Cornerstone Boulder Weekly Podcast

Unwrapping Creation ~ Rabbi Gene Binder

Gene starts the new "Unwrapping" series with a look at creation and our role in it. Creation is not only a noun describing God's work, but a verb describing the invitation we've been given to continue His creation through the things we decide to do in the world. The most important aspect? Dreaming. Everything we've made and developed in the world begins as a dream, and our invitation is to dream of creating a "radically beautiful world that reflects God's radically beautiful love."

Thankful to be "Us" ~ Pastor Brian Carlucci

Brian takes a Sunday to celebrate what it means to be "Us" to be a people who are in covenant with God and to celebrate what that means for our community and for those around us. He shows how being a people of covenant always involves a new creation, a voluntary choice of freedom, and a powerful responsibility. Most importantly though, he shows that the covenant we've made is one in which we are constantly making room and constantly celebrating that all are welcome at the table. 

Orphan Sunday: Faith Works ~ Rabbi Gene Binder

We take time to honor some of our Foster Parent heroes and then Gene leads us into a deep dive looking at how our faith works. While we are saved entirely by grace, that's not all grace does, it also empowers us to have a faith that is steadfast, enlightened, and relational: a faith that works.

Activating Power ~ Pastor Aaron Wardle

Our series has talked about various kinds of power, but there's a power we have as those who follow Messiah that is incredibly and overwhelmingly powerful. Sadly, though we have this power as a gift from God, we often don't activate it and, instead, don't experience the life available to us. Aaron dives into this dilemma with a very practical and purposeful look at how we activate this power and engage with the Holy Spirt.

Connecting to Power ~ Pastor Brian Carlucci

One of the ways that God expresses His love towards us is by empowering us with that same power that He used to create the world and to raise Jesus from the dead. Yet we often have difficulty connecting with His power. In this message Brian focuses is on what we can do to receive God's power, learn from Him, and exercise that power in the world. 

God's Power Through Our Weaknesses ~ Rabbi Gene Binder

Power and weakness seem to be opposite sides of the spectrum, but a theme that runs through the Scriptures is the tendency of weakness to be a place of strength for God's people. Why is that and how do we live our lives in light of that? Gene gets into examples both personal and scriptural that shed light on this seeming paradox of power. 

Power of Meekness ~ Rabbi Gene Binder

The Power of Meekness? "Meek" has come to mean something cowardly or spineless, yet, as Gene elaborates, this isn't the word we should think of when we think about the "meekness" that Jesus said would inherit the earth. As Gene elaborates, meekness is not only courageous, but it's an attitude that connects us to a source of power that fills us with joy and hope.

Redeeming Power ~ Brian Carlucci

Power can be thought of in four major arenas in todays society: might, money, authority, and influence. All of these are "neutral" and become bad or good depending on how they're used. Brian also points out that the first three are a zero-sum game creating a hierarchy of those who have power and those who don't, but influence is different. Influence multiplies as its shared and becomes stronger the more others have it.

Wonders of Resurrection(s) ~ Pastor Brian Carlucci

The greatest Wonder is without a doubt the Resurrection, but as Brian explains in this sermon, the Resurrection was not a one-time event. Rather, resurrection is a theme that runs throughout the scriptures and speaks to the core of what it means to be human. The process of life emerging through death and the invitation to participate in that wonder are the exact things that we need to truly connect with what God is doing and to experience the life of wonder we're meant to live. 

God's Wonders & Our Battles ~ Brian Carlucci

Throughout the Wonders series we've been looking at the way that God demonstrates God's Presence to us. One of the most important ways that we experience this is when we face challenges and resistance. As Brian shares in this message, that's a place where we often see God's Wonders in action...