Living Water Radio: For Today's Christian Life

By Pastor David Berkedal

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Living Water Radio is designed to bring encouragement, reflection and a sense of relationship to Christians and others looking for Christian community in the Los Angeles area during the pandemic and in the "new normal" that follows. It is co-produced by Pastor David Berkedal and Reverend Sally Welch.

Episode Date
416 Did You Give Up Christianity for The Sake of Your Church?
Jun 06, 2026
415 What to Do When You Doubt
May 28, 2026
414 The God You Hate
May 23, 2026
413 Unity in RelAtIonship
May 15, 2026
412 Who and Whose
May 12, 2026
411 M.A.G.A
May 02, 2026
410 Trust This Shepherd
Apr 24, 2026
409 Three Life Lessons
Apr 17, 2026
408 From "Rise!" to Risen!
Apr 09, 2026
407 First-generation Christians
Apr 03, 2026
406 From M.T. to Empty
Apr 01, 2026
405 Three Parades
Mar 25, 2026
404 404 Error Code
Mar 19, 2026
403 Formerly Known As
Mar 12, 2026
402 How to Tell If It's A Scam
Mar 05, 2026
401 Making it Fresh
Feb 26, 2026
400 Anything But
Feb 21, 2026
399 Living In Ashes
Feb 18, 2026
398 Mountain-tops and Valleys
Feb 13, 2026
397 Bad News Good News
Feb 06, 2026
396 Saints at The Wrong Time
Jan 30, 2026
395 Foreigner
Jan 22, 2026
394 Who's Looking?
Jan 15, 2026
393 Bomb Cyclone
Jan 09, 2026
392 Things You Can Do (In The New Year)
Jan 01, 2026
391 The More Things Change
Dec 28, 2025
390 Cut Flowers or New Life
Dec 23, 2025
389 When Is Now
Dec 17, 2025
388 Easy Desecration
Dec 12, 2025
387 Kind of Blue
Dec 04, 2025
386 Preparing for Advent
Nov 27, 2025
385 One King
Nov 26, 2025
384 The Keys at The Corner
Nov 23, 2025
383 The Perfect Marriage
Nov 20, 2025
382 The Saint in The Mirror
Nov 19, 2025
381 Reforming the Reformed
Nov 13, 2025
380 Same Pan, Different Label
Nov 05, 2025
379 From Faith to Eternity
Nov 01, 2025
378 In the Hospital
Oct 30, 2025
377 Turning Point
Oct 28, 2025
376 Eternity's U-turn
Sep 10, 2025
375 Reality Check
Sep 06, 2025
374 Who God Invites
Aug 28, 2025
373 You Need a Miracle
Aug 21, 2025
372 Interpreting the Time
Aug 14, 2025
371 Preparing for The Big One
Aug 06, 2025
370 The Meaning of Excess
Jul 31, 2025
369 Kiss Cam
Jul 24, 2025
368 How to Live Again
Jul 16, 2025
367 Right Judgment
Jul 10, 2025
366 Carrying ID
Jul 03, 2025
365 Bunker Busters
Jun 27, 2025
364 How to Become a Christian
Jun 19, 2025
363 Where God Is
Jun 12, 2025
362 Clean Air
Jun 04, 2025
361 Do What You Will
May 28, 2025
360 Be Prepared
May 21, 2025
359 True Love
May 14, 2025
358 Eternal Resonance
May 08, 2025
357 The Death of Death
Apr 30, 2025
356 Why the Bible
Apr 23, 2025
355 Seven
Apr 16, 2025
354 Shouting Rocks
Apr 09, 2025
353 Another Prodigal
Apr 03, 2025
352 Prodigal
Mar 26, 2025
351 The Problem of Good
Mar 21, 2025
350 Empathy Dies
Mar 16, 2025
349 The Plane Truth
Mar 11, 2025
348 The Quality of Mercy
Jan 30, 2025
347 Not Always What They Seem
Jan 23, 2025
346 Changing Wine Into Water
Jan 16, 2025
345 Baptism in a Drought
Jan 09, 2025
344 It's New!
Jan 03, 2025
343 An Irrelevant Christmas
Dec 25, 2024
342 Drones
Dec 19, 2024
341 The Present
Dec 12, 2024
340 No Fairytale
Dec 05, 2024
339 Thanks for Nothing
Nov 28, 2024
338 Past Due
Nov 20, 2024
337 Every Thing is Temporary
Nov 14, 2024
336 Who Do You Trust?
Nov 06, 2024
335 Past Present Future
Oct 30, 2024
334 One Third of Eternity
Oct 24, 2024
333 How To Be The Greatest
Oct 17, 2024
332 Who's In and Who's Out?
Oct 10, 2024
331 What We Offer
Oct 03, 2024
330 Spiritual Maturity
Sep 25, 2024
329 Transformed, Not Conformed
Sep 21, 2024
328 A Good Question
Sep 12, 2024
327 God's Work
Sep 05, 2024
326 Clean Food
Aug 28, 2024
325 Staff of Life
Aug 22, 2024
324 Bread That Lives
Aug 14, 2024
323 The Meaning of Bread
Aug 07, 2024
322 Doing The Work
Aug 01, 2024
321 Two Big Stories
Jul 24, 2024
320 The Way Forward
Jul 17, 2024
319 Truth to Power
Jul 11, 2024
318 Life Itself
Jul 03, 2024
317 The Higher Power
Jun 26, 2024
316 Just As He Was
Jun 19, 2024
315 Being A Tangerine Church
Jun 12, 2024
314 Transcendence
Jun 06, 2024
313 To Keep It Holy
May 29, 2024
312 Three = One, Twice
May 22, 2024
311 Setting Fire to The Rain
May 15, 2024
310 The Common Relationship
May 08, 2024
309 20/15 Vision
May 01, 2024
308 From The Ground Up
Apr 25, 2024
307 To Other Sheep
Apr 17, 2024
306 In The Path of Totality
Apr 10, 2024
305 Bummer
Apr 03, 2024
304 Maundy, Maundy
Mar 27, 2024
303 When Mobs Rule
Mar 20, 2024
302 Who Wants To See Jesus?
Mar 13, 2024
301 The Text and The Pretext
Mar 07, 2024
300 How to Excel in Lent
Feb 28, 2024
299 2Lent: An Answer to Institutional Decline
Feb 22, 2024
298 Putting the Lent in Valentine
Feb 14, 2024
297 Only Jesus
Feb 07, 2024
296 Hype and Humanity
Feb 01, 2024
295 The Second Sacred Event
Jan 24, 2024
294 We Are Whose We Are
Jan 17, 2024
293 The Cat Ate My Monitor
Jan 10, 2024
292 You Only Feel Wet
Jan 03, 2024
291 In-Between
Dec 27, 2023
290 Still Advent
Dec 21, 2023
289 Casting Out Fear
Dec 14, 2023
288 J the B
Dec 07, 2023
287 The Chosen
Nov 29, 2023
286 C the K
Nov 22, 2023
285 How To Share The Faith
Nov 16, 2023
284 Forgiveness
Nov 08, 2023
283 A Very Nice Thing To Say
Nov 01, 2023
282 Believe, Behave/Belong
Oct 25, 2023
281 Influencers
Oct 18, 2023
280 Armageddon
Oct 11, 2023
279 Meta Modern
Oct 05, 2023
278 Putting the Fun in Funeral
Sep 28, 2023
277 Rumors of Wars
Sep 20, 2023
276 Bonhoeffer & Bulletin Boards
Sep 13, 2023
275 Oppenheimer & Holy Communion
Sep 07, 2023
274 Barbie & The Good Man
Aug 31, 2023
273 After the Storm
Aug 24, 2023
272 Connections
Aug 17, 2023
271 Sitka
Aug 09, 2023
270 Rewards Program
Jun 29, 2023
269 Mandarin
Jun 22, 2023
268 A.I. and the Living Shepherd
Jun 14, 2023
267 Matthew's Selfie
Jun 08, 2023
266 Endangering Your Sanity
Jun 01, 2023
265 That's Fire!
May 25, 2023
264 To an unknown god
May 18, 2023
263 Coronation
May 11, 2023
262 A New Life in Jesus
Apr 19, 2023
261 This Is Your Life
Apr 12, 2023
260 Commanded to Love
Apr 05, 2023
259 The Big Parade
Mar 29, 2023
258 Lazarus' New Life
Mar 22, 2023
257 How To See a Miracle
Mar 16, 2023
256 Living Water For You
Mar 09, 2023
255 This Is a Sign
Mar 01, 2023
254 When You Are Tempted
Feb 26, 2023
253 Ashes for Wednesday
Feb 22, 2023
252 Telling The Secret
Feb 16, 2023
251 Making A Memorial
Feb 11, 2023
250 Bearing Witness in MPK
Feb 05, 2023
249 Monterey Park
Jan 27, 2023
248 Following Jesus
Jan 19, 2023
247 What Are You Looking For?
Jan 12, 2023
246 Atmospheric River
Jan 05, 2023
245 What's In A Name?
Dec 28, 2022
244 Advent Now!
Dec 14, 2022
243 Are You The One?
Dec 11, 2022
242 The Best Worst News
Nov 30, 2022
241 Beginning at The End
Nov 24, 2022
240 Who Is God?
Nov 17, 2022
239 Prepping for the Beginning
Nov 10, 2022
238 Hallo-What?
Nov 02, 2022
237 The Meaning of Justice
Oct 13, 2022
236 The Meaning of Faith
Sep 29, 2022
235 The Meaning of Life
Sep 22, 2022
234 The Meaning of Your Money
Sep 15, 2022
233 How To Be Found
Sep 08, 2022
232 How To Get A Good Deal
Aug 31, 2022
231 How To Get Ahead
Aug 25, 2022
230 How To Be Happy
Aug 18, 2022
229 How We Are Divided
Aug 11, 2022
228 How To Be Prepared
Aug 04, 2022
227 How To Be Rich
Jul 27, 2022
226 How To Pray
Jul 21, 2022
225 The One Thing You Need
Jul 14, 2022
224 Inheriting Eternal Life
Jul 07, 2022
223 Fixing The Labor Shortage
Jun 30, 2022
222 The Advance Team
Jun 22, 2022
221 What God Has Done For You
Jun 16, 2022
220 3-In-One Oil
Jun 09, 2022
219 50 Days Later, This Happened
Jun 01, 2022
218 How Unity Happens
May 27, 2022
218.5 SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT
May 27, 2022
217 Receiving Oneness
May 24, 2022
216 I'm Fine
May 20, 2022
215 Lost and Found
May 17, 2022
214 Bitter or Better?
May 12, 2022
213 By Our Love or By Our Lord?
May 10, 2022
212 Born, and Born Again
May 06, 2022
211 What is a Christian?
May 03, 2022
210 When You Think God Hates You
Apr 29, 2022
209 Breakfast on the Beach
Apr 26, 2022
208 Doubt Your Doubts
Apr 22, 2022
207 Easter Monday in the Aftermath
Apr 19, 2022
206 What's Good about Good Friday?
Apr 12, 2022
205 When Stones Shout
Apr 08, 2022
204 The Power of a Parade
Apr 05, 2022
203 And Then It Gets Weirder
Apr 01, 2022
202 When the Going Gets Weird
Mar 29, 2022
201 The Prodigal Father
Mar 24, 2022
200 The Prodigal Son
Mar 21, 2022
199 Why Do Good Things Happen to Bad People?
Mar 17, 2022
198 Why Do Bad Things Happen to Good People?
Mar 15, 2022
197 Give and Take
Mar 11, 2022
196 Rivulets VI: Closer Than You Think
Mar 08, 2022
195 Power in The Wilderness
Mar 04, 2022
194 Living in Ashes
Mar 01, 2022
193 The Go-figuration
Feb 25, 2022
192 How to Be Judgmental
Feb 22, 2022
191 A Really Golden Rule
Feb 18, 2022
190 Rivulets V: X Valentines
Feb 14, 2022
189 Removing Our Masks
Feb 11, 2022
188 Rivulets IV: Return of The Rivulets
Feb 07, 2022
187 Catching People
Feb 03, 2022
186 How Do You Make God Laugh?
Jan 31, 2022
185 Rivulets III: More Flow
Jan 28, 2022
184 Nehemiah
Jan 25, 2022
183 Five Other Uses for Omicron
Jan 20, 2022
182 Rivulets: The Sequel
Jan 18, 2022
181 Pronouncing Omicron
Jan 14, 2022
180 Rivulets of Living Water
Jan 10, 2022
179 Today Is January 6th The Day Marking The Epiphany of Our Lord
Jan 06, 2022
178 Christmas in Time
Jan 04, 2022
177 Santa The Bishop
Dec 30, 2021
176 Christmas Takedown
Dec 27, 2021
175 A New Noel
Dec 23, 2021
174 From Rain to Reign
Dec 20, 2021
173 Talking About Jesus at Noel, 2
Dec 17, 2021
172 Talking About Jesus at Noel, 1
Dec 14, 2021
171 The Second Advent
Dec 09, 2021
170 Happy New Year, Seasons 2
Dec 06, 2021
169 Happy New Year, Seasons 1
Dec 05, 2021
168 Coldwater Canyon
Nov 22, 2021
167 Did Jesus Wear a Hat?
Nov 18, 2021
166 Racket Field
Nov 15, 2021
165 Supply Chain
Nov 12, 2021
164 Mandates
Nov 08, 2021
163 Cancel Culture
Nov 04, 2021
162 Home of the Saints
Nov 01, 2021
161 Reform School
Oct 29, 2021
160 All Hallows Eeen
Oct 26, 2021
159 On Wilshire
Oct 21, 2021
158 What a Miracle Does
Oct 18, 2021
157 Why Servants?
Oct 14, 2021
156 VIP Service
Oct 12, 2021
155 Good News/Bad News
Oct 07, 2021
154 Winning the Lottery
Oct 05, 2021
153 As Little Children
Sep 30, 2021
152 Yeah, Sin
Sep 28, 2021
151 Pomegranates and Your Life
Sep 23, 2021
150 Progressing Past Polarity
Sep 20, 2021
149 Pictures at Your Exhibition
Sep 16, 2021
148 Light through Stained Glass
Sep 13, 2021
147 On the Road to Our Damascus
Sep 09, 2021
146 Labor's Day
Sep 06, 2021
145 Cornbread Muffin Evangelism
Sep 03, 2021
144 Gross
Aug 30, 2021
143 This is The Way
Aug 27, 2021
142 Boring
Aug 23, 2021
141 Variant
Aug 19, 2021
140 Dominion
Aug 16, 2021
139 Artificial Intelligence
Aug 13, 2021
138 PB&J, Holy Communion & The Olympics
Aug 09, 2021
137 Life Bread
Aug 05, 2021
136 Drawn by God
Aug 02, 2021
135 Eating the Bread of Life
Jul 29, 2021
134 What Lefse Teaches Us About Faith
Jul 27, 2021
133 Walking on Water
Jul 22, 2021
132 Free Food
Jul 20, 2021
131 Recognizing Jesus
Jul 16, 2021
130 The Order of Compassion
Jul 13, 2021
129 Why We Don't Repent
Jul 08, 2021
128 Explaining Jesus
Jul 06, 2021
127 Dependence Day
Jul 02, 2021
126 Where We Belong
Jun 28, 2021
125 Railroads and Reinvention
Jun 24, 2021
124 To Remember
Jun 21, 2021
123 In a Boat to the Other Side
Jun 17, 2021
122 When Your Faith Fails
Jun 14, 2021
121 Planting a Kingdom
Jun 10, 2021
120 Memorial Day
May 31, 2021
119 The Mystery of The Trinity
May 27, 2021
118 The Shopping Cart Theory
May 24, 2021
117 Organic Food
May 20, 2021
116 Tending Roses
May 17, 2021
115 Growing Figs
May 13, 2021
114 Listening To Birds
May 10, 2021
113 Salt
May 06, 2021
112 Light
May 03, 2021
111 Leaven
Apr 29, 2021
110 Holiness & Hardware
Apr 26, 2021
109 What Is Justice?
Apr 23, 2021
108 Streams
Apr 19, 2021
107 Of
Apr 16, 2021
106 Living
Apr 12, 2021
105 Water
Apr 09, 2021
104 Go S.L.O.W.
Apr 06, 2021
103 Construction Lessons
Apr 02, 2021
102 Witness
Mar 30, 2021
101 Deep Fake/Deep Love
Mar 26, 2021
100 Small Worship
Mar 23, 2021
99 It's A Small World
Mar 19, 2021
98 The Small Normal
Mar 16, 2021
97 Five Flowers
Mar 12, 2021
96 The Glue That Holds Us Together
Mar 09, 2021
95 Family Values?
Mar 04, 2021
94 The One Question Church Leaders Should Never Ask Congregations They Serve
Mar 02, 2021
93 Toleration!
Feb 26, 2021
92 The Temptations
Feb 23, 2021
91 Be Purple
Feb 20, 2021
90 Something Pure
Feb 19, 2021
89 Less is More
Feb 19, 2021
88 Believing and Seeing
Feb 19, 2021
87 No "I"
Feb 18, 2021
86 Amen.
Feb 18, 2021
85 Transparency
Feb 17, 2021
84 Going Viral
Feb 17, 2021
83 A New Administration
Feb 17, 2021
82 Homogeneous
Feb 17, 2021
81 Critical Thinking
Feb 16, 2021
80 Living in Crisis
Feb 16, 2021
79 Epiphany!
Feb 16, 2021
78 A Counter-Cultural Christmas
Feb 13, 2021
77 Christmas Apocalypse
Feb 12, 2021
76 Christmas Con Carne
Feb 12, 2021
75 A Disrupted Christmas
Feb 12, 2021
74 Ad - Venting
Feb 12, 2021
73 How to Hear a Sermon
Feb 12, 2021
72 How to Preach a Sermon
Feb 11, 2021
71 Preacher
Feb 10, 2021
70 How Did I Do?
Feb 10, 2021
69 Life and Death
Feb 10, 2021
68 Paul Hornung, A Colander, and This Thanksgiving
Feb 10, 2021
67 Surge
Feb 10, 2021
66 The New Normal Church, Part 3: Post-pandemic Development
Feb 09, 2021
65 The New Normal Church, Part 2: The Changing Means
Feb 09, 2021
64 The New Normal Church, Part 1: Near Term
Feb 07, 2021
63 Signs and Wonders
Feb 06, 2021
62 Two Authorities
Feb 06, 2021
61 Election
Feb 06, 2021
60 Three Celebrations
Feb 05, 2021
59 This Is Not My Life
Feb 05, 2021
58 What Would Jesus Wear?
Feb 05, 2021
57 Restless Hearts
Feb 05, 2021
56 Transformers
Feb 03, 2021
55 Disappointed Eyes
Feb 03, 2021
54 Impending Doom
Feb 03, 2021
53 Average Potatoes
Feb 03, 2021
52 Honor and Shame
Feb 02, 2021
51 Pop religion
Feb 01, 2021
50 When Time Flies
Feb 01, 2021
49 Therefore I Am
Jan 31, 2021
48 Making A Civilization
Jan 30, 2021
47 Pillars and Caterpillars
Jan 30, 2021
46 A More Radical Church
Jan 30, 2021
45 Conspiracy Theory
Jan 30, 2021
44 Rolling Whiteout
Jan 29, 2021
43 One Beggar
Jan 29, 2021
42 When The Going Gets Weird
Jan 28, 2021
41 Is God Causing The Pandemic?
Jan 27, 2021
40 Doing What Is Right
Jan 27, 2021
39 Systemic vs Personal
Jan 27, 2021
38 Vocation vs Vacation
Jan 27, 2021
37 New Normal vs. New Reality
Jan 27, 2021
36 The Crown
Jan 27, 2021
35 Fake ID
Jan 26, 2021
34 Bucket List
Jan 26, 2021
33 Change Shortage
Jan 24, 2021
32 Social Media
Jan 24, 2021
31 Save The Dinosaurs
Jan 24, 2021
30 The Cure
Jan 23, 2021
29 Living Reality
Jan 23, 2021
28 For Freedom
Jan 23, 2021
27 Learning to Learn
Jan 23, 2021
26 A Better Country
Jan 23, 2021
25 Coronavirus Mizpah
Jan 16, 2021
24 The Armillary
Jan 16, 2021
23 Readjust
Jan 15, 2021
22 The Rise
Jan 15, 2021
21 Reopening The Church
Jan 15, 2021
20 The Third Pandemic
Jan 14, 2021
19 George Floyd
Jan 13, 2021
18 What Is Essential
Jan 13, 2021
17 All We Need
Jan 13, 2021
16 Are We There Yet
Jan 12, 2021
15 The Mask
Jan 12, 2021
14 Life Inside
Jan 11, 2021
13 Getting to Paradise
Jan 10, 2021
12 Where's God
Jan 09, 2021
11 Vine and Branches
Jan 09, 2021
10 Zoom!
Jan 09, 2021
9 What The Future Brings
Jan 09, 2021
8 The Fig Tree
Jan 08, 2021
7 Acts of Hope
Jan 07, 2021
6 Easter Thursday
Jan 06, 2021
5 Easter Monday
Jan 03, 2021
4 Good Friday
Jan 02, 2021
3 Living God, Living Water
Jan 01, 2021
2 Isolated But Not Alone
Dec 31, 2020
0 Welcome and Introduction
Dec 30, 2020
1 Streams of Living Water
Dec 30, 2020