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Kindred Podcast
Kindred is a Christian community meeting in Reno, NV. If you'd like to join in on the discussion, visit Kindredchurchreno.com for service time, location, and other pertinent info. This podcast will feature content from the Sunday gatherings, as well as our occasional livestreams, interviews, and more. Contact Kindredchurchreno@gmail.com for questions or comments
Episodes
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The Parables of Jesus: "The Freedom of Forgiveness" and the Unforgiving Servant with Ron Toft
When someone hurts us, it can feel like they owe us something. An apology. Restitution. An acknowledgment of the pain they caused. And sometimes, we hold onto…
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The Parables of Jesus: "What Are You Serving? The Shrewd Manager with Al Berreman
The story of the dishonest manager is one of Jesus’ strangest parables—and one that raises an uncomfortable question: Who or what are we really serving? In…
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The Parables of Jesus: Bigger Barns with Ron Toft
Jesus' parable of the rich fool asks an uncomfortable question: What good is it to accumulate more and more if we're only storing it up for ourselves? In this…
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The Parables of Jesus: The Pursuing Love of God with Brandon Evans
God's love is not passive. It pursues people—especially those who have been hurt and pushed away. In this message, we take another look at Jesus' parable of…
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Sabbath: The God Who Rests with Garrett McGeein
What does it mean that we worship a God who rests? In this message, we explore the biblical idea of Sabbath—not simply as taking a day off, but as an…
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Sabbath: The World Sabbath Builds with Ron Toft
What if Sabbath isn't simply about taking a day off, but about learning to live in a world shaped by trust instead of fear? This message explores Sabbath as…
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Born Again, Again with Brandon Evans
What if being "born again" isn't a one-time event, but an ongoing invitation? Drawing from the Reformation, Rosh Hashanah, and the teachings of Jesus, Brandon…
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Learning to Receive God's Love, with Al Berreman
Al bravely shares a deeply personal reflection on shame, grace, and discovering that God's love isn't something we earn—it's something we learn to receive…
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Beyond "Who's In and Who's Out"
Brandon Evans explores how his understanding of what it means to be a Christian has shifted from defining who's "in" and "out" to following the way of Jesus…
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Transformations of Faith: From A Rigid and Perfect Orchard to A Beautiful and Wild Garden with Lorrel Toft
Lorrel walks us through the evolution of her church life and thought as she has shifted from rigid perfectionism to a place where she can embrace the messy…
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Transformations of Faith: Idolatry vs Community with Ron Toft
Ron Toft shares his varied experience with church and how those experiences have led him to desire a church expression concerned less with programs and more…
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Transformations of Faith: Beyond the Words with Brandon Evans
Brandon Evans explores how God can speak through the Bible beyond perfect interpretation, meeting us in our limited understanding and transforming us toward…
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Transformations of Faith: Chosen and Choosing with Jeremy James
Jeremy James explores the tension between God’s sovereignty and human choice, asking how predestination, free will, and personal responsibility can all be…
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Transformations of Faith: Beyond the Boxes: Rethinking Marriage, Faith, and Equality with Charlotte and Josh Bronson
Charlotte and Josh Bronson share their journey from complementarianism to partnership, reflecting on faith, marriage, parenting, and why equality has become…
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Transformations of Faith: Your Work, Your Way, Your Time with Grace Nichols
Grace Nichols shares a moving reflection on how life's hardest losses transformed her understanding of prayer from seeking outcomes to trusting God's presence…
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Transformations of Faith: From Rules to Relationship with Ginny Howard
What if God isn't asking you to perform, but simply inviting you to show up honestly and experience a faith rooted in love instead of fear? Kindred Church is a…
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Transformations of Faith: Child-like Faith with Garrett McGeein
Garrett McGeein reflects on the confusing and often contradictory messages many people inherit from religion, exploring how fear, shame, and grace can become…
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Transformations of Faith: Being the Body of Christ with Brandon Evans
Brandon Evans reflects on his complicated relationship with the church, from childhood faith and ministry leadership to disillusionment, burnout, and…
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Transformations of Faith: Justice, Mercy, and Systems of Power with Scott Frank
Scott shares a deeply personal reflection on liberation theology, justice, and the radical call of Jesus to stand with the marginalized, challenge systems of…
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Transformations of Faith: Love and Beloved with Al Berreman
Al kicks off the Transformations of Faith series by sharing her shift from a materialist worldview to a belief in free will grounded in love. She reflects on…
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Genesis: Stardust with Sean Hafemann
Sean revisits Genesis through a modern lens, exploring what the story of creation might look like in light of today’s understanding of the universe. Drawing…
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Easter Sunday 2026 with Brandon Evans
Brandon takes a thoughtful look at Easter, exploring the deeper meaning behind Jesus’ death and resurrection. Instead of rushing to easy answers, this message…
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Genesis: Tower of Babel with Al Berreman
A fresh look at the Tower of Babel—not as a story of pride, but of fear. Al explores how our drive for control and security can pull us away from trust, and…
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Genesis: When the waters rise with Rob Griffin
Rob Griffin explores the reality of rising and receding waters—those overwhelming seasons that don’t last forever, and how to stay steady while you’re in them…
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Genesis: The Uncontrolling Love of God with Rob Griffin
In this message, Rob Griffin explores a different way of thinking about God’s power in the world. Drawing from open and relational theology, he asks a…
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Genesis: Reading the Flood Through the Lens of Jesus with Rob Griffin
Rob Griffin takes a fresh look at the story of Noah and the flood, exploring how ancient cultures interpreted catastrophic events and how similar flood stories…
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Genesis: Original Blessing with Garrett McGeein
We look at original sin, total depravity, and the instinct to assign blame. Jesus rejects that framework entirely. Instead of asking who deserves what, he…
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Genesis: Grace was first with Garrett McGeein
This week looks at the Cain and Abel story through the lens of relationship instead of condemnation. It wrestles with rejection, suffering, and the idea that…
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Genesis: Good Not Perfect with Garrett McGeein
Genesis 3 has shaped how many people understand humanity, failure, and distance from the divine. But what if the story is less about perfection lost and more…
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Genesis: A Working Model of Heaven on Earth with Ron Toft
In this message, Ron Toft continues Kindred’s journey through Genesis 1–2, highlighting two core themes: unity and the earth as God’s dwelling place. Ron…
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Genesis: The Earth is God's Temple with Ron Toft
We continue our Genesis series with Ron Toft exploring Genesis 1–2 as an origin story of relationship, not a battleground between sides. Ron reframes the…
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Genesis: Reading Genesis the Way They Did with Ron Toft
In this week’s teaching, Ron Toft invites us into the ancient world of Genesis 1–2 and asks a different question than many of us grew up with — not how God…
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Advent 2025: Returning to the Manger with Kristine Caliger
Why do we keep returning to the Christmas story when the world is still hard and unfinished? In this Christmas reflection, Kristine explores the birth of Jesus…
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Advent 2025: Peace with Rob Griffin
In this Advent message, Rob reflects on peace as more than the absence of conflict. He traces the biblical idea of shalom — wholeness, harmony, and the world…
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Advent 2025: Learning to Wait Without Losing Heart with Lorrel Toft
This week, Laurel opens up a tender, grounding reflection on Advent through the lens of waiting - not as passive endurance, but as the lived ache of longing…
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Progressive Christianity: What do we teach our kids? with Jessie Townsend
In this message, Jessie Townsend wraps up our series on Progressive Christianity by exploring what we choose to place in our kids’ “backpacks” as they grow…
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Progressive Christianity: What about the afterlife? with Garrett McGeein
This week, Garrett opens up the book of Jonah in a way that hits a little closer to home than expected. He explores why Jonah really ran, what mercy looks like…
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Progressive Christianity: What about evangelism? with Garrett McGeein
In this episode Garrett McGeein digs into the pressure many of us inherited around evangelism — the fear, the urgency, the sense that you're always one…
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Progressive Christianity: What is church and does it matter? with Bobby Hilberg
In this episode, Bobby Hilberg leads a heartfelt reflection on what it means to be “the church” in a progressive, inclusive context. Drawing on insights from…
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Progressive Christianity: What about gender and sexuality? with Al Berreman
In this week’s message, Al Berreman explores gender and sexuality through a progressive Christian lens — not as an argument for inclusion, but as a starting…
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Progressive Christianity: What about marriage? with Brandon Evans
What does it really mean to have a “biblical” marriage? In this week’s message, Brandon Evans reexamines traditional views of marriage through a progressive…
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Progressive Christianity: What does it mean to be saved? With Ron Toft
In this week’s message, Ron continues Kindred’s series on Progressive Christianity with an honest exploration of salvation, sin, and what it means that God is…
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Progressive Christianity: What is sin? with Ron Toft
In this episode of the Kindred Podcast, Ron Toft takes on the weighty topic of sin with both honesty and hope. Ron reframes sin not just as personal moral…
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Progressive Christianity: How does God interact with the world? with Brandon Evans
In this week’s Kindred gathering, Brandon opens up about a deeply personal shift in how he understands God’s role in the world. Drawing from his own journey of…
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Progressive Christianity: Who is God, and how do we know them? with Al Berreman
In this episode, Al Berreman asks the big question: Who is God, and how do we know them? Through stories from scripture and our own community, Al reflects on…
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What Is Progressive Christianity? Rethinking the Bible with Rob Griffin
This week, Pastor Rob continues our series on Progressive Christianity by asking: What do we do with the Bible in this space? Together, we explore traditional…
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What Is Progressive Christianity? with Dr. Brandon Evans
This week on the Kindred Podcast, Dr. Brandon Evans kicks off our new series Creatively Progressive Christianity. Brandon shares his own journey of faith…
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Acts - Building the Kingdom Within the Empire with Ron Toft
In this episode, Ron Toft wraps up Kindred’s months-long series on the book of Acts with a challenge: what if our calling isn’t to overthrow the ‘empires’ of…
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Acts - No More of This: Power, Protest, and the Kingdom of God with Garrett McGeein
What does it look like to live out the values of Jesus in a world shaped by empire and domination? In this episode, Garrett McGeein explores the story of…
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Acts - Undoing the Damage: Women, the Church, and a Better Way Forward with Rob Griffin
In this episode, Rob Griffin reflects on the theology of complementarianism—what it is, where it came from, and the harm it’s caused. Drawing from scripture…
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Acts - A Growing Covenant with Alison Berreman
This week, Allison Berreman explores the evolving relationship between God and Abraham in Genesis 15–17. What begins as an unconditional promise becomes a…
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Acts - What Is to Prevent Me? Deconstructing the Story of the Ethiopian Eunuch with Rob Griffin
In this episode, Rob Griffin unpacks the story of the Ethiopian eunuch in Acts 8, inviting us to see it not just as a story of conversion, but as a radical…
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Acts - When It’s Our Turn: Power, Protest, and the Spirit of God with Ron Toft
In this timely and challenging message, Ron Toft reflects on the early church’s response to oppression in the book of Acts—and asks what it means for us today…
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Acts - Tradition vs. the Spirit: How Christianity Keeps Evolving with Dr. Brandon Evans
In this powerful message, Brandon Evans explores the tension between religious tradition and the surprising, uncontainable movement of the Holy Spirit—both in…
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Acts - Christ, Empire, and the Power of Parallel Care with Alison Berreman
In this episode, Alison Berreman reflects on what the early church’s response to empire can teach us today. Using Acts 11 and 12, she contrasts the resilience…
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Lessons from Cuba: How We Respond to Poverty with Grace Nichols
In this eye-opening episode, Grace Nichols shares reflections from her recent trip to Cuba, weaving personal experience, historical context, and biblical…
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Middle Knowledge: Navigating Divine Omniscience and Human Freedom with Garrett McGeein
In this thought-provoking episode of the Kindred podcast, Garrett McGeein dives deep into the tension between divine omniscience and human free will, exploring…
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Giving Without Losing Yourself with Alison Berreman
In this heartfelt and theologically rich reflection, Alison Berreman explores the difference between sacrificial love and generative giving. Drawing on the…
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Easter Sunday 2025 - The Mosaic of Good News with Kristine Caliger
In this Easter message, Kristine Caliger explores the multifaceted nature of the gospel—not as a single answer or formula, but as a mosaic of stories and…
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Palm Sunday 24 - Kingdom Is as Kingdom Does with Garrett McGeein
In this Palm Sunday message, Garrett McGeein reflects on Jesus’ so-called “triumphal entry” and reclaims it as something far more subversive and quiet: an…