You can tell the health of a human soul by its ability to hope. You can tell the strength of a human soul by it’s ability to hope in the middle of darkness. One of the great challenges of being human is to remain hopeful. What do you do when you have lost hope or even lost the ability to hope? How do we get on in this life and hold onto hope? As we celebrate the birth of Jesus, Pastor Eric takes a look at how Jesus came into this world was so under-the-radar and why this was necessary and important. How he came into this world, how he lived in this world and why he came reveals to us why He is The Great Hope. He understands fully what it means to be human and to be in this world.For more info you can go to our website and also check us out on instagram and Facebook. If you want to support STUDIO financially you can do so here. Have a great week!

Is God moving towards you? Is he moving away from you? Or is he static? Our own human experience tells each of us a different answer depending on our own experience with life and faith. Pastor Eric reminds us as the Christmas season is in full swing it is also an incredible reminder about the greatest interruption in the human story: Jesus came. We can add up all the sin, brokenness and despair for all of humanity and in spite of that, Jesus still came. May this Christmas season be one where you are encountered by that fact that Jesus came and he is still coming to you. For more info you can go to our website and also check us out on instagram and Facebook. If you want to support STUDIO financially you can do so here. Have a great week!

Being human is a never ending experience of the spectrum of resonance and dissonance. Our days are filled with moments and experiences where we feel a deep resonance and other times a dissonance. Whether it be the song we are listening to, the person we are chatting with, the place where we work or the kids we are trying to raise. We respond differently to what resonates with us and what doesn't. When we experience dissonance we usually try to control, manipulate or get rid of whatever it is that is causing it. Pastor Eric shares the dissonance in our lives has the potential to create a resilience where your inner world is stronger than your external world. Jesus lived in a world where dissonance was happening all around him, yet he was never overcome by it. In fact, it actually strengthened him and he ushered in another dimension called the "Kingdom". For more info you can go to our website and also check us out on instagram and Facebook. If you want to support STUDIO financially you can do so here. Have a great week!

One of the complexities of the human experience is the stories we tell ourselves. What if the stories we tell ourselves are actually not true. What if we are telling ourselves a story that is rooted in fear and pain? The paths we take in our relationships often depend on what we partner with. Listen to this episode as Pastor Candace addresses the realities if we are partnering with hurt, fear, rejection, insecurity and shame and bringing those dynamics into our relationships. She gives some really practical steps to move on a path towards healing, health and reconciliation.For more info you can go to our website and also check us out on instagram and Facebook. If you want to support STUDIO financially you can do so here. Have a great week!

Listen to this episode as Eric & Candace share the heart and vision of where STUDIO is going. In Our Future you will hear about the story of what got us to this point as well as the "why" and "what" of we are moving towards. We dream about creating a space where faith, creativity, entrepreneurship and community intersect. You will hear about some of the specifics that relate to a future space that we want to see this take place.For more info you can go to our website and also check us out on instagram and Facebook. If you want to support STUDIO financially you can do so here. Have a great week!

The very essence of Jesus was his ability to flow from one space to the next. His ability to understand the nuances of the human soul allowed him to touch the soul of humanity. He was able to interact with the most elite to the most impoverished. He was able to engage with people on all the political spectrums. Instead of avoiding those who were unclean, lost and broken he moved toward them. In this weeks talk Pastor Eric shares about the mindset, paradigms and inner realities that Jesus had in order to be seamless in culture. For more info you can go to our website and also check us out on instagram and Facebook. If you want to support STUDIO financially you can do so here. Have a great week!

This week Pastor Tinasha talks to us about the reality and the importance of knowing who and what is shaping and forming you as a human being. If you walk with Jesus you will be formed by him. In Reformation of Belonging, we learn there are different emphasis and pathways to seeing reformation in our own lives of belonging to Jesus and to each other. Each human longs for connection and belonging. Jesus provides a way for the existential longings of the soul to find this reality.For more info you can go to our website and also check us out on instagram and Facebook. If you want to support STUDIO financially you can do so here. Have a great week!

Humanity has wrestled with the reality of sickness and disease for nearly all of it's existence and we are still confronted with this reality today. When we look at the life of Jesus, we see miracles and healings was common and normal in his life. We also learn it was the same for the early church. By the time we get to the 1500's we find the Reformation and Renaissance that was taking place in Europe created major shifts in the cultural landscape. This affected the arts, architecture, politics, religion and everyday life. Pastor Eric shares about some of the things which took place during this from a historical and cultural perspective that contributed to the decrease of miracles and healings be common in the life of a believer. This talk is to call us back to the life of Jesus and that healing was and is meant to be normative in the life of a believer.For more info you can go to our website and also check us out on instagram and Facebook. If you want to support STUDIO financially you can do so here. Have a great week!

Have you ever wondered what took place for the early church which was a dynamic, revolutionary, grassroots Christian movement that was everywhere in culture and society to what it is today? Even as the the early church faced heavy persecution and there was ongoing continual efforts to get rid of this rogue movement, it thrived and grew exponentially. This week, listen to Pastor Eric as he shares some history and insights on how the church evolved from the early church to what it is today. He suggests we are in a moment where we need to recapture the essence of what made the early church thrive and shatter some our personal paradigms that are keeping us in the four walls of the church. The Christian faith is designed to thrive under persecution, animosity, and hatred. It is able to withstand evil and overcome it with good. For more info you can go to our website and also check us out on instagram and Facebook. If you want to support STUDIO financially you can do so here. Have a great week!

Listen today as our good friend Nate Edwardson, pastor of The Stirring in Redding, CA was with us. In his talk, he shares that one of the most spiritual things we can do is be “honest” and that God doesn’t expose you to embarrass you but to reveal you. He challenges us to be a community who choose to live without secrets. God delights in honesty and He is not looking for perfect people but he is looking for open people.For more info you can go to our website and also check us out on instagram and Facebook. If you want to support STUDIO financially you can do so here. Have a great week!