Point Loma Church Podcast

Point Loma Church Podcast

Our desire at Point Loma Community Presbyterian Church is to love everyone to LIFE with everything we have. Through authentic community, we seek to EXPERIENCE Jesus, JOURNEY into deeper faith, STRENGTHEN the Church, and TRANSFORM our world.

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January 8, 2026 31 mins

We are back with a new podcast series to compliment our Sunday sermon teaching, Earthwise: God's Call to Care for Creation. We are inviting professionals from our community to share from their experience and explore how environmental stewardship is an act of justice, discipleship, and hope in Christ. 

This week, R.O. Smith talks with Environmental Lawyer, Ryan Waterman. Together they discuss Ryan's journey to becoming an environmen...

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Earthwise invites us to rediscover our Divine Design to care for God's creation. Through Scripture and honest reflection on the brokenness we see around us, this series explores how environmental stewardship is an act of justice, discipleship, and hope in Christ. Together we'll consider practical ways to live faithfully as we await God's promised renewal of all things. 

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December 28, 2025 22 mins

Advent is a time of great anticipation as we await the Christ-child entering our world at Christmas. This year, through the imagination of C.S. Lewis and his book The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, join us on Sunday mornings as we uncover the story of the birth of Christ in a new way.

Among all the Pevensie children, Edmund is unique. He is duped by the White Witch, enslaved by her promises and judicio...

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December 24, 2025 17 mins

Advent is a time of great anticipation as we await the Christ-child entering our world at Christmas. This year, through the imagination of C.S. Lewis and his book The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, join us on Sunday mornings as we uncover the story of the birth of Christ in a new way.

There is a wonderful scene in chapter 16 of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe in which Aslan is instructing all the ...

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December 21, 2025 23 mins

Advent is a time of great anticipation as we await the Christ-child entering our world at Christmas. This year, through the imagination of C.S. Lewis and his book The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, join us on Sunday mornings as we uncover the story of the birth of Christ in a new way.

When the Pevensie children hear Aslan's name for the first time it does different things in each of them, revealing the...

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Advent is a time of great anticipation as we await the Christ-child entering our world at Christmas. This year, through the imagination of C.S. Lewis and his book The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, join us on Sunday mornings as we uncover the story of the birth of Christ in a new way.

A thaw has come to Narnia, and with it comes a forerunner of Aslan: Father Christmas bringing gifts to all the Narnian animals, the ...

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December 7, 2025 18 mins

Advent is a time of great anticipation as we await the Christ-child entering our world at Christmas. This year, through the imagination of C.S. Lewis and his book The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, join us on Sunday mornings as we uncover the story of the birth of Christ in a new way.

C. S. Lewis writes this story against the backdrop of war. Little children are shipped to the North of England, away from London bom...

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November 30, 2025 19 mins

Advent is a time of great anticipation as we await the Christ-child entering our world at Christmas. This year, through the imagination of C.S. Lewis and his book The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, join us on Sunday mornings as we uncover the story of the birth of Christ in a new way.

C. S. Lewis writes this story against the backdrop of war. Little children are shipped to the North of England, away from London bom...

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Just as God had compassion for us, we are invited to have compassion for those around us--no matter our differences. In this brief series, let us explore together what it looks like to live compassionate lives. If we really saw the image of God in every person, how might that change our world?

This week, as we close this short series on the Compassionate Life, Pastor Karla reminds us that compassion is not...

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Just as God had compassion for us, we are invited to have compassion for those around us--no matter our differences. In this brief series, let us explore together what it looks like to live compassionate lives. If we really saw the image of God in every person, how might that change our world?

This week, Pastor Karla examines the  Levitical law for caring for the poor and what it has to say to us today abo...

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Just as God had compassion for us, we are invited to have compassion for those around us--no matter our differences. In this brief series, let us explore together what it looks like to live compassionate lives. If we really saw the image of God in every person, how might that change our world?

This week, Rev. Dr. Chris Lenocker shares some of his own personal journey towards learning compassion in his own ...

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Professional therapists from our community join host Evan Gratz on the Point Loma Church Podcast to further discuss the topics covered in the Hard Feelings Sermon Series. Look for "Point Loma Church" wherever you get your podcasts.

The podcast is also available in video form on our YouTube Channel

Evan Gratz, Director of Community Life, welcomes Spiritual Director, Lynn Ziegenfuss, where they discuss different prayer practices to h...

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Just as God had compassion for us, we are invited to have compassion for those around us--no matter our differences. In this brief series, let us explore together what it looks like to live compassionate lives. If we really saw the image of God in every person, how might that change our world?

Pastor Karla begins this short series looking at how compassion is the essence of Christian life, not an optional ...

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Professional therapists from our community join host Evan Gratz on the Point Loma Church Podcast to further discuss the topics covered in the Hard Feelings Sermon Series. Look for "Point Loma Church" wherever you get your podcasts.

The podcast is also available in video form on our YouTube Channel

Evan Gratz, Director of Community Life, welcomes our fifth professional, Emeritus Professor of Counseling at San Diego State University,...

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There has been an increase in emotional distress across our world over the last decade. As Christians, we often ignore these darker emotions instead of expressing them, but what if the feelings we have are actually an invitation from God to deepen our faith? Join us this fall as we explore our emotional life together. 

As we close out our Hard Feelings Series, Pastor Karla talks about how emotional maturit...

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Professional therapists from our community join host Evan Gratz on the Point Loma Church Podcast to further discuss the topics covered in the Hard Feelings Sermon Series. Look for "Point Loma Church" wherever you get your podcasts.

The podcast is also available in video form on our YouTube Channel

This week, we welcome our fourth professional, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and Registered Art Therapist, Kayla Karesh to the ...

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October 19, 2025 22 mins

There has been an increase in emotional distress across our world over the last decade. As Christians, we often ignore these darker emotions instead of expressing them, but what if the feelings we have are actually an invitation from God to deepen our faith? Join us this fall as we explore our emotional life together. 

This week, Pastor Karla discusses how envy destroys relationships. If we can learn to ce...

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Professional therapists from our community join host Evan Gratz on the Point Loma Church Podcast to further discuss the topics covered in the Hard Feelings Sermon Series. Look for "Point Loma Church" wherever you get your podcasts.

The podcast is also available in video form on our YouTube Channel

This week, we welcome our third professional nuerologist, Dr. James Grisolia, to the Hard Feelings Podcast, where they discuss the feeli...

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There has been an increase in emotional distress across our world over the last decade. As Christians, we often ignore these darker emotions instead of expressing them, but what if the feelings we have are actually an invitation from God to deepen our faith? Join us this fall as we explore our emotional life together. 

Confusion can send us seeking sources with unhelpful answers. In Christ, clarity is give...

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Professional therapists from our community join host Evan Gratz on the Point Loma Church Podcast to further discuss the topics covered in the Hard Feelings Sermon Series. Look for "Point Loma Church" wherever you get your podcasts.

The podcast is also available in video form on our YouTube Channel

Evan Gratz, Director of Community Life, welcomes our second professional social worker, Deanna Lazaro, to the Hard Feelings Podcast, whe...

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