Best Laura Picker Podcasts (2025)

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Faith When Life Is Murky

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McKnight Crossings Church guest preacher, Matthew Bardowell, continues our series examining Biblical stories through the lens of the video series, “The Chosen”. Matthew asks us to consider moments of extreme emotional high, and in comparison moments of extreme emotional low; faith compared to doubt. We are challenged to see our moments of doubt as …

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The Woman at the Well

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McKnight Crossings Church former retired minister, Jeff Kryder, returns to help us begin a new series focused through the video series, “The Chosen,” beginning with a look at the story of the Samaritan woman at the well.

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Pure and Undefiled Religion

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McKnight Crossings Church guest preacher and A.C.T.S. Ministers, Katie & Trevor Holloway, ask us to consider the word “religion” and the practices that surround that ideas of that word. We are challenged to consider how Jesus Christ described the idea of a religion that focuses on God, and how we live in comparison; what is our focus and with whom …

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Singing the Gospel through Darkness

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McKnight Crossings Church MX Missionary, Jeff Fogarty, ask us to consider our mindset during times of hardship. Examining the story of Paul & Silas, when locked away in a Roman prison, we see how they still found ways to worship even in those times of extreme hardship. Jeff encourages us to lean on God and His scripture, examining and re-examining …

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Thank God My Office Is a Mess

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McKnight Crossings Church NextGen Youth Minister, Nathan Strickland, asks us to consider how God might use our mess, our mistakes and short fallings, to bless others. Even more we are encouraged to see how each of us can be blessed by our own messes, through God’s ability to turn negative situations into something beautiful for His Kingdom.…

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Small, but Mighty, by God

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McKnight Crossings Church guest preacher, Melanie Sewkarran, encourages us to see our small, often relatively non-eventful, life stories through the perspective of God’s view. Often the tiniest moments of our lives have rippling effects that we are wholly unaware of. Melanie challenges us to have faith in God’s plan, perspective, and power to use s…

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The Holy Temple of God

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McKnight Crossings Church guest preacher, Chris Fuller, asks us to consider our place in time & space through a universal perspective. We are reminded how large and vast creation, the universe, that we have explored is and how much more is left to be explored. Through this reminder we are shown the scale of our planet, and each of us individually, …

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Leaps of Faith

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McKnight Crossings Church guest preacher, and lead minister prospect, Andrew Owens shares the story of his faith journey through plans he thought he would pursue and onto a path that God revealed to him along the way. Andrew asks us to consider where our faith in God might be, not just what faith we are comfortable with. We are challenged to examin…

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Feeding of the 5,000: A Paradigm Shift

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McKnight Crossings Church guest preacher, Eric McPherson, asks us to consider the paradigms, the routines, in which we normally live. We are encouraged to consider how our perspectives might change if we shift those paradigms and do something or think about something differently. Seeing things in new ways might give us better understanding of God’s…

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The Conceit, Deception, and Truth of Value

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McKnight Crossings Church guest preacher, Matthew Bardowell, brings us a message asking us to consider the ways in which we assign value to people and things. We are encouraged to assign and claim our personal value, our worth, in relation to our role in God’s work; and to recognize the value of others as dependent on God’s love and desires for tha…

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Reflections on a Mother's Influence

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McKnight Crossings Church Elders, Don Fitzgerald, Steve Walker, Brad Stevens, & Dave Weiler, bring us selections on how their Mothers impacted and helped each of these Elders grow their faith and shape their lives. The elders encourage us to all see the leadership and example of a God centered mother, challenging us to share extra appreciation toda…

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Serving God by Serving Others

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McKnight Crossings Church former MX Elder’s wife, Susie Burge, brings us a message sharing her thoughts surrounding God’s challenge for us to draw close to Him through service to those around us. Not just those like us or in our church community, but everyone. Susie asks us to consider how we are living in service to better the lives of those aroun…

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The God Who Sees the Small Ones

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McKnight Crossings Church former lead minister, Jeff Kryder, brings us a message as we begin a new sermon series. Beginning at the events surrounding Hagar’s conception and birth of Ishmael, as told from Hagar’s perspective. We listen as Jeff conveys the possible story of how Hagar, a slave and one of the "least of these," was seen as small and inc…

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Repentance as Celebration

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McKnight Crossings Church missions ministers, Philip and Sara Matheny, bring us an Easter morning message laying out how we can celebrate Jesus and the gospel message through the gift of repentance. Philip and Sara challenge us to examine ourselves and where we are in relation to the example Christ has left us. We are challenged to find the celebra…

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The Cleansing of Repentance

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McKnight Crossings Church worship minister, Kaylynn Myers, brings us a message asking us to consider the effort it takes to clean the mess that is caused by sin. Often we see a quick and easy description of moving from sin to redemption, but we miss the middle where the change and inner work is done. Kaylynn challenges us to embrace the hard work o…

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The Privilege of Repentance

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McKnight Crossings Church former lead minister, Jeff Kryder, returns to help us start a new sermon series focusing around repentance as the Easter story’s time draws closer. We are encouraged to look inward beyond our habit of viewing ourselves as victim to events happening to us, to see where we play a role in the stories we live through. While th…

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The Anointing at Bethany

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McKnight Crossings Church NextGen Minister, Jeff McGlawn, leads the church through a mock children’s worship lesson. In our lesson we look into the anointing of Jesus Christ when Mary puts perfume on His feet. We are reminded that our focus should be on God and Christ despite any distractions and that worship is something we should focus on doing a…

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The Lord Will Provide

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McKnight Crossings Church guest preacher, Ted Crigler, brings us a message focused on the moment when Abraham prepared to sacrifice his son, Isaac. Ted challenges us to remember that even when things are hard we can trust that God will provide. It may not be how we thought it would be and it may take time we weren’t anticipating it taking, but God …

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Know Your Mission

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McKnight Crossings Church guest preacher, and lead minister candidate, John Blackmore encourages us to consider our mission as a church and a follower of Christ. John encourages us to find the focus of our mission in the Bible.

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Immersed!

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McKnight Crossings Church former lead minister, Jeff Kryder, returns again for the second part of his message to our congregation challenging us to embrace our identity through baptism. Jeff asks us to consider how Jesus Christ stayed faithful to his baptism, and how we can act in the same ways to stay faithful as well.…

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"...Then..."

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McKnight Crossings Church retired minister, Jeff Kryder, returns to bring us a message considering the inflection point and importance of baptism in a Christian’s life. We are reminded how life changes with baptism in wonderful ways and in challenging ways. Jeff reminds us that, as followers of Christ & believer’s in God we will be both blessed and…

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Standing Firm by Asking for Help

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McKnight Crossings Church guest preacher & MX Missionary, Philip Matheny, challenges us to lean into the cultural discomfort of asking others for help. The act of requesting help opens door to community, relationship building, and sharing the gospel message of Christ. Philip challenges us to not be as self-reliant as might be our habit, but to try …

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Dare to Hold on to God

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McKnight Crossings Church guest preacher and ministry leadership coach, Jim Martin, challenges us to consider the moments in life when we find ourselves asking, “Now What?” We are asked to consider where we have our focus in the midst of those hard moments. Jim challenges us to put our focus on God despite the distractions & self doubt, and to rest…

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Standing Firm through Hospitality

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McKnight Crossings Church Elder, Steve Awtrey, brings us a message encouraging the practice of active community through the practice of being hospitable. We are encouraged to see our actions when offering care to others as the act of offering that care to Christ, and to God, themselves. Steve asks us to find ways to build community with each other …

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Jesus Enables Us to Stand

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McKnight Crossings Church guest preacher Matthew Bardowell brings us a sermon focused on the idea of standing firm when we don’t feel strong enough. We are asked to consider where we find our identity and our strength, in ourselves alone or in something larger than us? Matthew encourages us to look to God to help find our identity.…

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Joy Follows Service

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McKnight Crossings Church MX Church’s former lead preacher, Jeff Kryder, returns to bring us a message about how to live in a way that is rooted in Godly wisdom. We are challenged to see ourselves as a piece of God’s larger story and our assignment within that story is to be of service to God and His world, and the people inside it.…

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God's Faithfulness Through Enduring Love

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McKnight Crossings Church guest preacher, and MX Youth Minister, Nathan Strickland encourages us to consider God’s love for us and how it endures through all situations we find ourselves in and in which we put ourselves, and God. We are challenged to offer that same type of love to everyone around, even & especially those who are difficult to show …

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God's Faithfulness in Sending His Son

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McKnight Crossings Church guest preacher Jayson Vincent brings us a message focusing on building, repairing, and rebuilding relationships. Jason examines the relationships between Mary & Joseph, as well as the relationship between God and all the people involved in the genealogical history of Jesus Christ leading to His birth. We are encouraged to …

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The Word Became Flesh

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McKnight Crossings Church guest preacher, Eric McPherson, brings us a sermon message encouraging us to find strength in faith even in moments when fear and powerlessness are overwhelming. Eric challenges us to remember that mindset matters, and that hope is real and true.