Kearney First UMC Podcasts

Stories of Easter: Elf

Have you ever heard a story that reminds you of another story? During this Easter season, we are offering this Easter Stories podcast.  In this episode, Pastor Matt compares Buddy the Elf's longing for acceptance and love to our Christian faith and salvation through the grace of God.

Questions of Easter: What About That Guy?

Welcome to the sixth sermon in our "Questions of Easter" sermon series.  In this sermon, Pastor Seungli looks at Peter's question, "What about him (John)?"  Pastor Seungli addresses the question and, with a briny pickle analogy, connects it to our own calling to follow Jesus.

Stories of Easter: Finding Nemo

Have you ever heard a story that reminds you of another story? During this Easter season, we are offering this Easter Stories podcast.  In this episode, Pastor Matt compares Nemo, Marlin, and Dory telling all the other fish to swim down together, to our calling to work together to show the love of God to others.

Questions of Easter: Do You Love Me?

Welcome to the fifth sermon in our "Questions of Easter" sermon series.  In this sermon, Pastor Matt looks at Jesus' question "Do you love me?" and ponders how we can show Jesus' love, the love of God given through grace, to others.

Stories of Easter: Cars

Have you ever heard a story that reminds you of another story? During this Easter season, we are offering this Easter Stories podcast.  In this episode, Pastor Matt compares on Jesus calling out to his disciples to cast their nets on the other side of their boat to Doc Hudson from Disney's Cars telling Lightning McQueen to turn right to go left.

Questions of Easter: Do You Have Any Fish?

Welcome to the fourth sermon in our "Questions of Easter" sermon series.  In this sermon, Pastor Matt looks at Jesus' question to his disciples when they returned to their old occupations, "Do you have any fish?"  When Jesus asks the church, "Do you have any fish?" we can say, "Show us your vision and renew our hearts to faithfully and courageously follow your calling."

Stories of Easter: The Lion King

Have you ever heard a story that reminds you of another story? During this Easter season, we are offering this Easter Stories podcast.  In this episode, Pastor Matt connects Simba's spiritual journey in The Lion King to our understanding of the resurrection of Jesus' body and our own resurrected body understanding after this life.

Questions of Easter: What is His Body Like?

Welcome to the third sermon in our "Questions of Easter" sermon series.  In this sermon, Pastor Matt addresses the question of "What is His Body Like?" by connecting the disciples witnessing Jesus' resurrected body to the importance of our witness of God who cares about human lives and limitations through Jesus' fully human resurrected body.

Easter Stories: Alice in Wonderland and The Matrix

Have you ever heard a story that reminds you of another story? During this Easter season, we are offering this Easter Stories podcast.  In this episode, Pastor Matt compares elements from Alice in Wonderland and The Matrix to the story of Thomas' doubt and how our faith asks us to look at the world with a different vision or point of view.

Questions of Easter: What if Resurrection is Hard to Believe?

Welcome to the second sermon in our "Questions of Easter" sermon series.  In this sermon, Pastor Seungli addressed the question of "What if Resurrection is Hard to Believe?" by looking at Thomas and the growth that comes from doubt.