<![CDATA[becoming: Unscripted]]>0b041ed5-4874-5a82-a9b5-b2b33fa0eab9Fri, 15 May 2026 19:07:41 +0000Captivate.fmJon McClunghttps://artwork.captivate.fm/1f003adb-626c-473e-9bbf-8d6be049c9cb/becoming-cover.jpgbecoming: UnscriptedJon McClungJon McClungEach week, we start with the upcoming Sunday’s text, and see where the conversation takes us. Becoming: Unscripted invites you into honest, unscripted dialogue around scripture, faith, and the questions that don’t resolve easily. No polished conclusions. Just real exploration that helps us notice who we’re becoming.https://becoming.pflc.org/unscripted/falseepisodicnopodcastThe Deepest Form of AuthorityThe Deepest Form of AuthorityToday we’re diving into Philippians 2. I’ve always read this passage as a message about humility. But this week I’m wondering if there’s a bigger point. Is Paul describing something deeply personal… or presenting an entirely different vision of power, leadership, and what makes a human community actually work?

]]>Today we’re diving into Philippians 2. I’ve always read this passage as a message about humility. But this week I’m wondering if there’s a bigger point. Is Paul describing something deeply personal… or presenting an entirely different vision of power, leadership, and what makes a human community actually work?

]]>5368726f-5c4d-4625-b5a7-ca24ea8e8948Fri, 15 May 2026 12:05:00 -070014:33falsefull44You Means Y’allYou Means Y’allThis week, we sat down and wandered through Philippians 1:1–18a… Paul is writing from prison to a community he deeply loves, reflecting on partnership, suffering, joy, and the complicated reality of faith. Rather than presenting Christianity as certainty or polished spiritual success, Paul talks about transformation as something still unfolding — both in individuals and in the community as a whole. The passage wrestles with what the gospel actually is, how communities shape one another over time, and how hope, love, and purpose can still emerge even in imperfect, messy, and difficult circumstances.

]]>This week, we sat down and wandered through Philippians 1:1–18a… Paul is writing from prison to a community he deeply loves, reflecting on partnership, suffering, joy, and the complicated reality of faith. Rather than presenting Christianity as certainty or polished spiritual success, Paul talks about transformation as something still unfolding — both in individuals and in the community as a whole. The passage wrestles with what the gospel actually is, how communities shape one another over time, and how hope, love, and purpose can still emerge even in imperfect, messy, and difficult circumstances.

]]>5eae668a-b630-441b-831b-410e035d6013Fri, 08 May 2026 12:30:00 -070026:36falsefull33Expansive… Until It Isn’tExpansive… Until It Isn’tThis week, we’re looking at Acts of the Apostles 17:16–31... A moment where faith moves from broad and philosophical, into something much more specific. It starts with curiosity. It ends with tension.

Along the way, we wrestle with a question a lot of us feel but don’t always name: Why do some parts of faith feel expansive and meaningful… while others make us hesitate or resist? And, what do we do with a word like judgment when it carries so much weight?

]]>This week, we’re looking at Acts of the Apostles 17:16–31... A moment where faith moves from broad and philosophical, into something much more specific. It starts with curiosity. It ends with tension.

Along the way, we wrestle with a question a lot of us feel but don’t always name: Why do some parts of faith feel expansive and meaningful… while others make us hesitate or resist? And, what do we do with a word like judgment when it carries so much weight?

]]>f9a4a0ad-3db2-4119-8223-df84fa2c067fFri, 01 May 2026 12:40:00 -070027:28falsefull22We’re Still HereWe’re Still HereIn this first episode of Becoming: Unscripted, we sit with Acts 16:16-34.... A story that moves from exploitation to imprisonment to an unexpected kind of freedom. A slave girl is set free, Paul and Silas are thrown in prison, and a jailer’s world falls apart in a single moment.

Along the way, one question keeps surfacing: What does it actually mean to be free, and what does it mean to be saved?

]]>In this first episode of Becoming: Unscripted, we sit with Acts 16:16-34.... A story that moves from exploitation to imprisonment to an unexpected kind of freedom. A slave girl is set free, Paul and Silas are thrown in prison, and a jailer’s world falls apart in a single moment.

Along the way, one question keeps surfacing: What does it actually mean to be free, and what does it mean to be saved?

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