Coronavirus has ceased our gatherings. So instead, Mike and Emily sit down for a chat that they want to invite all of YOU into for next weeks podcast. You'll here more… You can also watch our virtual service from this past week on our facebook

i'm the pastor and so are you.

Mar 10th, 2020

We looked at pictures of newts, we had some announcements and we heard form a wide variety of voices as we melted the category of sermon and sermonizer! We couldn’t include all of it on the podcast for copyright reasons, but we made what we cou

there is no separation.

Mar 3rd, 2020

Lis gave an update on Twigs!Mark gave an update from the board about finances and Branches future, thanking everyone for their faithfulness to the Branches community.Mike kicked off our lent series called Melted: Thawing the category to dis

deep time finale.

Feb 25th, 2020

Mike wraps up the series on deep time to talk about the little games we play within a far bigger scope. And how we can't forget the vastness of the scope…

what matters to you?

Feb 4th, 2020

It was more a somber Sunday as the conversation about deep time turned itself toward the topic of death. Often in our deconstruction and reconstruction of faith, what happens when we die is a question we don’t totally know how to navigate that.

deep time and the here and now.

Jan 28th, 2020

Our series on deep time will be a balance between form and formlessness. Last week we zoomed out, this week we zoomed in. We discussed how we can positively impact this world. And we had some guests from Faith Action Network to help with the di

living into our limestone selves.

Jan 21st, 2020

In our kickoff to our deep time series, Mike talks about the limited scope of humanity in the grand scope of earths existence. And what that might mean in tandem to some oft quoted passages of scripture.

looking ahead.

Jan 7th, 2020

Mike and others talk about what their hope and vision for Branches in 2020 is.

the journey toward joy.

Dec 17th, 2019

Mike talks about the magi, power as corrupter and wonders journey toward joy.

roots, chutes, repentance and peace.

Dec 10th, 2019

Janeen leads us through our second week of advent by talking about peace and how we give current meaning to an old idea.

(illuminating) hope and despair.

Dec 3rd, 2019

Advent has begun! Mike talked about Christmas lights, the possibility for hope, it’s counterpart despair and how, in the reality of the spectrum of life, we can and should take the time to illuminate both (and everything in-between).

being the belief.

Nov 19th, 2019

Steven and Mike continue the conversation from last week about what church is, what we project onto it and how to embody a reality rather than simply believe in one.

you are the conduit.

Nov 12th, 2019

Mike talks about how it's up to us as individuals to manifest the passions we have. And how believing in Christ can be the very thing preventing us from manifesting Christ.

safe simple risky giving together panel.

Oct 29th, 2019

Wes, Taylor, Megan and Aaron talk about what the Branches five words mean to them!

the christ in you/me/all.

Oct 21st, 2019

Announcements included to keep everyone up to speed! Linda gives an update on finances. Mike talks on the dangers of elevated turkey, some quotes and what a conversation with his 91 year old grandfather made him realize.

surely god was in you and you did not know.

Oct 8th, 2019

Mike discusses some of the swirl of his current season and reflects on one thing those of us who talk about everything being spiritual often forget — ourselves.

the practice of gratitude.

Sep 24th, 2019

Aaron talks a bit about Branches finances and where they stand at the moment. Mike shares a poem by Ross Gay and invites everyone to mingle in gratitude as a means of breaking our hearts open for others.

the two golf balls stuck between the rocks.

Sep 10th, 2019

Meredith gives an update from the board about Mike's role. Mike talks about a couple golf balls he found along the Spokane river and what they point toward.

what's alongside the chili dip?

Sep 2nd, 2019

Mike talked about some chili dip he buried in the backyard of a house he lived in during his college years. And how that buried chili dip and its elusiveness is representative of our ever-increasing difficulty to hear and learn and be with peop

stories sought.

Aug 27th, 2019

Our Seeking the Story series concludes with some thoughts from Mike about life thesis statements, and some moving stirrings from others regarding stories they pulled from the arbor.

move along little ducky, I love you.

Aug 20th, 2019

Mike talks about the balance of joy and pain and the world. And how negating one or the for the sake of the other, albeit a tendency, does a great disservice.