Your Week with St. Luke’s

Advent Week 3: Love

In this episode of Your Week with St. Luke’s, pastors Jenn, Jad, and Melissa take us into the theme of love through the story of Mary visiting Elizabeth in Luke 1. Reflecting on the moment when Elizabeth feels John leap in her womb, they discuss how the presence of Christ brings confirmation, transformation, and a deep sense of God’s love that moves from head to heart. Drawing connections to John Wesley’s “heart strangely warmed” and even the Grinch’s growing heart, the conversation invites listeners to notice the moments when God’s love shows up in real and tangible ways as we continue our Advent journey.

 

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Advent Week 2: Peace

In this episode of Your Week with St. Luke’s, pastors Jenn, Jad, and Melissa explore the theme of peace through Luke 1 and Mary’s encounter with the angel Gabriel. They share personal reflections on seeking peace amid life’s chaos, discuss Mary’s courageous trust and agency, and wonder about the spiritual shaping that prepared her to say “yes” to God’s call. Drawing connections to the season, daily life, and popular movies, the conversation invites listeners to consider how peace and trust intertwine, how God meets us in turmoil, and how we stay attentive to God’s voice.

 

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Advent week 1: Hope

In this episode of Your Week with St. Luke’s, we launch our new Advent series, A REEL Christmas: You Can’t Make This Up, exploring how beloved Christmas films help us make sense of a world that often feels unbelievable—yet the hope God offers is even more extraordinary. Pastors Jenn, Melissa, and Jad reflect on Isaiah 9, the theme of hope, and the surprising promise that God’s light enters the world not through power, but through a child. As we begin the Christian year, this episode invites you to clear space for wonder, confront cynicism, and prepare room for Christ to be born anew in our lives. Join us for a deep and hope-filled start to Advent.

 

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Who is your king?

In this episode of Your Week with St. Luke’s, all three pastors (Jenn, Jad, and Melissa) gather to close out the Christian year with a conversation on Christ the King Sunday and the culmination of our month-long focus on gratitude. Together, they explore what it means to claim Christ as Lord in a world full of competing allegiances, how worship recenters us in community, and why generosity is a spiritual discipline rooted in trust rather than pressure. Reflecting on 2 Corinthians 9, they discuss how giving reveals the posture of our hearts, how worship shapes our daily lives, and how the rhythms of discipleship prepare us long before moments of crisis arise. This rich conversation sets the stage for a Sunday filled with praise, thanksgiving, and a renewed commitment to live as citizens of God’s kingdom.

 

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Commit to the Future - With Gratitude for the Hope

In this week’s episode of Your Week with St. Luke’s, Pastor Jad explores Nehemiah 2. As we close our November series, Lead Courageously with Gratitude, we look ahead with gratitude for the hope God gives us to rebuild what’s been broken. Through Nehemiah’s story, we’re reminded that faithful leadership begins with noticing, that hope rooted in gratitude gives us courage to act, and that rebuilding—whether in our lives, our church, or our community—is sacred work. Join us as we reflect on how God’s gracious hand still leads us to say together, “Let’s start building.”

 

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Embrace the Moment - With Gratitude for the Mission

In this week’s episode of Your Week with St. Luke’s, Pastor Jad invites us to reflect on what it means to “clothe ourselves with love” from Colossians 3:12–17. Through vivid imagery and thoughtful teaching, he explores how virtues like compassion, humility, gentleness, and patience shape a community that mirrors Christ’s fullness and peace. Drawing from the letter’s historical and theological depth, Pastor Jad reminds us that gratitude is not just a feeling but a posture—a way of living courageously and serving faithfully in response to God’s grace. As we embrace gratitude for our mission, we’re encouraged to let love be the connective tissue that holds us together and to let our thankfulness become the melody of our daily lives.

 

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Remember the Courage - With Gratitude for the Dream

In this episode Your Week with St. Luke’s, we’re invited to reflect on how gratitude shapes the way we lead—in our church, families, workplaces, and community, as we kick off a new series called Lead Courageously with Gratitude. Through the lens of Israel’s crossing of the Jordan, Pastor Jad unpacks the book of Joshua as a theological reflection on covenant faithfulness, remembrance, and the living presence of God. The episode challenges us to identify our own “stones of remembrance,” the moments and people who have shaped our faith, and to consider how our gratitude today can give courage to the next generation.

 

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Make Room for Joy

In this episode of Your Week with St. Luke’s, Pastor Jenn and Liz sit down with Dr. Ryan Bonfiglio to explore the radical power of hospitality—how scripture calls us to welcome not just friends, but strangers and even God in unexpected forms. Together they unpack what it means to “make room” in our homes, our churches, and our lives when true hospitality disrupts our comfort zones. It’s a conversation that challenges the easy version of welcome and invites us into the deeper, more transformative kind—the kind that changes both guest and host.

 

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Pour It Out

In this week’s episode of Your Week with St. Luke’s, Pastor Jenn and Liz continue their conversation with Dr. Ryan Bonfilio from The Candler Foundry as they explore 2 Kings 4:1–7—the story of a widow, a jar of oil, and a God who transforms scarcity into abundance. Together they wrestle with what it really means to trust God’s provision, especially when our instinct is to hoard rather than share. This honest and hope-filled discussion invites listeners to consider how faith, community, and generosity reveal God’s ongoing miracles in everyday life.

 

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Dig Anyway

Three kings lost in a desert, a prophet who calls for music before a miracle, and a divine command to dig ditches in dry ground—what does faith look like when the world feels barren? In this episode of Your Week with St. Luke’s, Dr. Ryan Bonfilio from the Candler Foundry joins Pastor Jenn and Liz to unpack 2 Kings 3 and explore what it means to prepare for God’s abundance even when hope seems impossible. Together, they dive into the tension between faith and politics, the power of empathy, and the challenge of living “as if God is real.” This conversation will leave you asking: What ditches am I digging in my own life as I wait for God’s rain?

 

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