The Loft LA - Progressive Christianity in Podcast Form

The Loft LA
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The Loft LA - Progressive Christianity in Podcast Form

The Loft is a progressive Christian community that is unapologetically inclusive. If you're curious about what a socially and politically progressive Christianity looks like, this podcast is for you. This podcast is the edited audio from our weekly Sunday gathering of people who are interested in following Jesus’ spiritual path of radical compassion. Their are four values that inform and help form our community: - Conversation is the center of our gatherings. We facilitate a conversational approach to thinking about and living out our faith together. - Belonging defines who we are and aim to be. We are not isolated individuals but people who belong in divine grace. - Compassion is God’s love in action. It is in serving and helping others – we actively take the good news out into our city and the world. - Decolonization is our theological approach. We are committed to the ongoing work of decolonizing Christianity in order to better love and serve the world.

  1. 6 DAYS AGO

    Do The Good That Is Yours To Do

    As John the Baptist teaches about bearing good fruit, the crowds, tax collectors, and soldiers ask him, “What, then, should we do?” His answer to each group was some version of: “Do the good that is yours to do. In the same way, the question we are invited to consider this Advent is, what is the good that we are called to do? Join us as the Singers of Soul will be performing timeless Christmas and gospel carols! www.TheLoftLA.org

    41 min

  2. DEC 9

    We Can’t Go Alone

    One of life’s most essential lessons is that we are never meant to go alone. And yet, modern culture pushes us more and more into lonely silos. Our scriptures reveal how vital community is and how God can bring even unconventional pairs of people together. Indeed, the stories of Ruth and Naomi and Mary and Joseph exemplify how unlikely pairs can become a covenant community. www.TheLoftLA.org

    46 min

  3. DEC 3

    On Not Being Afraid

    When Mary encounters the angel of the Lord, the angel reminds Mary that God favors her and exhorts her not to be afraid. To be sure, fear would be a natural response to everything that is happening to her and her community. However, Mary shows us that when we remember who and whose we are we can avoid succumbing to fear and trust that all things are possible with God. www.TheLoftLA.org

    37 min

  4. NOV 18

    How We Share

    Parents spend countless hours teaching their children about the importance of sharing, it is a lesson we struggle to fully comprehend even in adulthood. In America, we live in a society of extreme wealth and poverty because we are still unable to share. Why do we allow these extremes to exist? We invite you to join us on Sunday as we explore how our trinitarian understanding of God can help us develop a mature spirituality of generosity. www.TheLoftLA.org

    48 min

  5. NOV 11

    How We Heal

    In times of unrest, Jesus often responded by tending to his immediate needs and those of his community before deciding what to do. As we emerge from this season of political unrest, the healing stories of Jesus show us that our response to this unrest is to begin with personal and communal healing. Doing so reminds us that God cares for all of God’s creatures, great and small. www.TheLoftLA.org

    46 min

  6. NOV 4

    The ‘Big Lies’ of Christian Nationalism

    The gospels tell us that Jesus practiced nonviolence and taught his followers to expand their preconceived ideas about who was welcome at God’s table. Despite this inclusive theology, we are currently in the midst of another rise of Christian Nationalism—a belief system rooted in mythological lies about American history and the Divine. We invite you to join us this Sunday as we unpack the lies of Christian Nationalism by centering the life, teachings, and politics of Jesus. www.TheLoftLA.org

    48 min

  7. OCT 28

    Unmasking Loneliness: Building a Culture of Connection

    What role should churches, and specifically our church, play in addressing the challenges of loneliness in our faith community? We invite you to join us for the last sermon of this series as we explore how following the religion of Jesus should transform our relationship with ourselves and each other. www.TheLoftLA.org

    51 min

  8. OCT 21

    Unmasking Loneliness: The Community We Mean To Have

    We all want to be accepted and belong to a supportive circle of friends. However, our desire for relationships and community are often in conflict with what we actually prioritize, and we are now learning that children are noticing this behavior and mirror it. How can we close the gap between what we say we want and what we actually prioritize? How might we prevent our children from developing habits that promote social isolation? What we see in the gospels is that Jesus invites us to view ourselves as a family of families, interconnected and embodying the compassionate instinct that we were born with. www.TheLoftLA.org

    52 min
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The Loft is a progressive Christian community that is unapologetically inclusive. If you're curious about what a socially and politically progressive Christianity looks like, this podcast is for you. This podcast is the edited audio from our weekly Sunday gathering of people who are interested in following Jesus’ spiritual path of radical compassion. Their are four values that inform and help form our community: - Conversation is the center of our gatherings. We facilitate a conversational approach to thinking about and living out our faith together. - Belonging defines who we are and aim to be. We are not isolated individuals but people who belong in divine grace. - Compassion is God’s love in action. It is in serving and helping others – we actively take the good news out into our city and the world. - Decolonization is our theological approach. We are committed to the ongoing work of decolonizing Christianity in order to better love and serve the world.

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