I’m Craig Smith, and I have the privilege of serving as the lead pastor at Mission Hills Church in south Denver. I love answering difficult questions with Bible driven truth. Today we’re going to answer the question, “Why do bad things happen to good people?”
For married couples, keeping your relationship healthy and strong needs to be a top priority. We know marriage is important to God, too: He instituted marriage, and when the Pharisees tried to test Jesus by asking about divorce, His teaching about the importance of...
We’re really excited for today’s episode in our Identity Series on Anchor + Waves as we have two staff members involved! Wren, whom you’ve been listening to, interviews our very own Katie DeClet. Whether you know Katie from her days in the youth department, the care and counseling center, or on the sports field heading up our co-ed sports and rec activities, she has an incredible passion about her. Listen in today as she and Wren talk about basketball, the development of faith (and what it really means to own that) along with carrying on through something as we add purpose to journeys in our lives. You don’t want to miss this one!
My wife became pregnant in September of last year and we recently found out we are having a boy. So, as God wills, I will become a father in 16 weeks. As the initial shock of the big reveal subsided, I was flooded with thoughts of his first steps, his first words, his...
Join our Email Campaign! Are you stuck? Perhaps you feel trapped in a broken relationship or a dead-end job. Maybe you’re dealing with chronic pain, overwhelming debt, or an unhealthy habit you just can’t kick. From time to time, we all feel like our lives are dictated by our circumstances. Yet, in Paul’s surprising message to the Philippians, he lays out a new vision for our lives where we’re not slaves to our circumstances. Instead, he invites us to discover the freedom of living in God’s boundless provision.
This is a Young Professionals life group for ages 25-35. This group provides a place for those looking to transition from Young Adults to Young Professionals.
This is a new group. We recently moved to Colorado in the summer of 2023 after retiring from the military and are excited to be part of the new Castle Rock campus. We’d love to build relationships with singles and couples of all ages as we do life together.
Baptism is an important part of your faith journey. We’re so excited you’re ready to take this next step!
The Gospel has often been presented as a one-time decision that grants you your “get-out-of-hell-free” card; as that prayer, you once prayed that equipped you with fire insurance for eternity. If that’s what we believe the Gospel is, we’ve...
Ever felt disconnected, disassociated, dysfunctional, disjoined, disapproved, distant, disappointed…just straight up dissed? God doesn’t disconnect from people, so we know the problem isn’t God. In fact, he designed a model for us to be a part of that is imperative to who we are as Christians. It’s called the church body. And weekly worship is an important way that as the body, we can connect.
Today we continue our summer series having impromptu conversations about what God is doing in each of our lives. In this episode, Matt shares how he is leaning into finding rest and moments of calm with the Lord while there is so much uncertainty in his life right now. Micah and Kelly chime in and share what rest looks like for them. Rest can look different in each season of life or from person to person. How are you resting in God during this season in your life?
Glad to have you back on the Clarify podcast for our sixth episode. We try and get these out on the second Monday of the month, but sometimes ministry happens. Today, we have an old friend on the podcast that we’ve been looking forward to since the genesis of this podcast, Mike Romberger. Mike is an old friend of Mission Hills, the staff and the congregation as he was the senior pastor before Craig came on to staff. Mike has some amazing insight on what it looks like to lead a small church through exponential growth, laying out a foundation to build growing ministries upon, and delivered a fun, sweater-vest filled perspective on life from the pulpit. Listen in as Craig and Mike talk about everything from filling big shoes to establishing solid vision for a hungry congregation.
Walking with Jesus is “Marching to a different drum!” My husband Tim and I chose that drum beat as first-generation Christians. We both had great values & morals displayed in our families, such as great love, generosity, and more, but we both sensed something was missing.
Colin, Danny, and Justin are joined by Craig as they go through a deep dive on what goes into sermon series planning, how the Bible is still relevant today, the different types of preaching styles and topics and so much more. We really wanted to focus on bridging that gap between non-Christians’ arguments on how “The Bible is old and doesn’t have anything to say about today’s problems or what I’m going through in this modern age.” Stay tuned for the end of the episode as we do a fun movie draft focused on Shakespeare adaptations and what that means to modern movie watchers. You’re not going to want to miss this episode, as always, thanks for tuning in.
Welcome back to Uncharted as we begin our few-episode-push into STORY. We are driven by them, moved by them, and drawn to them more than we know! Entire organizations and workshops and seminars are designed around teaching us how to produce them well. Industries are built around them and almost every art piece can be reduced to one. This Men’s Channel is designed to help us navigate the unforeseen territories in life, and what is more relatable than a good story.
With that in mind, today, we have something fun for you: a bunch of stories from the road from musicians. Tune in today as we invite Tyler Wells in to share some heartfelt, bizarre, and funny stories from his previous life in a band, and Danny and Justin jump in with some fun stories about gigs in the past as well! And stick around for the second half of the episode as we have Danny’s good friend Dave Beegle join us to really kick things into gear!
We are so pumped to kick off our newly formatted Uncharted with you guys here in 2022! We are passionate about making that first step into the unknown of manhood less daunting. And today, we’re answering your questions. We asked you to write in [uncharted@missionhills.org] and let us know what’s on your hearts and what’s going on in your lives: big and small. The guys talk about what they’re listening to, how to share The Gospel with friends who aren’t Christians (and may not want to hear about it from you at this point), what’s the tough points in marriage, and so much more. This podcast is meant to be an open conversation and look into the lives of the hosts, who are in three different stages of life. Tune in and let us know what questions you have! Stick around for the end of the episodes as well as Tyler Wells and Chris Goble join Colin to do a social and pop-cultural peek into 2007 with their returning segment: The Draft.
“We just drifted apart.” We will never know how many times this statement has woven itself into stories of marital crisis and divorce. We all know that having a great marriage is hard work and that a perfect marriage is impossible. So how do imperfect marriages stay great? One key is that they catch their drift.
Welcome back to our first episode of 2019! Today, we have the privilege of hearing from Lindsy Tucker. Lindsy is a worship leader at Truth Calvary Church in Denver who is passionate about communicating what it means to truly be a “worshipper”. Sharon and Lindsy discuss what it means to be a mom in uncharted territory, what it means to have those around you invest in you, and to run whole-heartedly after our Creator, every single day. Lindsy has an amazing story that she will take us through part of today in this episode, that we can’t wait for you to enjoy.
Sometimes ministry can be hard, people can be hard, and where God is leading us can be confusing. Today we have hosts Justin and Colin kicking off the episode by giving you a behind the scenes peek into what ministry looks like on the M-F grind. Stay tuned as Justin calls one of his best friends in the world (all the way from South Africa), Justin Zeeman. The Justins talk about everything from trusting God in hard times, dealing with tough people when ministry seems bleak, burnout, and a whole lot more. And don’t miss a return to our Rushmore Segment as Zac Anderson jumps on to break down from Thriller movies. A great summer time listen!
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