web01.fireside.fm Wed, 15 Apr 2026 14:00:41 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) https://kingstownecommunion.fireside.fm/tags/reason Fri, 26 Sep 2025 06:00:00 -0400 Welcome to the Table! You are listening to the Kingstowne Communion podcast, with lead pastor Michelle Matthews. The Kingstowne Communion is a new United Methodist church existing to gather people into communion with Jesus Christ and extend God's table into the world through courageous conversation, creative community, and collaborating for the common good. We worship at Hayfield Secondary School (7630 Telegraph Rd, Door 9 off Old Telegraph) every Sunday at 10am. For more information, visit kingstownecommunion.net, or like, follow, or subscribe on Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube. en-us episodic We exist to gather people into communion with Jesus Christ. Michelle Matthews Welcome to the Table! You are listening to the Kingstowne Communion podcast, with lead pastor Michelle Matthews. The Kingstowne Communion is a new United Methodist church existing to gather people into communion with Jesus Christ and extend God's table into the world through courageous conversation, creative community, and collaborating for the common good. We worship at Hayfield Secondary School (7630 Telegraph Rd, Door 9 off Old Telegraph) every Sunday at 10am. For more information, visit kingstownecommunion.net, or like, follow, or subscribe on Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube. no Michelle Matthews michelle@kingstownecommunion.net https://kingstownecommunion.fireside.fm/650 56aac24a-49c9-41ea-b357-069da619a7aa Fri, 26 Sep 2025 06:00:00 -0400 Michelle Matthews full Michelle Matthews Sunday, September 21, 2025 | You Asked For It | Pastor Michelle preaches in our summer 2025 series based on the questions our congregation has asked for, this week answering: "Who was Jesus the ordinary man, as represented across the three Abrahamic faith traditions?" 35:22 no Sunday, September 21, 2025 | You Asked For It | Pastor Michelle preaches in our summer 2025 series based on the questions our congregation has asked for, this week answering: "Who was Jesus the ordinary man, as represented across the three Abrahamic faith traditions?" compassion, mercy, grace, Abrahamic faiths, Solomon, Jesus, imago dei, you asked for it, ask me anything, question, answer, doubt, faith, ask, father, war, death penalty, capital punishment, mercy, justice, evangelicalism, sex, purity culture, pluralism, multi-faith, religion, morality, moral code, ethics, bible, science, reason, faith, artificial intelligence, AGI, AI, human, name of Jesus, blessing, blessed, God's will, plan, direction, yes and, christian nationalism, kingdom of heaven, 1 Samuel, mistakes, regrets Sunday, September 21, 2025 | You Asked For It | Pastor Michelle preaches in our summer 2025 series based on the questions our congregation has asked for, this week answering: "Who was Jesus the ordinary man, as represented across the three Abrahamic faith traditions?"

]]> Sunday, September 21, 2025 | You Asked For It | Pastor Michelle preaches in our summer 2025 series based on the questions our congregation has asked for, this week answering: "Who was Jesus the ordinary man, as represented across the three Abrahamic faith traditions?"

]]> https://kingstownecommunion.fireside.fm/649 e48c8970-ede0-439b-a973-96de02639fab Thu, 18 Sep 2025 12:00:00 -0400 Michelle Matthews full Michelle Matthews Sunday, September 14, 2025 | You Asked For It | Pastor Michelle preaches in our summer 2025 series based on the questions our congregation has asked for, this week answering: "Does God make mistakes or have regrets?" 28:25 no Sunday, September 14, 2025 | You Asked For It | Pastor Michelle preaches in our summer 2025 series based on the questions our congregation has asked for, this week answering: "Does God make mistakes or have regrets?" Jesus, imago dei, you asked for it, ask me anything, question, answer, doubt, faith, ask, father, war, death penalty, capital punishment, mercy, justice, evangelicalism, sex, purity culture, pluralism, multi-faith, religion, morality, moral code, ethics, bible, science, reason, faith, artificial intelligence, AGI, AI, human, name of Jesus, blessing, blessed, God's will, plan, direction, yes and, christian nationalism, kingdom of heaven, 1 Samuel, mistakes, regrets Sunday, September 14, 2025 | You Asked For It | Pastor Michelle preaches in our summer 2025 series based on the questions our congregation has asked for, this week answering: "Does God make mistakes or have regrets?"

]]> Sunday, September 14, 2025 | You Asked For It | Pastor Michelle preaches in our summer 2025 series based on the questions our congregation has asked for, this week answering: "Does God make mistakes or have regrets?"

]]> https://kingstownecommunion.fireside.fm/648 0e399f75-5631-4795-9238-1e9573b08a83 Wed, 10 Sep 2025 13:00:00 -0400 Michelle Matthews full Michelle Matthews Sunday, September 7, 2025 | You Asked For It | Pastor Michelle preaches in our summer 2025 series based on the questions our congregation has asked for, this week answering: "Why is Christian nationalism so dangerous to our faith and the church?" 29:15 no Sunday, September 7, 2025 | You Asked For It | Pastor Michelle preaches in our summer 2025 series based on the questions our congregation has asked for, this week answering: "Why is Christian nationalism so dangerous to our faith and the church?" Jesus, imago dei, you asked for it, ask me anything, question, answer, doubt, faith, ask, father, war, death penalty, capital punishment, mercy, justice, evangelicalism, sex, purity culture, pluralism, multi-faith, religion, morality, moral code, ethics, bible, science, reason, faith, artificial intelligence, AGI, AI, human, name of Jesus, blessing, blessed, God's will, plan, direction, yes and, christian nationalism, kingdom of heaven Sunday, September 7, 2025 | You Asked For It | Pastor Michelle preaches in our summer 2025 series based on the questions our congregation has asked for, this week answering: "Why is Christian nationalism so dangerous to our faith and the church?"

]]> Sunday, September 7, 2025 | You Asked For It | Pastor Michelle preaches in our summer 2025 series based on the questions our congregation has asked for, this week answering: "Why is Christian nationalism so dangerous to our faith and the church?"

]]> https://kingstownecommunion.fireside.fm/647 63f48346-0191-42fc-ab15-079a35007e4f Tue, 09 Sep 2025 11:00:00 -0400 Michelle Matthews full Michelle Matthews Sunday, August 24, 2025 | Summer's End Worship at Pohick Bay Park | You Asked For It | Pastor Michelle preaches in our summer 2025 series based on the questions our congregation has asked for, this week answering: "Does God have a plan?" 23:44 no Sunday, August 24, 2025 | Summer's End Worship at Pohick Bay Park | You Asked For It | Pastor Michelle preaches in our summer 2025 series based on the questions our congregation has asked for, this week answering: "Does God have a plan?" Jesus, imago dei, you asked for it, ask me anything, question, answer, doubt, faith, ask, father, war, death penalty, capital punishment, mercy, justice, evangelicalism, sex, purity culture, pluralism, multi-faith, religion, morality, moral code, ethics, bible, science, reason, faith, artificial intelligence, AGI, AI, human, name of Jesus, blessing, blessed, God's will, plan, direction, yes and Sunday, August 24, 2025 | Summer's End Worship at Pohick Bay Park | You Asked For It | Pastor Michelle preaches in our summer 2025 series based on the questions our congregation has asked for, this week answering: "Does God have a plan?"

]]> Sunday, August 24, 2025 | Summer's End Worship at Pohick Bay Park | You Asked For It | Pastor Michelle preaches in our summer 2025 series based on the questions our congregation has asked for, this week answering: "Does God have a plan?"

]]> https://kingstownecommunion.fireside.fm/646 4a930dd8-bb13-47f4-b452-ce8fd3ee61e0 Tue, 09 Sep 2025 09:00:00 -0400 Michelle Matthews full Michelle Matthews Sunday, August 17, 2025 | Back-to-School Sunday at Rising Hope | You Asked For It | Pastor Michelle preaches in our summer 2025 series based on the questions our congregation has asked for, this week answering: "What's so powerful about the name of Jesus?" 18:36 no Sunday, August 17, 2025 | Back-to-School Sunday at Rising Hope | You Asked For It | Pastor Michelle preaches in our summer 2025 series based on the questions our congregation has asked for, this week answering: "What's so powerful about the name of Jesus?" Jesus, imago dei, you asked for it, ask me anything, question, answer, doubt, faith, ask, father, war, death penalty, capital punishment, mercy, justice, evangelicalism, sex, purity culture, pluralism, multi-faith, religion, morality, moral code, ethics, bible, science, reason, faith, artificial intelligence, AGI, AI, human, name of Jesus, blessing, blessed Sunday, August 17, 2025 | Back-to-School Sunday at Rising Hope | You Asked For It | Pastor Michelle preaches in our summer 2025 series based on the questions our congregation has asked for, this week answering: "What's so powerful about the name of Jesus?"

]]> Sunday, August 17, 2025 | Back-to-School Sunday at Rising Hope | You Asked For It | Pastor Michelle preaches in our summer 2025 series based on the questions our congregation has asked for, this week answering: "What's so powerful about the name of Jesus?"

]]> https://kingstownecommunion.fireside.fm/645 b7aa0b70-99cf-4dde-8a26-bb9ff393ebad Fri, 15 Aug 2025 12:00:00 -0400 Michelle Matthews full Michelle Matthews Sunday, August 10, 2025 | You Asked For It | Pastor Michelle preaches in our summer 2025 series based on the questions our congregation has asked for, this week answering: "How should we view A.I. development from a Christian perspective?" 35:56 no Sunday, August 10, 2025 | You Asked For It | Pastor Michelle preaches in our summer 2025 series based on the questions our congregation has asked for, this week answering: "How should we view A.I. development from a Christian perspective?" imago dei, you asked for it, ask me anything, question, answer, doubt, faith, ask, father, war, death penalty, capital punishment, mercy, justice, evangelicalism, sex, purity culture, pluralism, multi-faith, religion, morality, moral code, ethics, bible, science, reason, faith, artificial intelligence, AGI, AI, human Sunday, August 10, 2025 | You Asked For It | Pastor Michelle preaches in our summer 2025 series based on the questions our congregation has asked for, this week answering: "How should we view A.I. development from a Christian perspective?"

]]> Sunday, August 10, 2025 | You Asked For It | Pastor Michelle preaches in our summer 2025 series based on the questions our congregation has asked for, this week answering: "How should we view A.I. development from a Christian perspective?"

]]> https://kingstownecommunion.fireside.fm/644 ae220e36-4076-410a-b3d9-10e5c17e82b5 Wed, 06 Aug 2025 13:00:00 -0400 Michelle Matthews full Michelle Matthews Sunday, August 3, 2025 | You Asked For It | Pastor Michelle preaches in our summer 2025 series based on the questions our congregation has asked for, this week answering: "How much of the Bible am I supposed to believe?" 32:27 no Sunday, August 3, 2025 | You Asked For It | Pastor Michelle preaches in our summer 2025 series based on the questions our congregation has asked for, this week answering: "How much of the Bible am I supposed to believe?" you asked for it, ask me anything, question, answer, doubt, faith, ask, father, war, death penalty, capital punishment, mercy, justice, evangelicalism, sex, purity culture, pluralism, multi-faith, religion, morality, moral code, ethics, bible, science, reason, faith Sunday, August 3, 2025 | You Asked For It | Pastor Michelle preaches in our summer 2025 series based on the questions our congregation has asked for, this week answering: "How much of the Bible am I supposed to believe?"

]]> Sunday, August 3, 2025 | You Asked For It | Pastor Michelle preaches in our summer 2025 series based on the questions our congregation has asked for, this week answering: "How much of the Bible am I supposed to believe?"

]]> https://kingstownecommunion.fireside.fm/325 be4a274b-ea43-493f-8e24-2ca141eaeccf Tue, 20 Oct 2020 06:30:00 -0400 Michelle Matthews full Michelle Matthews Sunday, October 18, 2020 | Sunday Morning Worship | The 6th and final week of our fall series entitled "What We Talk About When We Talk About God." Michelle preaches from Ephesians 4 about the God who is SO, Bret and Gina lead us in "10,000 Reasons", and Claire and Ryan Battle share their testimony. 32:26 no Sunday, October 18, 2020 | Sunday Morning Worship | The 6th and final week of our fall series entitled "What We Talk About When We Talk About God." Michelle preaches from Ephesians 4 about the God who is SO, Bret and Gina lead us in "10,000 Reasons", and Claire and Ryan Battle share their testimony. what we talk about when we talk about god, open, mystery, bible, sermon, new testament, God, Jesus, both, with, for, ahead, so, mystery, freedom, reason, spirit, paradox, vision Sunday, October 18, 2020 | Sunday Morning Worship | The 6th and final week of our fall series entitled "What We Talk About When We Talk About God." Michelle preaches from Ephesians 4 about the God who is SO, Bret and Gina lead us in "10,000 Reasons", and Claire and Ryan Battle share their testimony.

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]]> Sunday, October 11, 2020 | Sunday Morning Worship | Week 5 of our fall series entitled "What We Talk About When We Talk About God." Michelle preaches from Revelation 7 and 21 about the God who is AHEAD and Bret & Gina lead us in a favorite hymn "Be Thou My Vision."

]]> https://kingstownecommunion.fireside.fm/323 4415dd58-e4fa-4721-9647-4b3746b21e4a Thu, 08 Oct 2020 06:30:00 -0400 Michelle Matthews full Michelle Matthews Sunday, October 4, 2020 | Sunday Morning Worship | Week 4 of our fall series entitled "What We Talk About When We Talk About God." Michelle preaches from Romans 8 about the God who is FOR and Bret & Gina lead us in "More Than Conquerors." 26:28 no Sunday, October 4, 2020 | Sunday Morning Worship | Week 4 of our fall series entitled "What We Talk About When We Talk About God." Michelle preaches from Romans 8 about the God who is FOR and Bret & Gina lead us in "More Than Conquerors." what we talk about when we talk about god, open, mystery, bible, sermon, new testament, God, Jesus, both, with, for, ahead, so, mystery, freedom, reason, spirit, paradox, vision Sunday, October 4, 2020 | Sunday Morning Worship | Week 4 of our fall series entitled "What We Talk About When We Talk About God." Michelle preaches from Romans 8 about the God who is FOR and Bret & Gina lead us in "More Than Conquerors."

]]> Sunday, October 4, 2020 | Sunday Morning Worship | Week 4 of our fall series entitled "What We Talk About When We Talk About God." Michelle preaches from Romans 8 about the God who is FOR and Bret & Gina lead us in "More Than Conquerors."

]]> https://kingstownecommunion.fireside.fm/321 6581bc53-d870-4c82-b8ea-06bf26e0f539 Tue, 29 Sep 2020 07:00:00 -0400 Michelle Matthews full Michelle Matthews Sunday, September 27, 2020 | Sunday Morning Worship | Week 3 of our fall series entitled "What We Talk About When We Talk About God." Michelle preaches from John 14 about how God is WITH. Bret & Gina lead us in "Breathe on Us" and Mia shares her testimony. 30:18 no Sunday, September 27, 2020 | Sunday Morning Worship | Week 3 of our fall series entitled "What We Talk About When We Talk About God." Michelle preaches from John 14 about how God is WITH. Bret & Gina lead us in "Breathe on Us" and Mia shares her testimony. what we talk about when we talk about god, open, mystery, bible, sermon, new testament, God, Jesus, both, with, for, ahead, so, mystery, freedom, reason, spirit, paradox, vision Sunday, September 27, 2020 | Sunday Morning Worship | Week 3 of our fall series entitled "What We Talk About When We Talk About God." Michelle preaches from John 14 about how God is WITH. Bret & Gina lead us in "Breathe on Us" and Mia shares her testimony.

]]> Sunday, September 27, 2020 | Sunday Morning Worship | Week 3 of our fall series entitled "What We Talk About When We Talk About God." Michelle preaches from John 14 about how God is WITH. Bret & Gina lead us in "Breathe on Us" and Mia shares her testimony.

]]> https://kingstownecommunion.fireside.fm/320 a92434ae-8f4c-45e6-bc2d-8994e54744c6 Wed, 23 Sep 2020 06:00:00 -0400 Michelle Matthews full Michelle Matthews Sunday, September 20, 2020 | Sunday Morning Worship | Week 2 of our fall series entitled "What We Talk About When We Talk About God." Michelle preaches from John 1 about how God is BOTH. Bret & Gina lead us in "Reckless Love" and Robyn Morrissette shares a testimony. 27:02 no Sunday, September 20, 2020 | Sunday Morning Worship | Week 2 of our fall series entitled "What We Talk About When We Talk About God." Michelle preaches from John 1 about how God is BOTH. Bret & Gina lead us in "Reckless Love" and Robyn Morrissette shares a testimony. what we talk about when we talk about god, open, mystery, bible, sermon, new testament, God, Jesus, both, with, for, ahead, so, mystery, freedom, reason, spirit, paradox, vision Sunday, September 20, 2020 | Sunday Morning Worship | Week 2 of our fall series entitled "What We Talk About When We Talk About God." Michelle preaches from John 1 about how God is BOTH. Bret & Gina lead us in "Reckless Love" and Robyn Morrissette shares a testimony.

]]> Sunday, September 20, 2020 | Sunday Morning Worship | Week 2 of our fall series entitled "What We Talk About When We Talk About God." Michelle preaches from John 1 about how God is BOTH. Bret & Gina lead us in "Reckless Love" and Robyn Morrissette shares a testimony.

]]> https://kingstownecommunion.fireside.fm/319 8c52ab1c-5a26-4af8-abd0-dcd889822d33 Tue, 15 Sep 2020 16:00:00 -0400 Michelle Matthews full Michelle Matthews Sunday, September 13, 2020 | Sunday Morning Worship | Week 1 of our fall series entitled "What We Talk About When We Talk About God." Michelle preaches from Colossians 1 about how God is OPEN. Bret & Gina lead us in "Great Are You Lord" and Zach Lenkay shares a testimony. 32:27 no Sunday, September 13, 2020 | Sunday Morning Worship | Week 1 of our fall series entitled "What We Talk About When We Talk About God." Michelle preaches from Colossians 1 about how God is OPEN. Bret & Gina lead us in "Great Are You Lord" and Zach Lenkay shares a testimony. what we talk about when we talk about god, open, mystery, bible, sermon, new testament, God, Jesus, both, with, for, ahead, so, mystery, freedom, reason, spirit, paradox, vision Sunday, September 13, 2020 | Sunday Morning Worship | Week 1 of our fall series entitled "What We Talk About When We Talk About God." Michelle preaches from Colossians 1 about how God is OPEN. Bret & Gina lead us in "Great Are You Lord" and Zach Lenkay shares a testimony.

]]> Sunday, September 13, 2020 | Sunday Morning Worship | Week 1 of our fall series entitled "What We Talk About When We Talk About God." Michelle preaches from Colossians 1 about how God is OPEN. Bret & Gina lead us in "Great Are You Lord" and Zach Lenkay shares a testimony.

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