Family Fest Speaker Podcast

Patrick Flynn - Summer Splash 2025 - Talk 1 - God is Love

The Trinity is the most foundational dogma of Christianity: within God, there is three. God is community. God is Love. God's love is infinite and always raining down on us. He doesn't love us because we are worthy, we are worthy because he loves us. What umbrellas do you put up that stop God's love from raining on you?

Patrick Flynn - Summer Splash 2025 - Talk 2 - The Story of the Cross

Crucification is the worst way to die and yet it's the central moment of Christianity. We hold this painful story as the symbol of God's infinite love for us. The physical suffering that Jesus experienced was nothing compared to what he experienced spiritually.  Salvation is a free gift but discipleship costs everything. Are you willing to take up the cross?

Patrick Flynn - Summer Splash 2025 - Talk 3 - The Measure of Good

Evil is name we use to mean less goodness. There is no such thing as evil. Evil only exists as an absence of good.  God is good and God created everything in goodness. He also gave us free will and as we make choices of less goodness, our world becomes "evil". Follow God's path for he always leads us in triumph.

Patrick Flynn - Summer Splash 2025 - Talk 4 - Forgiveness

Forgiveness is a decision of our will. We can choose to forgive or not. When we don't forgive someone, we are the ones that get hurt over and over. Unforgiveness is an open wound. When we choose to forgive other's failings, our Heavenly Father forgives us ours. 

Patrick Flynn - Summer Splash 2025 - Talk 5 - Reconciliation

Forgiveness is not the same as reconciliation. Forgiveness is a one way street that is your will and reconciliation is a two-way street with another. Reconciliation requires the other person to come "eyelash to eyelash". You can forgive and not be reconciled.  Often we need to suffer a little in order to be open to reconciliation.

Patrick Flynn - Summer Splash 2025 - Talk 6 - Our Citizenship is in Heaven

Heaven awaits. This world is not our home for we are made for more. We don't know the how or the when so we need to prepare. We can use this life to practice for our life in heaven. We will improve on anything we practice. What are you practicing for in this life? Selfishness, forgiveness, centering Jesus?

Mariah McLeary - Winter Weekend February 2025- Talk 1 - Choose to love God

God created us to be with us. After humanity messed up, God became human to be one of us. Never think you are invisible to Christ. When we create time and space and invite Jesus in, he will show up. God wants to be with us.

Mariah McLeary - Winter Weekend February 2025 - Talk 2 - Amaze Jesus

We have the ability to amaze Jesus with our faith. Jesus performs miracles in many different ways, through big asks, humbled asks and even when we don't ask. God wants more of us than we know how to ask for.

Mariah McLeary - Winter Weekend February 2025 - Talk 3 - Ask for help early

Jesus is always with us but he doesn't engage with us until he is asked. 

Mariah McLeary - Winter Weekend February 2025 - Talk 4 - Stepping outside our comfort zone

Jesus came from perfection into brokeness.

Miracles should make us nervous. Obedience should make us nervous. Forgiveness should make us nervous. Because we're stepping into something we don't do naturally. The miracles all around us aren't to make our lives better, they're to help us know how good God is.