Reality San Francisco
Reality SF
Dave Lomas and others share encouragements, insights, and meditations on how to respond as followers of Jesus to our current moment. (On Sundays, we post the teaching portion from our online Sunday services, which can be viewed in their entirety at realitysf.com starting at 10:30AM PST.)
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May 20, 2019 • 42min
Understand Your Family of Origin
Dave Lomas teaches from Exodus 34:6-7 and Mark 3:31-34 on how discipleship requires putting off old patterns of our family of origin in order to live into our new family of God.
Slides available at http://bit.ly/2JuF43m
May 14, 2019 • 1h 46min
Difficult Conversations: Tools for Facing & Resolving Conflict
In this lecture, Michael Zacharia adapts material from the bestselling book Difficult Conversations, and teaches on all the elements that are essential to any difficult conversation.
The worksheet used in this lecture can be found here: http://bit.ly/2KwZloT
Michael is an executive coach, professor, former lawyer, and expert in conflict resolution.
May 13, 2019 • 42min
Stop Mind Reading and Clarify Expectations
Dave Lomas teaches from the life of Mary, the wisdom of Proverbs, and the 9th Commandment: "Do not give false testimony." As a continuation of our series on Emotionally Healthy Relationships, we learn the foundational practices and need to Stop Mind Reading & Clarify Expectations.
May 6, 2019 • 39min
All the Feels: A Sermon About Emotions
Dave Lomas teaches from Mark 14:32-36 on how Christ is a vivid example of inviting God into our most vulnerable emotions, and how important this is for our own spiritual health.
Slides available at http://bit.ly/304el2T
Apr 29, 2019 • 43min
Choose Joy
Tobi Grunick teaches from Philippians 4:4-9 on the capacity we already have for joy and how the Holy Spirit replants joy in us through our life in Christ.
Slides available at http://bit.ly/2ZMHSxw
Tobi is the Leadership Care & Support Minister at Reality SF.
Apr 22, 2019 • 31min
Successful People Can Be Lost Too
For Easter Sunday, Dave Lomas teaches from Philippians 3:4-11 on how being lost doesn’t look the same for everyone, and how Jesus meets us in our deep-level sadness and hopelessness.
Slides available at http://bit.ly/2L4Rpg6
Apr 15, 2019 • 40min
A Culture of Honor
Dale Gustafson teaches from Philippians 2:19-30 on the church's invitation to be people who restore others' trust, call people up into strong character, and bring honor to one another.
Slides available at http://bit.ly/2KO7Ldg
Dale is the Executive Director at Reality San Francisco.
Apr 8, 2019 • 35min
Working It Out in Community
Rashad Clemons teaches from Philippians 2:12-18 on the importance of working out your salvation as a community to be a light for the world and attract others to God.
Slides available at http://bit.ly/2I4xjAx
Rashad Clemons is a Church Planting Resident of New North Church in San Bruno.
Apr 1, 2019 • 45min
A Community of Cruciformity Part 2
Dave Lomas teaches from Philippians 2:1-11 on the life of Jesus and how the inverse logic of the kingdom of God invite us to deny ourselves and approach community self-sacrificially. You can find part one of this topic on cruciform community three weeks back in our feed.
Slides available at http://bit.ly/2U7lmk1
Mar 25, 2019 • 41min
Clarity
Dave Lomas teaches from Philippians 1:18b-26 on how times of uncertainty can be an invitation to seek clarity through curiosity, community, and God's vision for our lives.
Slides available at http://bit.ly/2CAg9GI
