Peace | The Podcast
This podcast is from Peace, A United Methodist Community, located in Shoreview, Minnesota. Most of what you will hear are the Sunday morning messages. Peace is a community that is reconciling and growing FOR EVERYONE.
This podcast is from Peace, A United Methodist Community, located in Shoreview, Minnesota. Most of what you will hear are the Sunday morning messages. Peace is a community that is reconciling and growing FOR EVERYONE.
Episodes

Tuesday Aug 26, 2025
Adventures in Missing the Point | The Parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus
Tuesday Aug 26, 2025
Tuesday Aug 26, 2025
Jesus spent most of his time teaching people about God’s Kingdom (or Kin-dom), and used this unique teaching tool – parables – to engage people. They are creative and thought-provoking, relevant and insightful. Jesus also used these stories to teach people about the values of this new way of love and justice…this counter-cultural way of being human.
AND…they are more applicable to our context than we could ever imagine!
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This podcast is from Peace, A United Methodist Community in Shoreview, MN.
Our intro and outro music is Unstoppable by Ketsa.
Additional music is by Three Music.
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Peace | United Methodist Community
OUR MISSION:
reconciling and growing for everyone
VISION:
partnering with God to experience the flourishing of all things
INCLUSION:
affirming all people as a gift of God’s love through a careful use of language in our liturgy and music, while celebrating and including all people at every level of leadership and service

Thursday Aug 21, 2025
How Can This Be True | The Parable of the Persistent Widow
Thursday Aug 21, 2025
Thursday Aug 21, 2025
Jesus spent most of his time teaching people about God’s Kingdom (or Kin-dom), and used this unique teaching tool – parables – to engage people. They are creative and thought-provoking, relevant and insightful. Jesus also used these stories to teach people about the values of this new way of love and justice…this counter-cultural way of being human.
AND…they are more applicable to our context than we could ever imagine!
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This podcast is from Peace, A United Methodist Community in Shoreview, MN.
Our intro and outro music is Unstoppable by Ketsa.
Additional music is by Three Music.
_____
Peace | United Methodist Community
OUR MISSION:
reconciling and growing for everyone
VISION:
partnering with God to experience the flourishing of all things
INCLUSION:
affirming all people as a gift of God’s love through a careful use of language in our liturgy and music, while celebrating and including all people at every level of leadership and service

Tuesday Aug 05, 2025
Mr. Rogers Neighborhood, Daniel Tiger, and ??? | The Parable of New Wineskins
Tuesday Aug 05, 2025
Tuesday Aug 05, 2025
The Parable of New Wineskins seems to be about abandoning the old and replacing it with the new. But what if the old and new are both needed? What happens when our traditions are not to be lost when our imagination invites new growth?
Jesus spent most of his time teaching people about God’s Kingdom (or Kin-dom), and used this unique teaching tool – parables – to engage people. They are creative and thought-provoking, relevant and insightful. Jesus also used these stories to teach people about the values of this new way of love and justice…this counter-cultural way of being human.
AND…they are more applicable to our context than we could ever imagine!
_____
This podcast is from Peace, A United Methodist Community in Shoreview, MN.
Our intro and outro music is Unstoppable by Ketsa.
Additional music is by Three Music.
_____
Peace | United Methodist Community
OUR MISSION:
reconciling and growing for everyone
VISION:
partnering with God to experience the flourishing of all things
INCLUSION:
affirming all people as a gift of God’s love through a careful use of language in our liturgy and music, while celebrating and including all people at every level of leadership and service

Tuesday Jul 29, 2025
Three Hats and One Mustard Tree | The Parable of the Mustard Seed
Tuesday Jul 29, 2025
Tuesday Jul 29, 2025
Jesus spent most of his time teaching people about God’s Kingdom (or Kin-dom), and used this unique teaching tool – parables – to engage people. They are creative and thought-provoking, relevant and insightful. Jesus also used these stories to teach people about the values of this new way of love and justice…this counter-cultural way of being human.
AND…they are more applicable to our context than we could ever imagine!
_____
This podcast is from Peace, A United Methodist Community in Shoreview, MN.
Our intro and outro music is Unstoppable by Ketsa.
Additional music is by Three Music.
_____
Peace | United Methodist Community
OUR MISSION:
reconciling and growing for everyone
VISION:
partnering with God to experience the flourishing of all things
INCLUSION:
affirming all people as a gift of God’s love through a careful use of language in our liturgy and music, while celebrating and including all people at every level of leadership and service

Tuesday Jul 22, 2025
I Don't Like This Sermon | The Parable of the Rich Fool
Tuesday Jul 22, 2025
Tuesday Jul 22, 2025
MONEY. WEALTH. RICHES. Whether we want to believe it or not, our place in history, our place in the world, puts us in the category of the wealthy. We can always look to someone with more...but Jesus gave this parable to poor, subjugated peasants in first century Palestine...so we don't have an excuse not to engage the hard realities of what Jesus is saying.
But what if Jesus isn't simply against wealth?!
Could this parable be more nuanced than that?
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Jesus spent most of his time teaching people about God’s Kingdom (or Kin-dom), and used this unique teaching tool – parables – to engage people. They are creative and thought-provoking, relevant and insightful. Jesus also used these stories to teach people about the values of this new way of love and justice…this counter-cultural way of being human.
AND…they are more applicable to our context than we could ever imagine!
_____
This podcast is from Peace, A United Methodist Community in Shoreview, MN.
Our intro and outro music is Unstoppable by Ketsa.
Additional music is by Three Music.
_____
Peace | United Methodist Community
OUR MISSION:
reconciling and growing for everyone
VISION:
partnering with God to experience the flourishing of all things
INCLUSION:
affirming all people as a gift of God’s love through a careful use of language in our liturgy and music, while celebrating and including all people at every level of leadership and service

Tuesday Jul 15, 2025
Talking Tax Collectors and Prostitutes | The Parable of the Two Sons
Tuesday Jul 15, 2025
Tuesday Jul 15, 2025
Jesus spent most of his time teaching people about God’s Kingdom (or Kin-dom), and used this unique teaching tool – parables – to engage people. They are creative and thought-provoking, relevant and insightful. Jesus also used these stories to teach people about the values of this new way of love and justice…this counter-cultural way of being human.
AND…they are more applicable to our context than we could ever imagine!
_____
This podcast is from Peace, A United Methodist Community in Shoreview, MN.
Our intro and outro music is Unstoppable by Ketsa.
Additional music is by Three Music.
_____
Peace | United Methodist Community
OUR MISSION:
reconciling and growing for everyone
VISION:
partnering with God to experience the flourishing of all things
INCLUSION:
affirming all people as a gift of God’s love through a careful use of language in our liturgy and music, while celebrating and including all people at every level of leadership and service

Monday Jul 07, 2025
The Scariest Verse In The Bible | The Parable of the Divided Kingdom
Monday Jul 07, 2025
Monday Jul 07, 2025
Jesus spent most of his time teaching people about God’s Kingdom (or Kin-dom), and used this unique teaching tool – parables – to engage people.
They are creative and thought-provoking, relevant and insightful. Jesus also used these stories to teach people about the values of this new way of love and justice…this counter-cultural way of being human.
AND…they are more applicable to our context than we could ever imagine!
_____
This podcast is from Peace, A United Methodist Community in Shoreview, MN.
Our intro and outro music is Unstoppable by Ketsa.
Additional music is by Three Music.
_____
Peace | United Methodist Community
OUR MISSION:
reconciling and growing for everyone
VISION:
partnering with God to experience the flourishing of all things
INCLUSION:
affirming all people as a gift of God’s love through a careful use of language in our liturgy and music, while celebrating and including all people at every level of leadership and service

Tuesday Jun 17, 2025
Trajectories | How do we move towards grace?
Tuesday Jun 17, 2025
Tuesday Jun 17, 2025
On Saturday, June 14th, we woke in Minnesota to the devastating news that Representative Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark had been murdered, and that Senator John Hoffman and his wife Yvette were in critical condition after being shot.
The question that lingered on my mind was, 'How do we move towards grace?'
There isn't an easy or simple answer, and this might not be the time for one. But as followers of Jesus and as those who believe in the ever-present reality of grace, we struggle to move in the direction of love and justice even when we might not want to.
Naming truth. Modeling love. Witnesses to grace.
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This podcast is from Peace, A United Methodist Community in Shoreview, MN.
Our intro and outro music is Unstoppable by Ketsa.
Additional music is by Three Music.
_____
Peace | United Methodist Community
OUR MISSION:
reconciling and growing for everyone
VISION:
partnering with God to experience the flourishing of all things
INCLUSION:
affirming all people as a gift of God’s love through a careful use of language in our liturgy and music, while celebrating and including all people at every level of leadership and service

Monday Jun 02, 2025
The Comment Section of Facebook | The Parable of the Sower
Monday Jun 02, 2025
Monday Jun 02, 2025
Jesus spent most of his time teaching people about God’s Kingdom (or Kin-dom), and used this unique teaching tool – parables – to engage people. They are creative and thought-provoking, relevant and insightful. Jesus also used these stories to teach people about the values of this new way of love and justice…this counter-cultural way of being human.
AND…they are more applicable to our context than we could ever imagine!
_____
This podcast is from Peace, A United Methodist Community in Shoreview, MN.
Our intro and outro music is Unstoppable by Ketsa.
Additional music is by Three Music.
_____
Peace | United Methodist Community
OUR MISSION:
reconciling and growing for everyone
VISION:
partnering with God to experience the flourishing of all things
INCLUSION:
affirming all people as a gift of God’s love through a careful use of language in our liturgy and music, while celebrating and including all people at every level of leadership and service

Monday May 19, 2025
Prodigal | Partying & Partying
Monday May 19, 2025
Monday May 19, 2025
The Parable of the Prodigal Son (or the Forgiving Father) in Luke 15 is one of the most famous parables in scripture. The audacity of the story on every level is what still makes it one of the most impactful stories in all of the Bible.
The plan is to look at it from four perspectives. The younger son who leaves, the father who is waiting, the older brother who stayed home, and the communities with whom they interacted along the way.
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April 27 | Leaving & Returning
May 4 | Waiting & Forgiving (Communion)
May 11 | Refusing & Confusing
May 18 | Partying & Partying
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This podcast is from Peace, A United Methodist Community in Shoreview, MN.
Our intro and outro music is Unstoppable by Ketsa.
Additional music is by Three Music.
Brief music from Miley Cyrus, The B-52s, Flo Rida, Coldplay, a-ha, ABBA.
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Peace | United Methodist Community
OUR MISSION:
reconciling and growing for everyone
VISION:
partnering with God to experience the flourishing of all things
INCLUSION:
affirming all people as a gift of God’s love through a careful use of language in our liturgy and music, while celebrating and including all people at every level of leadership and service

Peace | The Podcast
May this space be one of welcome FOR EVERYONE. Peace is an inclusive community that is modeled after the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus, the Christ. Our hope is that these messages encourage, challenge, and move people towards all that God not only intends for their lives, but for the building of God's beautiful community on earth as it is in heaven.







