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Rooted and Growing Deep: Learning

Radical Grace for Real People with Ben Bergren

Everybody reaches for something when things get hard. A diagnosis, a breakup, a plan that didn't work out, and suddenly you're hungry for answers. The question is where to turn when life falls apart, because the buffet out there is crowded: news talk, conspiracy theories, anything that lets us feel smarter than the next guy. This message follows two people who were at the end of their rope, Jacob running from the family he blew up and two disciples walking home with their hopes in the past tense and finds that God shows up in exactly those places. Press play to hear why hard seasons are when...

Rooted and Growing Deep: Welcome

Radical Grace for Real People with Ben Bergren

Most of us think welcome means saying hello and moving on. But how to make someone feel welcome is a harder question, and it matters more than we admit, especially for the person who walked into a room full of strangers carrying something heavy and wondering if anyone will notice. In this message, we look at a fifteen-year-old who knelt in an airplane aisle and spelled “How are you?” into the hand of a lonely stranger, and at a dinner party Jesus described, where the excuses for staying away didn’t feel like sin. They just felt like Tuesday. Welcome isn’t about fixing anyone or finding...

The End of the Beginning: Is it too Late for Me?

Radical Grace for Real People with Ben Bergren

If you've ever wondered is it too late for me, this message is for you. Using a parable Jesus told about workers hired at every hour of the day — some from sunrise, some with barely an hour left before quitting time — this episode makes the case that grace doesn't run on a stopwatch. Whether you've followed Jesus your whole life or you're only now wondering if there's room for you, the timing was never the point. God's generosity was.

The End of the Beginning: Am I Good Enough?

Radical Grace for Real People with Ben Bergren

"Am I good enough?" Most of us ask it and already assume the answer is no — short tempers, old grudges, the gap between who we want to be and who we actually are on a bad day. Even Martin Luther asked it, obsessively, until a mentor told him something that flipped the question entirely. This isn't a pep talk about trying harder. It's about where the goodness actually comes from — and it's not from you.

The End of the Beginning: Am I Good Enough?

Radical Grace for Real People with Ben Bergren

"Am I good enough?" Most of us ask it and already assume the answer is no — short tempers, old grudges, the gap between who we want to be and who we actually are on a bad day. Even Martin Luther asked it, obsessively, until a mentor told him something that flipped the question entirely. This isn't a pep talk about trying harder. It's about where the goodness actually comes from — and it's not from you.

The End of the Beginning: Am I Good Enough?

Radical Grace for Real People with Ben Bergren

"Am I good enough?" Most of us ask it and already assume the answer is no — short tempers, old grudges, the gap between who we want to be and who we actually are on a bad day. Even Martin Luther asked it, obsessively, until a mentor told him something that flipped the question entirely. This isn't a pep talk about trying harder. It's about where the goodness actually comes from — and it's not from you.

The End of the Beginning: Am I Good Enough?

Radical Grace for Real People with Ben Bergren

"Am I good enough?" Most of us ask it and already assume the answer is no — short tempers, old grudges, the gap between who we want to be and who we actually are on a bad day. Even Martin Luther asked it, obsessively, until a mentor told him something that flipped the question entirely. This isn't a pep talk about trying harder. It's about where the goodness actually comes from — and it's not from you.

The End of the Beginning: Do I Belong?

Radical Grace for Real People with Ben Bergren

Pastor Ben talks about what Jesus actually says about doubt, identity, and belonging, including a true story about two strangers, a stubborn dog on a beach in Wales. If you've ever felt like you're on the outside looking in, this one's for you.

KCLC Radio: You've Got a Friend in Me

Radical Grace for Real People with Ben Bergren

If you've ever wondered how to make real friends as an adult, you're not alone in asking. Church can be a strange place for this — you can sit next to the same people every week and still feel like strangers. In this message, we look at what separates simply being connected from actually being someone's friend. Whatever season of friendship you're in — full, empty, or somewhere in between — this one's for you.

KCLC Radio: Hold On

Radical Grace for Real People with Ben Bergren

Thirty-six years ago, a girl group with some serious rock-and-roll pedigree wrote a song about hitting bottom, and it became a number one hit. Today we're going back to that song, and further back to a judge named Samson, to ask a question most of us would rather dodge: why do you keep repeating unhealthy patterns even after you know better?

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