Reality San Francisco
1,028 episodes - English - Latest episode: 4 days ago - ★★★★★ - 322 ratingsDave 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.)
Homepage Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Episodes
Becoming Who You Are, Where You Are
May 13, 2024 19:30 - 44 minutes - 40.8 MBIn our series Becoming Who You Are, Dave Lomas teaches from 1 Peter 2:21-25 on the calling of followers of Jesus to pattern our lives after the cruciformity of Christ. Slides available at https://bit.ly/3QK4rPB
The Subversion of Suffering
May 06, 2024 18:11 - 35 minutes - 32.6 MBIn our series Becoming Who You Are, Dave Lomas teaches from 1 Peter on the power of trials to refine us and point us to a greater hope in Christ and His Kingdom. Slides available at https://bit.ly/44ucN3A
Nuance & the Art of Subversion
April 29, 2024 18:00 - 45 minutes - 41.8 MBIn our series Becoming Who You Are, Dave Lomas teaches from 1 Peter on the subtle, undermining nature of Peter’s letter to the early church on household codes. Slides available at https://bit.ly/3UDGxb6
Peter & New Beginnings
April 22, 2024 17:27 - 41 minutes - 37.6 MBIn our series Becoming Who You Are, Jessica Gracewski teaches from 1 Peter 1:1 on the life of Peter, the apostle, and his journey of self-discovery in Christ. Slides available at https://bit.ly/4aKBgE3
Culture & the Christian
April 15, 2024 17:45 - 44 minutes - 41.1 MBIn our series Becoming Who You Are, Dave Lomas teaches from 1 Peter 1:1-3 on the countercultural nature and social implications of our relocation into the Kingdom of God. Slides available at https://bit.ly/3vUVbRK
Sunday Teaching: Living in the Fullness of the Spirit
April 08, 2024 20:58 - 46 minutes - 42.4 MBDr. David Bennett teaches from Ezekiel 47 on what it means to be baptized into the Spirit, and the significance it has on us as followers of Jesus. Slides available at https://bit.ly/43UtchE
On Hope and Time
April 01, 2024 16:00 - 35 minutes - 32.2 MBDave Lomas teaches from 1 Peter 1:3-9 on the resurrection and how it ushered in God’s future hope into our present reality. Slides available at https://bit.ly/4ahkgoG
Easter Sunday Teaching: On Hope & Time
April 01, 2024 16:00 - 35 minutes - 32.2 MBDave Lomas teaches from 1 Peter 1:3-9 on how the resurrection ushers in God’s future hope into our present reality. Slides available at https://bit.ly/4ahkgoG
On Hope & Time
April 01, 2024 16:00 - 35 minutes - 32.2 MBDave Lomas teaches from 1 Peter 1:3-9 on how the resurrection ushers in God’s future hope into our present reality. Slides available at https://bit.ly/4ahkgoG
Still Processing: Episode 13
March 28, 2024 22:56 - 55 minutes - 101 MBDave Lomas, Dr. David Bennett, and Jessica Gracewski discuss the difficulties of teaching on identity, and the limitations of language on claiming our identity, especially in regards to sexuality.
Losing Self, Knowing Self: Sites of Witness
March 25, 2024 15:30 - 39 minutes - 35.8 MBDr. David Bennett teaches from Matthew 21:1-11 on how our lenses, laws, and loves can obstruct the work of Jesus to reorient our fallen identities. Slides available at https://bit.ly/3IOxGwm
Sites of Witness
March 25, 2024 15:30 - 39 minutes - 35.8 MBIn our series Losing Self, Knowing Self, Dr. David Bennett teaches from Matthew 21:1-11 on how our lenses, laws, and loves can obstruct the work of Jesus to reorient our fallen identities. Slides available at https://bit.ly/3IOxGwm
Still Processing: Episode 12
March 21, 2024 19:21 - 47 minutes - 86.9 MBDave Lomas, Dr. David Bennett, and Melissa Weinisch discuss the story of Jacob, and the embodied of experiences of wrestling through our identity with God.
Wrestling With God
March 18, 2024 17:12 - 39 minutes - 36.3 MBIn our series Losing Self, Knowing Self, Melissa Weinisch teaches from Genesis 32:24-31 on the story of Jacob unlocking his identity by posturing and surrendering himself to God. Slides available at https://bit.ly/43lXQ30
Losing Self, Knowing Self: Wrestling With God
March 18, 2024 17:12 - 39 minutes - 36.3 MBMelissa Weinisch teaches from Genesis 32:24-31 on the story of Jacob unlocking his identity by posturing and surrendering himself to God. Slides available at https://bit.ly/43lXQ30
Still Processing: Episode 11
March 15, 2024 00:01 - 31 minutes - 57.2 MBDave Lomas, Jessica Gracewski, and Mike Gleim discuss the recent response from our church to our current teaching series, and how greater vulnerability and obedience to God leads to greater knowledge of ourselves.
Losing Self, Knowing Self: Knowing God, Knowing Self
March 11, 2024 16:55 - 41 minutes - 57.7 MBDave Lomas teaches from Matthew 16:24-25 on the impact of misaligned identity formation and our access to selfhood through relationship with Christ. Slides available at https://bit.ly/49PjYVW
Knowing God, Knowing Self
March 11, 2024 16:55 - 41 minutes - 57.7 MBIn our series Losing Self, Knowing Self, Dave Lomas teaches from Matthew 16:24-25 on the impact of misaligned identity formation and our access to selfhood through a relationship with Christ. Slides available at https://bit.ly/49PjYVW
Still Processing: Episode 10
March 07, 2024 20:41 - 39 minutes - 72.4 MBDave Lomas, Jessica Gracewski, and Mike Gleim discuss the traditional and modern self, maturity in Christ, and the implications of tech on identity. The ending prayer meditation is from "Habits of the Household" by Justin Whitmel Earley: https://bit.ly/3IrJTH7
Losing Self, Knowing Self: The Denial & Discovery of Identity
March 04, 2024 18:14 - 42 minutes - 38.6 MBDave Lomas teaches from Luke 15:11-32 on the journey of losing and finding ourselves in God’s love. Slides available at https://bit.ly/3V2mofj
The Denial & Discovery of Identity
March 04, 2024 18:14 - 42 minutes - 38.6 MBIn our series Losing Self, Knowing Self, Dave Lomas teaches from Luke 15:11-32 on the journey of losing and finding ourselves in God’s love. Slides available at https://bit.ly/3V2mofj
Losing Self, Knowing Self: The Denial and Discovery of Identity
March 04, 2024 18:14 - 42 minutes - 38.6 MBDave Lomas teaches from Luke 15:11-32 on the journey of losing and finding ourselves in God’s love. Slides available at https://bit.ly/3V2mofj
Still Processing: Episode 9
March 02, 2024 01:30 - 41 minutes - 76.2 MBDave Lomas, Jessica Gracewski, and Melissa Weinisch discuss the Divine Call, looking inward, and the role of community in identity formation. If you have questions or comments that you would like discussed in an upcoming episode, email us at [email protected].
Losing Self, Knowing Self: The Divine Call of Identity
February 26, 2024 17:56 - 38 minutes - 35.1 MBDave Lomas teaches from Matthew 16:24-25 on the significance of the imago Dei in the Christian identity journey. Slides available at https://bit.ly/3UUInor
The Divine Call of Identity
February 26, 2024 17:56 - 38 minutes - 35.1 MBIn our series Losing Self, Knowing Self, Dave Lomas teaches from Matthew 16:24-25 on the significance of the imago Dei in the Christian identity journey. Slides available at https://bit.ly/3UUInor
Still Processing: Episode 8
February 23, 2024 15:00 - 34 minutes - 63.5 MBThe Still Processing series has returned to create more space to discuss our Sunday teaching series, “Losing Self, Knowing Self.” We hope this series helps clarify, assist, and provide more context for these deeper theological conversations. This week, Dave Lomas, Jessica Gracewski, and Mike Gleim discuss identity formation, the Cultural Imaginary, and Barbie. If you have questions or comments that you would like discussed in an upcoming episode, email us at [email protected].
Difficulty & Fragility of Identity
February 19, 2024 18:34 - 32 minutes - 45.1 MBIn our series Losing Self, Knowing Self, Dave Lomas teaches from Ephesians 4:17-24 on the Christian identity and the complexities of modern identity formation. Slides available at https://bit.ly/49D6FHJ
Losing Self, Knowing Self: Difficulty & Fragility of Identity
February 19, 2024 18:34 - 32 minutes - 45.1 MBDave Lomas teaches from Ephesians 4:17-24 on the Christian identity and the complexities of modern identity formation. Slides available at https://bit.ly/49D6FHJ
Losing Self, Knowing Self: Difficulty and Fragility of Identity
February 19, 2024 18:34 - 32 minutes - 45.1 MBDave Lomas teaches from Ephesians 4:17-24 on the Christian identity and the complexities of modern identity formation. Slides available at https://bit.ly/49D6FHJ
Consecrated to Love
February 12, 2024 15:00 - 43 minutes - 39.7 MBIn our series The Vision Is Love, Jessica Gracewski teaches from passages in the New Testament on being a people that embodies God’s love through consecration. Slides available at https://bit.ly/3OG45c1
The Vision Is Love: Consecrated to Love
February 12, 2024 15:00 - 43 minutes - 39.7 MBJessica Gracewski teaches from passages in the New Testament on being a people that embodies God’s love through consecration. Slides available at https://bit.ly/3OG45c1
The Love That Is Binding
February 05, 2024 14:56 - 46 minutes - 42.9 MBIn our series The Vision Is Love, Dave Lomas teaches from Ephesians 4 on the role of the church to be a visible display of God’s covenantal love. Slides available at https://bit.ly/3HMxD3C
The Vision Is Love: The Love That Is Binding
February 05, 2024 14:56 - 46 minutes - 42.9 MBDave Lomas teaches from Ephesians 4 on the role of the church to be a visible display of God’s covenantal love. Slides available at https://bit.ly/3HMxD3C
A Community of Love
January 29, 2024 19:30 - 43 minutes - 39.7 MBIn our series The Vision Is Love, Mike Gleim teaches from John 15 on a complex love that creates community, a subversive love that follows Jesus, and a world of love that seeks renewal. Slides available at https://bit.ly/494D8GM
The Vision Is Love: A Community of Love
January 29, 2024 19:30 - 43 minutes - 39.7 MBMike Gleim teaches from John 15 on a complex love that creates community, a subversive love that follows Jesus, and a world of love that seeks renewal. Slides available at https://bit.ly/494D8GM
The Love That Is Love
January 22, 2024 19:14 - 45 minutes - 41.5 MBIn our series The Vision Is Love, Dave Lomas teaches from 1 John 4 on the crucial connection between the love of God and the love of our neighbor. Slides available at https://bit.ly/3tUQeYb
The Vision Is Love: The Love That Is Love
January 22, 2024 19:14 - 45 minutes - 41.5 MBDave Lomas teaches from 1 John 4 on the crucial connection between the love of God and the love of our neighbor. Slides available at https://bit.ly/3tUQeYb
The Vision Is Love: The God That Is Love
January 16, 2024 20:10 - 34 minutes - 31.9 MBDave Lomas teaches from John 1:18 on the perfect example of love made known to us through the Trinity. Slides available at https://bit.ly/3vEP57z
The God That Is Love
January 16, 2024 20:10 - 34 minutes - 31.9 MBIn our series The Vision Is Love, Dave Lomas teaches from John 1:18 on the perfect example of love made known to us through the Trinity. Slides available at https://bit.ly/3vEP57z
The Love That Is God
January 08, 2024 19:25 - 35 minutes - 32.5 MBIn our series The Vision Is Love, Dave Lomas teaches from 1 John 4 on the characteristics of God’s love and the importance of orienting our lives around the embodied love of Jesus. Slides available at https://bit.ly/3NVPUin
The Vision Is Love: The Love That Is God
January 08, 2024 19:25 - 35 minutes - 32.5 MBDave Lomas teaches from 1 John 4 on the characteristics of God’s love and the importance of orienting our lives around the embodied love of Jesus. Slides available at https://bit.ly/3NVPUin
Christ in Strange Places: On the Road to Emmaus
January 01, 2024 15:41 - 41 minutes - 37.6 MBJessica Gracewski teaches from Luke 24:13-35 on the confrontation and comfort Jesus brings the disciples on the road to Emmaus. Slides available at https://bit.ly/3vhwhei
Christ in Strange Places: God Is Not Yet Done
December 18, 2023 19:35 - 45 minutes - 41.5 MBEugene Cho teaches from Luke 1:5-7, 11-18 on the care and peace Zechariah and Elizabeth experienced from God amidst cultural chaos and deep personal pain. Slides available at https://bit.ly/484aRzG
Christ in Strange Places: Into the Darkness
December 11, 2023 19:37 - 35 minutes - 32.5 MBRuthie Kim teaches from Isaiah 9:1-7 on how in the dark times of life, God finds us, is with us, and is at work in us. Slides available at https://bit.ly/3GDIWKZ
Christ in Strange Places: It’s a Wonderful List
December 04, 2023 19:01 - 40 minutes - 36.9 MBTim Chaddick teaches from Matthew 1:1,17-23 on the genealogy of Jesus as evidence of real history, raw honesty, and remarkable hope. Slides available at https://bit.ly/3R5tGLG
Christ in Strange Places: The Strange Visitor
November 27, 2023 19:00 - 39 minutes - 36 MBSergio Gomes teaches from Genesis 18:1-15 on the fulfilled promise and restored hope Sarah experiences after a strange encounter with God. Slides available at https://bit.ly/47xXNCn
Sunday Teaching: Antifragile Identity
November 21, 2023 20:38 - 41 minutes - 37.9 MBAl Abdulla teaches from Luke 19:1-10 on the story of Zacchaeus and how forming a secure, loving attachment with Jesus reframes our identity. Slides available at https://bit.ly/47qtSfo
Sunday Teaching: See & Behold
November 13, 2023 18:50 - 45 minutes - 41.2 MBMike Gleim teaches from 1 John 3:1-3 on acceptance, identity, and hope as resources available to us as followers of Jesus. Slides available at https://bit.ly/3QRlIa5
Sunday Teaching: Mary’s Voice
November 06, 2023 19:54 - 44 minutes - 40.3 MBDr. Amy Orr-Ewing teaches from Luke 1:46-56 on how Mary, an ordinary, young, powerless woman, provides a modern example of how to be a witness of the hope found in Jesus. Slides available at https://bit.ly/3QjNavy
Still Processing: Episode 7
November 01, 2023 12:00 - 35 minutes - 48.1 MBDave Lomas, Jessica Gracewski, and Mike Gleim discuss the conclusion to our series "The Unseen Realm," and share a testimony from a congregant in our church.