Oak Arbor Church: Kindling

Season 2 Ep. 2: Prayer

In this episode, pastors Alan and Steven sit down to talk about one of the most important aspects of spiritual life: prayer. What are we supposed to say? How are we supposed to do it? When are we supposed to do it? It's easy for us to get in our heads, but the message from the Word and the Heavenly Doctrines are the same: Pray anyway.

Season 2 Ep. 1: The Life of Worship

When we think of people who are "religious" we probably imagine them sitting in a church on Sunday morning. In this episode Pastor Alan and Pastor Steven take a look at the idea of worship and what it is really all about. Is church a "life" thing or a "Sunday morning" thing?

Episode 7: Elevator Pitch for Heaven

In this episode Pastor Steven sits down with the middle school students from the Oak Arbor Montessori School to discuss their ideas of heaven and hear their "elevator pitches" for it. They share their ideas of what heaven is really all about, why some people would choose not to go there, and how we can work to build a heavenly life in this world.

Episode 6: Build Your Own Heaven

We have all wondered at some point what heaven is actually like. We recently sat down with some high schoolers to get their thoughts on what their idea of heaven is and how it would work for everyone. The results were impressive and on-point. In this episode Pastors Alan and Steven discuss the teens' ideas and in the process get to the bottom of what the New Church teaches heaven is all about.

Episode 5: Loving Others and Loving God Pt. 2

In part two of this conversation about the connection between loving other people and loving God, Pastors Alan and Steven get into some of how we can love other people who see things or do things differently than we do. Can two people live very different lives on the surface, and even attend different churches and still both be living a life that leads to heaven? How can we support people whose path looks different than ours in ways that are actually helpful without accidentally causing harm or damage to them. In other words, how can we truly love our neighbor?