Newchurchlive.tv: Pastor Chuck Blair

We can confuse “clarity” with “purity.” God does not offer a “pure” world. What He offers us is a good world. 2/20/22

It is relatively easy to love those within our own self-defined tribe. They are the ones “like us” as opposed to others who are not. This kind of mistaken essentialism falters communities and our ability to join together in serving the common good. There are answers, in different ways God calls us to live.   2/13/22

Forgiveness is one of the more challenging hurdles we face in life. How do we forgive, authentically and lovingly as God would ask us to, even in situations where the hurt and harm is absolutely real? 2/6/22

Many have found a “home” at church, a place with a deep sense of belonging, as well as opportunities to grow and serve. That growth is reflected in our families, our relationships, our jobs, even in our schools/education. Join us for this special New Church Live Service in connection with young adults from the Academy of the New Church. You are sure to leave inspired! 1/30/22

What’s waiting for us on the other side? We’ll talk about the welcome everyone receives, and the three stages of learning that mark our fresh start in the life to come – with Curtis Childs. 1/23/2022

Join us for a special service this Martin Luther King Day weekend as we welcome Philadelphia attorney and reigning Ms. Universe Nikki Johnson-Huston to New Church Live. This week we look at the Beloved Community, Connection, and Possibility.

All of us have relationships we would love to see shift in the new year. How, with God's help, can we do that? 1/9/2022

What can get in the way of a fresh start is often our own habitual thinking around only taking the paths we know will yield success. But God offers something far more fun - possibility! Join us as we look at a fresh start in 2022.   1/2/2022

Cycles of life spinning you around? Don’t worry, even if it doesn’t always seem like it, God is constantly bringing you forward to something better. 12/26/21

Join us this Christmas as we celebrate Christmas Eve together in this special family service. 12/24/21

While much of love is defined along both romantic and emotional levels, the love we find in the Christmas story is much more a steadfast love, built through transformative solidarity of simply showing up again and again. Join us as we celebrate the season with this new and inspiring view of an actionable love. 12/19/21

Join us as we look at joy in a new light. Beyond superficial happiness, beyond entertainment, true joy lies deep within our souls, a place touched by God.   12/12/21

Christmas reminds us of a deeper peace beyond life's circumstances, a peace reminding us, "God is here too." Join us as we celebrate the season together!   12/5/21

Let us look together at the birth of hope into our lives this holiday season.   11/28/21

Thanksgiving is a beautiful holiday, one of the most joy filled. And within that joy lies an opportunity for a life-giving shift around seeing - a movement from what we see (counting our blessings) to how we see (seeing the gift of "enough" everywhere).  

What’s more important than knowing who God is? The clearest picture we can get may just reveal itself by studying how God lives.   with Curtis Childs

Churches, just like individuals, mirror a certain “twoness.” Parts of many churches are open, loving, and filled with joy. Other parts can be narrow, judgmental, and at times even cruel. Any church, synagogue, or mosque that is open, loving and joy-filled can do amazing and miraculous things in the world! How can that happen more?

One well known marriage counselor famously said that when working with any couple, four people show up, only two of which are worth talking to. That should bring a smile! How do we choose to communicate and connect with others from the correct two, and not their opposites, allowing our best and highest selves to connect with theirs?

In all of us there is a basic tension between our heart of stone and our heart of flesh, as the Bible puts it. We all have at some level, an “evil twin” as it were that shows up with distressing frequency when the conditions are right (or wrong). How can we look at both those opposing “hearts”, not as enemies locked in perpetual conflict, but as the wholeness of our experiences, held by God, to move us forward in our lives, to move us toward choice, and to move us closer to heaven?

For many it is easy to confuse a complex faith with true faith. But true faith is simple – not easy, but simple. And the implications of that simplicity change the world! Together we will delve into that simple faith, and the freedom that follows.