The Next Generation (with Katie Nielsen)

Listen as Senior Pastor, David Dwight, and Hope Students Lead Pastor, Katie Nielsen, chat about Winter Weekend and what the next generation looks like when it comes to faith. 
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What has the word “sacrifice” meant to you? What if giving yourself for something greater is a not a loss, but a source of deep fulfillment?

Listen in as Hope Students Lead Pastor Katie Nielsen and Senior Pastor David Dwight discuss why + how sacrifice is essential to the Christian life. Counter to today’s culture that prioritizes individual happiness, Jesus showed that sacrifice contributes to a life of substance, meaning, and significance. 

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In this episode of The HOPEcast from Hope Church in Richmond, Virginia, Katie Nielsen and Senior Pastor David Dwight delve into a concept they term "the colossal shift". This idea, inspired by the Copernican Revolution, draws a parallel between the seismic change in humanity's understanding of the universe and the transformative journey of becoming a Christian.

Pastor David Dwight elucidates that just as Copernicus' revelation that the Earth orbits the sun redefined our cosmic perspective, embracing Christianity reorients one's life to be God-centered rather than self-centered. This shift in perception, while seemingly inconsequential to daily life, brings profound implications for one's existence and sense of self.

The conversation delves deeper into how this paradigm shift impacts prayer and spirituality, drawing insights from Eugene Peterson's book "Answering God". They discuss how the Psalms exemplify this God-centered approach, contrasting it with the more self-centered nature of modern American prayers.

Further exploring the complexities of this shift, Pastor David Dwight and Katie Nielsen consider the lifelong journey from self-centrism to God-centrism, likening it to a continuous internal revolution. They reflect on how this realignment can fundamentally change how one views the world, themselves, and others.

The episode also touches on Jesus's teachings in the Sermon on the Mount, emphasizing the challenge of interpreting God-centric teachings with self-centric ears. They conclude by highlighting the resilience and stability of a life built around God, as opposed to the transient nature of a self-centered existence.

Listeners are left to contemplate the profound nature of this "colossal shift" and its impact on personal faith and life orientation. The episode is available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and other platforms, with more information about Hope Church at hopechurchrva.com

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Has someone ever pointed out something negative about you and in defense you said, that’s just who I am? As Christians, we are called not to hide behind our personality, but to steward it well as we walk with the Lord. 

Listen in as Hope Students Lead Pastor Katie Nielsen and Senior Pastor David Dwight discuss the importance of identifying both the positive and negative aspects of our personality and using that knowledge and accurate self-awareness to take responsibility for how we act, grow in our areas of lack, and ultimately submit all of ourselves in obedience to Christ.

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Have you had a moment to slow down + reflect on the significance of Jesus Christ’s birth? We invite you to stop, notice, and enter into the beauty + mystery of the Christmas season.

Listen in as Hope Students Lead Pastor Katie Nielsen and Senior Pastor David Dwight explore what it means to behold, how we do it, and how the act of beholding impacts our spiritual lives. 

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As humans, we have a deep desire to know and be known, but sometimes we find it hard to be vulnerable.  We are held back by fear of what others will think of us when we are fully honest.  Hope Students Lead Pastor Katie Nielsen and Senior Pastor David Dwight reflect on interesting and vulnerable conversations they’ve found themselves in and what happens when we push past our hesitations.  

For now we see only a reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known. - 1 Corinthians 13:12

What does it mean to be a human being? As Hope Church kicks off a new sermon series, “Being Human,” Senior Pastor David Dwight and Dr. Anderson Spickard, Dean of the Thomas J. Frist, Jr. College of Medicine at Belmont University explore this question from medical and faith perspectives.  As humans, we bear the image of God and yet are bound by the limitations of our earthly bodies.  The intersection between the two presents remarkable complexities that we will not stop pondering on this side of heaven.

Have you ever felt out of touch with the world around you? Like you don't know how to communicate with the generation under you? Like you don't have the right thing to say/do?

Listen to the conversation between Senior Pastor David Dwight and Hope Students Lead Pastor Katie Nielson as they discuss the challenges that comes with growing up in today's world. In this episode, they discuss the insecurities and challenges of living in a world of social media and texting, and how harmful it can be to our mental health. They also discuss Generation Z's desire to seek sincerity and intentionality in the world around them, despite these challenges, and they give advice on how to connect with them on a deeper level.