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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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Thursday Mar 17, 2016
Thursday Mar 17, 2016
As we continue to reflect in this season of Lent, Gideon Tsang talks about how we can foster our deaths well in order to fully live [Philippians 3:4-14].
Reflection
What are the deaths that we need to name in our lives?
What would it mean for us to create space to grieve well individually and as a community?
What word comes to mind when you consider dying well?
Resources:
Video: The Compost Aerator
Video: Cloud
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Sunday Mar 06, 2016
Sunday Mar 06, 2016
As we continue to reflect in this season of Lent, Jason Minnix talks about how our story of meaningful conversion is tied to being continually transformed over the entirety of our lives [Joshua 5:9-12].
Reflection:
How do we tell a new story in the transitions of our lives?
How can we trust that the desert is meaningful and what is our mana in our stretch of desert?
As you contemplate moving in and out of stories of survival and flourishing, what word reflects your journey today?
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Sunday Feb 28, 2016
Sunday Feb 28, 2016
As we continue to reflect in this season of Lent, Gideon Tsang talks about how we receive Christ’s invitation to not perish but live a timeless, full, and abundant life [Luke 13:1-9].
Reflection:
What does it mean to repent in the context of the mystery of our faith?
What are the areas we need to dig around to find life instead of simply cutting down?
What word comes to mind when you think of the invitation to grow and mature your interior life?
Resources:
Book: How Music Works by David Byrne
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Sunday Feb 21, 2016
Sunday Feb 21, 2016
As we continue to reflect in this season of Lent, Jason Minnix talks about how our thirst can increase our intimacy with self, God and community [Isaiah 55:1-9].
Reflection:
What do we strive for in our attempt to be loveable?
What image of God is no longer helpful in your connection with God?
When you fast, or pull back from automated behavior/consumption, what word reflects your connection with self, God and community?
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Sunday Feb 14, 2016
Sunday Feb 14, 2016
As we begin the season of Lent, Gena Minnix reflects on Jesus’ experiencing of fasting and speaks about how fasting impacts the needs and desires of our true self [Luke 4:1-13].
Reflection:
When you consider your current level of intimacy with God and others, what feelings do you feel?
If you believed you were fully loved, what would you do differently?
In trying to get what your soul wants, what shortcuts are you taking?
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Sunday Feb 07, 2016
Sunday Feb 07, 2016
As we approach the season of Lent, Gideon Tsang speaks about how we need to reconsider our energy and resources during this season of Lent [Luke 5:1-9].
Reflection:
What are the things that keep you up at night?
Does your spiritual energy go towards busyness, distraction, or restlessness?
How might a spiritual pause help you properly redirect your energy and resources?
Resources:
Book: The Holy Longing by Ronald Rolheiser
Film: The Revenant
Film: Amy
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Sunday Jan 31, 2016
Sunday Jan 31, 2016
Mark Charbonneau speaks about our longing for home and how our journey here and now is perhaps the home we are searching for [John 14:1-7].
Reflection:
When have you experienced homesickness and for what were you longing?
What comfort do you find in how Jesus comforted his disciples?
How do Jesus’ words “I am the way the truth and the life” speak to you?
Resources:
Film: Up
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Sunday Jan 24, 2016
Sunday Jan 24, 2016
Jason Minnix speaks about how our distinctiveness enhances our growth as individuals, and as a community. [1 Corinthians 12:12-20]
Reflection
Who are the others in my life I’m being invited to embrace?
How is God inviting me to lean into this body and participate in a sustainable way?
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Monday Jan 11, 2016
Monday Jan 11, 2016
Gideon Tsang speaks about how our experience of faith should reflect a journey of discovery rather than developing and defending ideology and propositional truths. [Matthew 2]
Reflection:
How are we invited into the process of healing in our own lives and not simply focusing on the macro level of injustice in the world?
What is our version or experience of “home”?
How can we view home as the pilgrimage and not a destination?
Resources
Podcast: How Trauma and Resilience Cross Generations
Movie: Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child
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Sunday Jan 03, 2016
Sunday Jan 03, 2016
As we continue the Christmas season, Rachel Lee and Carol Lee share about their experience at the Ashish Centre in Dehli, India and reflect on how faith and community can be strengthened in the context of disability and vulnerability. [Psalm 147]
Reflection:
How do we perceive weakness and disability in ourselves and others?
If everyone has weakness and vulnerability, how do we bring those things together in community?
Who are the differently-abled individuals in our lives that we can learn from?
Resources
Ashish Centre
Interview with Geeta
Stories from our global partners – The Ashish Center
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Sunday Dec 20, 2015
Sunday Dec 20, 2015
On the fourth Sunday of Advent, Jason Minnix speaks about the love that is expressed and received in the story of the Prodigal Son as we reflect on the love of God this season of Advent. [Luke 15:11-32]
Reflection
Where am I being invited to demonstrate and receive love this season?
How can we release our pictures of others and adjusting our expectations of them?
How can we live in a season of change when others expect us to be who we’ve always been?
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Sunday Dec 13, 2015
Sunday Dec 13, 2015
On the third Sunday of Advent, Matt Worthington speaks about how we approach our collective anxiety and experience joy in this season of Advent.
[Philippians 4:4-7]
Reflection:
How do we tend to engage mourning? Do we brush it off in a dismissive way or are we willing to be guided into lament?
How can we be a community of prayer that is present with the pain and suffering of those around us?
How can we be present in advocating for those who are oppressed so they we can experience peace and joy?
Resources:
Video: Interview with boy after Paris terror attacks
Book: Prophetic Lament – Soong Chan Rah
Article: Advocacy for Sikhs
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Monday Dec 07, 2015
Monday Dec 07, 2015
On the second Sunday of Advent, we have the privilege of hearing from the Chris & Jenny Hoskins and what it means for them to live out peace in their context in Ecuador. The Hoskins are ECC missionaries that Vox is in partnership with. [Philippians 1:3-11]
Reflection:
How are we able to live out peace in the places God has put us?
What would self care look like in this season of Advent?
Resources:
Blog: The Hoskins’ Blog
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Monday Nov 30, 2015
Monday Nov 30, 2015
On the first Sunday of Advent, Gideon Tsang discusses the importance of seasons of darkness in our spiritual journey, and the rhythms the church created in this season before Christmas.
Reflection:
Describe a time where you experienced a season of spiritual darkness.
What were some lessons learned during that time?
Which of the spiritual practices could you try during this season of Advent?
Resources:
Webisite:Darksite Finder
Book: Learning to Walk in the Dark
Writing: Dark Night of the Soul
Psalms: Lament Psalms
Podcast: Seth Rogan and Evan Goldberg Interview
Movie: The Overnighters
Podcast: Radiolab – The New Normal
PDF:Sermon Slides
The post Advent I:Waiting in Darkness appeared first on Vox Veniae.
Sunday Nov 22, 2015
Sunday Nov 22, 2015
Gena Minnix finishes a 3-part series on integrating the Enneagram as a tool to help us identify and discover how to live into our true selves. This third part focuses on “gut” people and we examine the life of Martha. [Luke 10:38-42]
Reflection:
How are we able to use anger in a positive way and expression?
How do we discern the right things we need to do?
How can we love as a community in order to collectively love God and people with our heart, mind and strength?
Resources
Enneagram: The Enneagram Institute – Overview
Enneagram: 9types.com
Enneagram: Overview of the Enneagram
Book: The Wisdom of the Enneagram
Book: The Enneagram: A Christian Perspective
Movie: Steve Jobs
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Sunday Nov 15, 2015
Sunday Nov 15, 2015
Gideon Tsang continues a 3-part series on integrating the Enneagram as a tool to help us identify and discover how to live into our true selves. This second part focuses on “mind” people and we examine the life of Joseph. [Genesis 39]
Reflection
In what ways can we shape our craft but also not allow our work to define us?
How can the vision of our lives be beneficial to others around us?
Who are the experienced ones with wisdom that we celebrate in our lives and community?
Resources:
Enneagram: The Enneagram Institute – Overview
Enneagram: 9types.com
Enneagram: Overview of the Enneagram
Book: The Wisdom of the Enneagram
Book: The Enneagram: A Christian Perspective
Movie: The End of the Tour
Writing: Teresa of Avila: The Interior Castle
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Monday Nov 09, 2015
Monday Nov 09, 2015
Jason Minnix begins a 3-part series on integrating the Enneagram as a tool to help us identify and discover how to live into our true selves. This first part focuses on “heart” people and we examine the life of Mary of Bethany. [Luke 10:38-42]
Reflection:
How are we able to receive God’s love solely based on being in his presence?
How do we experience the depth of our emotions as a sacred part of our humanity?
How can we love in impractical ways?
Resources:
Enneagram: Overview of the Enneagram
Video: Chris Farley on Conan
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Monday Nov 02, 2015
Monday Nov 02, 2015
John Chandler talks about how the faith of those before us shapes and challenges our own faith today. [Hebrews 12:1-3]
Reflection:
How can we still show faith in the midst of our broken stories?
How can we change who we are now and fix our eyes on Jesus?
How do we live out messy faith in community?
Resources:
Video: Helvetica
People: Massimo Bottura (Chef’s Table)
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Sunday Oct 25, 2015
Sunday Oct 25, 2015
Gena Minnix talks about making decisions that flow from and nourish our true selves. [Romans 12:1-2]
Reflection:
Are we in a season of being inclined to lean toward or away from God?
In what ways do we engage Scripture to renew our minds?
Who are those in our lives that are trusted and are in tune with the source of God’s wisdom?
Resources
Practice: Prayer of Examen
The post Spiritual Discernment—An Invitation appeared first on Vox Veniae.
Wednesday Oct 21, 2015
Wednesday Oct 21, 2015
Gideon Tsang talks about what it would look like to help others in a healthy and loving way. [1 John 4]
Reflection:
What is our motivation for helping people?
What does our fear tell us about our love, identity and understanding of God?
How can we learn to extend the family of God further and expand the circle of inclusion?
Resources:
Book: When Helping Hurts
Global Partner: Ashish Center
ECC Partner: Covenant Church of Congo
ECC Partner: Hoskins Family
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