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The work of the people. Our weekly rhythm of being together as a larger community to worship and confess, to engage scripture and prayer, to celebrate eucharist, and to be sent back into the city with a benediction each and every week.
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Wednesday Nov 29, 2017
Wednesday Nov 29, 2017
Gideon Tsang reflects on how we would be changed people if we practiced gratitude collectively as a community [Psalm 100].
Reflection
What would it look like to create out of gratitude?
How can you be present with gratitude entering into this week?
Resources
Video – How to Practice Effectively
Video – TED Talk (Megan Phelps-Roper)
MWG – Discussion Guide
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Sunday Nov 12, 2017
Sunday Nov 12, 2017
Kelly Cutbirth reflects on what our prayers about others have to teach us about ourselves and God [Psalm 70].
Reflection
What emotions or needs in my life might be trying to surface from my prayers about the other?
How can I have empathy for myself in my raw, angry moments?
Resources
Video – The All-American Rejects – Gives You Hell
Book – Wonder
Book – A Wonder Story – The Julian Chapter
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Sunday Nov 05, 2017
Sunday Nov 05, 2017
Jason Minnix talks about the ways we and others have placed spiritual burdens on people that constrict our natural movement to seek healing and growth in Christ [Matthew 23:1-12].
Reflection:
What burdens am I being invited to release today?
What forgiveness do I need to extend or receive today?
Resources:
Video: SNL – Church Lady
MWG: Discussion Guide
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Sunday Oct 22, 2017
Sunday Oct 22, 2017
Jason Minnix reflects on some of the ways God is present with us in this journey we are on [Exodus 33:12-23].
Reflection:
How can I open myself to participate in God’s presence now?
Where am I being invited to play?
Resources:
Video: Three Year Old Arguing
MWG: Discussion Guide
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Sunday Oct 15, 2017
Sunday Oct 15, 2017
Gideon Tsang explores how Jesus seems to value questions more than he does answers and why questions are essential to a healthy faith [Matthew 21:23-32].
Reflection:
How can you embrace your questions of Scripture and faith?
How can you celebrate a mistake, wrong answer, or failure as part of your spiritual practice?
Resources:
Podcast: Freakonomics: That’s a Great Question
Book: The Sin of Certainty
Article: Could Private University Have Made a Difference in Detroit?
Article: The Ages You Peak at Everything Throughout Life
MWG: Discussion Guide
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Sunday Oct 08, 2017
Sunday Oct 08, 2017
Gena Minnix talks about what a meaningful response to violence might look like and the invitation Jesus gives us through one of his stories [Matthew 21:33-46].
Reflection:
What are some helpful responses to human violence?
What violence needs to die inside me so something else can be reborn?
Resources:
Model: Drama Triangle
Podcast: Why Should we Treat Violence Like a Contagious Disease?
MWG: Discussion Guide
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Sunday Oct 01, 2017
Sunday Oct 01, 2017
As we finish our fall vision series on our rhythms of liturgy, Weylin Lee reflects on the Benediction and the blessings that we’re still experiencing and being sent out with [Hebrews 13:20-21].
Reflection:
How can we create peace one person at a time?
How do we respond to the fact that who we are pleases God and that he
loves and likes us?
Resources:
Video: Michelle Obama Surprises Visitors
MWG: Discussion Guide
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Sunday Sep 24, 2017
Sunday Sep 24, 2017
As we continue our fall vision series on our rhythms of liturgy, Gideon Tsang reflects on the Eucharist and how God is reconciling us to love [2 Corinthians 5:18-21].
Reflection
What do we do in exchange for our worthiness?
How can we be ambassadors of a God who doesn’t count sins?
Resources
MWG: Discussion Guide
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Sunday Sep 17, 2017
Sunday Sep 17, 2017
As we continue our fall vision series on our rhythms of liturgy, theologian James Alison considers the historical and cultural context of how we read and interpret Scripture [Mark 3:1-6].
Reflection:
How can we read the Scriptures through Jesus our Rabbi?
What ways can we be invited into the story of redemption this week?
Resources:
Website: James Alison
MWG: Discussion Guide
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Sunday Sep 10, 2017
Sunday Sep 10, 2017
As we continue our fall vision series on our rhythms of liturgy, Jason Minnix explores how true confession is related to our need for healing and reconnects us with who we really are [Luke 18:9-14].
Reflection:
What would it look like to confess my need for healing today?
Where do I need mercy to help me reconnect with who I really am?
Resources:
Jesus Prayer: “Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me a sinner.”
Video: James Alison on Forgiveness
MWG: Discussion Guide
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Sunday Sep 03, 2017
Sunday Sep 03, 2017
As we begin our fall vision series on our rhythms of liturgy, Gideon Tsang reflects on how we know God and why love is the deepest form of knowing [1 John 4:7-12].
Reflection:
What images come to mind when you think of God?
How does the act of loving help you understand God?
Resources:
MWG: Discussion Guide
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Sunday Aug 20, 2017
Sunday Aug 20, 2017
Weylin Lee reflects on an encounter that Jesus has with a foreign woman and how that brings awareness to what limits and facilitates mercy [Matthew 15:10-28].
Reflection:
In what ways can we withhold evaluation and judgment in order to practice mercy more freely?
What might be some of our cultural blindspots that hinder our ability to practice mercy?
Resources:
Book: Nonviolent Communication by Marshall Rosenberg
Podcast: Oh No Ross & Carrie
MWG: Discussion Guide
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Sunday Aug 13, 2017
Sunday Aug 13, 2017
Gideon Tsang speaks about how we see ourselves, God, and our healing [Matthew 18:15-35].
Reflection:
Who has permission in our lives to help us see what we can’t see?
How does that feel to know that God’s love and forgiveness is limitless?
Resources:
Podcast: This American Life -Fear and Loathing in Homer and Rockville
Book: Nonviolent Communication by Marshall Rosenberg
Book: The Way to Love by Anthony De Mello
MWG: Discussion Guide
Poem: “For Love in a Time of Conflict” by John O’Donohue
When the gentleness between us hardens
And we fall out of our belonging with each other,
May the depths we have reached hold us still.
When no true word can be said, or heard,
And we mirror each other in the script of hurt,
When even the silence has become raw and torn,
May we hear again an echo of our first music.
When the weave of affection starts to unravel
And anger begins to sear the ground between us,
Before this weather of grief invites
The black seed of bitterness to find root,
May our souls come to kiss.
Now is the time for one of us to be gracious,
To allow a kindness beyond thought and hurt,
Reach out with sure hands
To take the chalice of our love,
And carry it carefully through this echoless waste
Until this winter pilgrimage leads us
Towards the gateway to spring.
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Monday Aug 07, 2017
Monday Aug 07, 2017
Gena Minnix speaks about fulfillment and how Jesus invites us to meet our needs creatively [Matthew 14:13-21].
Reflection:
What “self-talk” messages do I tell myself about my needs?
Do I have a need that never seems fulfilled? How might I name that need to God and my community?
Resources:
Video: The Prestige
Book: Nonviolent Communication by Marshall Rosenberg
Video: Sharing Food
MWG: Homily Discussion Guide
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Monday Jul 31, 2017
Monday Jul 31, 2017
Jason Minnix reflects on why it’s so complex to give to others and how we might give in free and compassionate ways [Matthew 6:1-4].
Reflection:
Is my giving motivated by compassion or by guilt, shame and/or fear?
How can I receive compassion today from others, myself, and God when I don’t have much to give?
Resources:
MWG: Homily Discussion Guide
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Sunday Jul 23, 2017
Sunday Jul 23, 2017
Jason Minnix reflects on how Jesus listens to our lives with empathy and how we receive insights about ourselves through others [Mark 10:17-22].
Reflection:
How can I bring my giving out of places of guilt, shame and fear into the light of compassion?
What does compassion look like for the feelings and needs of someone I’ve been struggling with?
Resources:
Video: The Big Sick
Book: The Way to Love by Anthony De Mello
MWG: Homily Discussion Guide
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Sunday Jul 16, 2017
Sunday Jul 16, 2017
Sarah Bingaman talks about how identifying emotions and needs can reveal our hearts [Matthew 5:1-4].
Reflection
What am I feeling or needing right now?
How can I practice emotionally responding to my own feelings and the feelings of others this week?
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Monday Jul 10, 2017
Monday Jul 10, 2017
Gideon Tsang reflects on the burdens we’re carrying and how are we invited to live in a lighter way [Matthew 11:28-29].
Reflection:
What does it look like to receive God’s gentleness this week?
How can your inherent worthiness free you from the burden of needing to be greater than you already are?
Resources:
Book: The Way to Love by Anthony De Mello
Prayer: Prayer of Reflection Script
MWG: Homily Discussion Guide
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Sunday Jul 02, 2017
Sunday Jul 02, 2017
Weylin Lee talks about the paradoxical freedom that God invites us to experience [Romans 6:12-18].
Reflection:
What areas of our lives might need to experience death or for us to let go of?
How might we practice discernment through a lens of grace?
Who or what are we imitating?
Resources:
Podcast: This American Life: Alain de Botton
Podcast: Fresh Air: Jay-Z
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Sunday Jun 25, 2017
Sunday Jun 25, 2017
Jason Minnix talks about our desires and examines the question that Jesus asked his disciples [John 1:35-42].
Reflection:
What am I being invited to let go of and return to a relationship of enjoying?
What desires am I being invited to carry with compassion this week?
What does it mean that God is delighting in me today, as I am?
Resources:
Exercise: Nonviolent Communication Handout
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