Menlo Church Podcasts

Love is… is a series for anyone who’s ever asked, “What even is love anymore?” Culture says love is chemistry, a feeling, or a quick swipe. But God paints a bigger picture: love as a sacrifice, intimacy as holy, and dating as a form of discipleship. Together, we’ll reclaim what love truly is and discover how His love shapes who we are becoming. Connect with Us | Text Us: (650)600-0402

Is “Abolish ICE” becoming the next cultural flashpoint where outrage replaces nuance and everyone is forced to pick a side? In this episode, we cut through the noise to explore how immigration enforcement got here, why the extremes are so tempting, and what a Christ-centered “third way” might look like that holds both safety and human dignity together. If you’re exhausted by the binary and looking for wisdom instead of hot takes, this conversation is for you. Truth Over Tribe Book Connect with Us | Text US: (650)600-0402

What if your identity was never something you had to earn? In the final week of the PERFCT series, we explore what it means to live as God’s children—not striving for approval, but resting in love. Through Scripture and the powerful image of fridge art, this message confronts performance-based faith and invites us to receive our identity as a gift, not a grade. Because of Jesus—the one perfect Son—we’re free to stop hiding, stop striving, and run to the Father. Connect with Us | Text Us: (650)600-0402

Jeremy and Raymond from Rise Against Hunger join us to share dsome excitement around the upcoming project we have happening at every campus on 1/31, giving some pro tips, what to expect, and behind the scenes stories on the impact you will make by helping us reach our goal of packing 315,000 meal kits! Connect with Us | Text Us: (650)600-0402

This week we are diving into how to be perfect parents - and how connection is central to heart of parenting. We chat parenting in different stages, with asides of monopoly and inception. Connect with Us | Text Us: (650)600-0402

Colossians reminds us that children and parents are in formation together. This week looks at the difference between performance-based parenting and grace-based guidance. No one gets it all right, but with humility, we can create safe spaces for growth. When we are willing to admit that we all need Jesus in our families we can grow at our pace and in our place of life. Connect with Us | Text Us: (650)600-0402

This week we are chatting through marriage, relationships, unpacking what it means to submit, and how time forces change! Connect with Us | Text Us: (650)600-0402

Genesis gives us a picture of marriage not as a fairytale, but as a holy partnership. We’ll look at the call to “leave and cleave,” and how modern relationships often struggle to prioritize what God intended. This week offers hope for the married, divorced, or dating. In a culture that has seen the abuses and misuses of marriage, it is easy to abandon all of it, but the original prescription is worth revisiting and welcoming Jesus back into the work of being our center, together. Connect with Us | Text Us: (650)600-0402

This week we chat about perfectionism, how materialism is especially alluring in the Bay Area, talk family systems theory and get some important, practical tips on how to find Jesus' hope through our imperfection. Connect with Us | Text Us: (650)600-0402

David’s family was blessed and broken, marked by spiritual calling and generational dysfunction. This week unpacks how family legacy doesn’t have to define your future. We’ll explore why grace is not just for individuals, but for systems, stories, and generations. We choose the stories we tell ourselves about the life we have been given and the one we are living. Together, we will examine that story and assess its impact on our futures. Connect with Us | Text Us: (650)600-0402