On today's weekly podcast, we are featuring the community conversation that we premiered on Facebook on Wednesday, January 20th.Initially, this conversation was meant to be a conversation surrounding current events (specifically the protests/riots on January 6th), and how we as a faith community ought to...
Something a little different this week, y'all! This week, Gina Morreale (LIDE Communications Director) spoke LIVE with Evan Strube and Daniela Coats, two longstanding members of LIDE. The conversation revolved around unity, and how we live with and love one another in the midst of...
In today's prayer, Rachel invites us to listen to our bodies. What can they tell us? How can what they tell us lead us closer to the truth of who we are, and who God is? ...
Joel sits down with Chequan Lewis to talk about the difficulty of personal transformation and spiritual growth.This conversation was recorded on Facebook Live after the January 12 sermon. Stick around at the end for a little easter egg! ...
In today's Digital Gathering, Chris talks about inclusion as the next logical step on the spiritual journey, once transformation has happened. Ultimately, God invites us into transformation so that we can begin to include those who are different from us -- and that inclusion brings...
In today's guided prayer, Rachel helps us meditate on the spiritual path. So often, when we face hardship or difficulty, we can tend to view it as lonesome and individual.Rachel reminds us today: "The spiritual path is not solitary. It always leads us deeper...
Following the events at the Capitol Building last week, we want to offer several conversations to help us work through how we ought to respond as people of faith and in the spirit "Umbrella Man."For our first conversation, Chris talks with Hank Habicht. Hank is...
As we start a new year, LIDE is also starting a new series: "Let There Be Connection." In this series, we are attempting to address and provide a solution to the difficulties we faced as a community and society in 2020. LIDE holds a strong...
Happy New Year friends! There are plenty of things we can hope for when we enter a new year: motivation to change, productivity, and so on.Today, Rachel offers a chance for self-reflection, and a few minutes to help us remember that God works slowly.Near the...
It's a new year! Chris reflects on what it might look like to cultivate the beautiful and the good in our lives, day in and day out, as we move forward in 2021."The Gandalf Option" isn't something I came up with on my own. I...