Living Water Radio: For Today's Christian Life
Living Water Radio is designed to bring encouragement, reflection and a sense of relationship to Christians and others looking for Christian community in the Los Angeles area during the pandemic and in the "new normal" that follows. It is co-produced by Pastor David Berkedal and Reverend Sally Welch.
Episodes
330 episodes
328 A Good Question
Summary: We sometimes say, “That’s a good question” whether we know the answer or not. Jesus once asked a question when he knew that the answer was not the answer. What? Today, we’re going to find out. ...
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327 God's Work
Summary: The official tagline of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, my home denomination, is “God’s work. Our hands.” It’s too long. Today, we’re going to find out why. Referenced Bible verses:...
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326 Clean Food
Summary: We can’t earn our way into heaven, but we can eat our way there. Today, we’re going to find out how. Referenced Bible verses: Mark 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23; Romans 4:13; John 6:51; Galatians 5:22-23...
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325 Staff of Life
Summary: What image comes to mind when you hear the phrase, “The Staff of Life”? Today, we’re going to learn a new one, and what it has to do with the renewal of the Church Referenced Bible verses: Hebr...
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324 Bread That Lives
Summary: If you wanted to describe what Jesus did for us on the cross, you couldn’t find a more difficult way than the way Jesus describes it in John 6. Today, we’re going to find out why that’s a good thing. ...
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323 The Meaning of Bread
Summary: You can buy a loaf of bread at the grocery store for between $5 and $7. Jesus gave the world a bread that transforms and feeds us forever. Today, we’re going to find out what it is. Referenced ...
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322 Doing The Work
Summary: If doing the work of God isn’t impossible, you’re doing it wrong. Today, we’re going to find out why. Referenced Bible verses: John 6:1-21; Matthew 6:31-33; 1 Corinthians 9:24-27; Matthew 5:16;...
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321 Two Big Stories
Summary: Two big stories will dominate our consciousness this week, and they happened almost back-to-back. Two thousand years ago. Today, we’ll find out what they are. Referenced Bible verses: John 6:1-...
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320 The Way Forward
Summary: When our divisions seem to have brought us to rock bottom it can seem like there’s no way forward. There is a way forward, and it has two seemingly unrelated parts. Today, we’re going to find out what it is.
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319 Truth to Power
Summary: Do you like reality TV? True crime stories? Soap Operas? Realistic fantasy dramas? We’ve got a doozie for you! And it all leads up to the Truth. Today, we’re going to find out what it is. Refer...
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318 Life Itself
Summary: What is life? And why does the Christian Church have a diminished presence in the Western world today? The answer to both questions is the same. Today, we’ll find out what it is. Referenced Bib...
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317 The Higher Power
Summary: The vast majority of those in the United States who are not members of Christian churches or other religious organizations still believe in God or in some “higher power”. How can they be directed from a generic sp...
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316 Just As He Was
Summary: Do you ever look around and wonder if Jesus is asleep somewhere? If he cares about us? So did His disciples, at least once. Today, we’re going to find out how Jesus answered them. And us. Refer...
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315 Being A Tangerine Church
Summary: There are lots of kinds of mandarin oranges. Tangerines are one of them. Be a tangerine church. Today, we’ll find out why. Referenced Bible verses: Mark 4:26-34; Ephesians 6:2-4; Exodus 20:12
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314 Transcendence
Summary: There are people in our culture who are looking for transcendence in their lives. They’re not finding it in our churches. Why? How do we present a sense of transcendence in our worship, and in our lives? Is that e...
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313 To Keep It Holy
Summary: What the people of God should and shouldn’t do on the sabbath can’t be more relevant to revitalizing the Church in our time. Today, we’re going to find out why. Referenced Bible verses: Genesis...
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312 Three = One, Twice
Summary: As if contemplating the Holy Trinity isn’t enough to make us question our sanity, we heard news last week that made us question what it means to be human, and it wasn’t A.I. Today, we’re going to find out what it ...
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311 Setting Fire to The Rain
Summary: Adele had a hit song with “Set Fire to the Rain” about a toxic moment in a relationship. Today, we’re going to find out why those words are also an excellent way to describe the restoration of a relationship on th...
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20:45
310 The Common Relationship
Summary: What relationships do you value most? There is one relationship that defines every other relationship, and we in the Body of Christ all have it in common. Today, we’re going to find out what it is. &n...
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309 20/15 Vision
Summary: How can we improve our vision? Today, we’re going to find out. Referenced Bible verses: Proverbs 29:18; John 15:9-17; Galatians 5:20- Please note that Rev. Sally Welch appear...
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308 From The Ground Up
Summary: When Sally and I go to an American supermarket and I look at the produce section, I often think, “This is what brought down the Soviet Union.” Today, we’re going to see how our bearing much fruit is the expression...
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307 To Other Sheep
Summary: How do we share Jesus without a culture? Is that even possible? Or desirable? Today, we’re going to find out. Referenced Bible verses: John 10:11-18; Matthew 28:18-20 &...
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306 In The Path of Totality
Summary: The moon obscured the sun this past week, as the world obscures the Son of God. God was revealed in the sun, as always, this past week, as God shines in Jesus Christ. Today, we’re going to...
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