
Friday Jan 27, 2023
Kevin, Brandon, Brandon, and Rachel talk about how we as disciples have to un-learn things that have formed us.
Friday Jan 20, 2023
Friday Jan 13, 2023
Friday Jan 13, 2023
Listen in as Brandon, Rachel and Sandy talk about personal ministry from Mark 7:31-37.
Friday Dec 23, 2022
Friday Dec 23, 2022
Listen to the last CPC Together Podcast of 2022 as Brandon and Kevin talk about happiness!
Saturday Dec 10, 2022
Saturday Dec 10, 2022
Listen in as Kevin and Brandon talk about life between the trees and our trust issues.
Friday Nov 25, 2022
Friday Nov 18, 2022
Friday Nov 18, 2022
General Info
- Release Date: November 18th, 2022
- Hosts: Brandon, Kevin, and Rachel
- Episode # and title: Episode 41 - Miracles
If you could have one thing in your life unlimited, what would it be? Imagine that it’s a miracle beyond your wildest dreams. From the human perspective, Jesus’ coming was supposed to feel exactly like that: grand, triumphant, and miraculous. But what if the miracle of Jesus looks a little different? Kevin, Rachel, and Brandon talk through Christ’s return, how he was actually received, and share a different perspective on the miraculous.
Highlights
Talkin’ Bout a Revolution - 3:51
- Rome and Heaven: how Mark paints the picture of two kingdoms.
- Power made perfect in weakness.
Radical Love in the Day to Day - 17:54
- Loving and sacrificing for the guy who cuts you off on the freeway.
- Becoming a new tipe of people
The Blessing and Breaking of Jesus - Time Marker
- Forgiveness in real time
Resources & References
- Luke 4:14 - Jesus rejected at Nazereth
- 2 Corinthians 12:9
Friday Nov 11, 2022
Friday Nov 11, 2022
Brandon, Kevin, and Dan dive back into the Gospel of Mark and talk about how we are all sent into the world to serve.
General Info:
- Release Date: Nov 11th
- Hosts: Brandon, Kevin, and Dan
- Episode # and title: Consider Yourself Sent
Podcast Summary:
As Christians, we’re called to replicate Jesus’ ministry & invite people into a relationship with God. But what would you say to someone who is unsure of their ability to do that? Dan, Kevin, and Brandon talk through that question and so much more as they look back at Dan’s sermon from the weekend.
Highlights
Learning and Doing - 7:39
- Apprenticing under Jesus
- The high calling of authority in Jesus
The Importance of Hospitality - 27:12
- Hospitality as a way to evangelize
- Practical hospitality in the Peninsula.
- Consider yourself sent.
Friday Nov 04, 2022
Friday Nov 04, 2022
Kevin Sneed and Brandon Pasion dive into silence! Check out the "Silent Sermon at this link!
Thursday Oct 27, 2022
Thursday Oct 27, 2022
This week, author and spiritual director Ruth Haley Barton sat down with Brandon, Kevin, Rachel, and Liz (one of our volunteers) to have a conversation around silence, solitude, and navigating spiritual disciplines. Ruth opens up about her journey through spiritual direction into solitude and silence and offers practical tips around how to engage with God’s invitation into that discipline. Ruth also shared about her new book, Embracing Rhythms of Work and Rest: From Sabbath to Sabbatical and Back Again.
If you’re interested in diving a little deeper into the practice of silence and solitude, you can join us for a four week Practice Lab on October 30 from 1:30-3:00 pm. You can register here.
Guest Bio
Ruth Haley Barton (Doctor of Divinity, Northern Baptist Theological Seminary) is the founder of the Transforming Center, a ministry dedicated to strengthening the souls of pastors, Christian leaders, and the congregations and organizations they serve. A sought-after teacher, retreat leader, and trained spiritual director, Ruth is the author of numerous books and articles on spiritual life.
Educated at Northern Seminary, the Shalem Institute for Spiritual Formation, and Loyola University Chicago Institute for Pastoral Studies, she has served on the pastoral staff of several churches including Willow Creek Community Church, and is a Professor of Spiritual Transformation at Northern Seminary.
Highlights
Introducing: Ruth Haley Barton - 3:06
- How Ruth Haley Barton cultivated the practice of silence and solitude in her own life.
- Moving towards becoming an author and spiritual director.
- The invitation to silence and solitude.
A structure for intimacy - 19:26
- Navigating the push-pull phenomenon of integrating the spiritual disciplines.
- What engaging with silence and solitude can look like across different life stages.
- Talking through preconceived notions around silence and solitude.
Silence and Solitude in real-time - 37:00
- Processing the counterbalance of mountain and valley experiences in our own faith journeys.
- The reimagined definition of productivity and success.
- Ruth shares a little about her new book.
- Practical applications to try out in your own time (including a guided minute of silence)
- Kevin, Brandon, Rachel, and Liz debrief about their conversation.
Resources
- Ruth Haley Barton’s Website
- The Transforming Center
- Invitation to Silence and Solitude by Ruth Haley Barton
- 1 Kings 19 - The Story of Elijiah
- Embracing Rhythms of Work and Rest: From Sabbath to Sabbatical and Back Again by Ruth Haley Barton
- The Lord’s Prayer (Matthew 6:9-13)
Quotes
- “...whatever we're experiencing in the early parts of our journey into solitude and silence, it's pretty normal. And that it's not a quick fix: discipline, solitude, and silence are not the quick fix. It is a long obedience in the same direction. And then we begin to see the results eventually.” - Ruth Haley Barton
- “If you're feeling the push-pull, then you know you wanna press through. And it's not so much about should, as much as it's about touching the deepest desire of your heart, which is to have a real relationship with this person and to keep doing the things that help you to cultivate a real relationship. So you wanna drop down to the deepest desire that you have in this relationship and towards this person. You're not gonna press through because of "ought and should", you're gonna press through because you know it's gonna be good for your relationship if you go ahead and push through. And that's really different than odds and shoulds.” - Ruth Haley Barton