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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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Monday Aug 03, 2015
Monday Aug 03, 2015
Gena Minnix speaks about the importance of diversity in our community and moving beyond the safety of sameness. [Ephesians 4:1-6] Originally, the scripture follow up was scheduled for this date. The follow up will now be in three parts on 8/16, 8/23, and 8/30. Stay tuned.
Reflection:
What are some things that keep us safe from our blind spots and prevent us from seeing the fullness of God?
How can we engage more humility and gentleness in how we may wrongly understand or perceive others?
How can we practice peace through prayer and meditation?
Resources:
1. Video: Schoolchildren Funeral Tribute in New Zealand
2. Video: Who Needs a Calculator?
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Sunday Jul 26, 2015
Sunday Jul 26, 2015
Weylin Lee continues a conversation on Scripture and how it should impact and strengthen our interior life. [Ephesians 3:14-21]
Reflection:
How is our faith in Christ strengthened through Scripture?
As we read scripture, how are we becoming more loving people?
How can we engage Scripture with the mystery of God in tension with our need for certainty?
The post Scripture II appeared first on Vox Veniae.
Sunday Jul 19, 2015
Sunday Jul 19, 2015
Jason Minnix speaks about the role that weakness plays in our spirituality. [2 Corinthians 12:2-10]
Reflection:
How do we practice true humility?
Where is the deeper river running in my life?
What would it look like to lean into grace this week?
The post Spiritual Sobriety appeared first on Vox Veniae.
Monday Jul 13, 2015
Monday Jul 13, 2015
Gideon begins a conversation on how to rediscover the early and historic church’s transcendent reading of the scriptures.
[Heb 4:12-13]
Reflection:
What do you think of the Bible?
How does scripture affect your soul in a trans-rational way?
How are you living out scripture in active ways?
Resources:
1. Book: The Bible Tells Me So: Why Defending Scripture has made us unable to read it.
2. Video: AJ Jacobs: My year of living biblically
3.Artist: Ai Weiwei
4. Article: “The powerful words of forgiveness delivered to Dylann Roof by victims’ relatives” The Washington Post, 19 June 2015
5.Movie: Stranger Than Fiction
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Monday Jul 06, 2015
Monday Jul 06, 2015
Terra McDaniel speaks about how Jesus works and uses us in spite of our rejection of God. [Mark 6:1-13]
Reflection:
When has God been something you have not expected? How have you been disappointed or even offended?
How does God use those who are least expected?
How is faith built and developed in community versus individually?
The post Rejection appeared first on Vox Veniae.
Sunday Jun 28, 2015
Sunday Jun 28, 2015
Gideon Tsang speaks about the possibility that generosity is good news and how it can be a pathway to good news. [2 Corinthians 8:1-8]
Reflection:
Why are we generous? Is it out of love or is it to receive love?
How is generosity a path to good news?
How has our understanding of sacrifice impacted our practice of generosity?
Resources:
Article:“Malcolm Gladwell Goes Nuts on John Paulson’s Harvard Donation” 3 June 2015
Book:Immortal Diamond by Richard Rohr
Movie:St. Vincent
Website:Color Eye Test
Slides: Good news of Generosity
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Sunday Jun 21, 2015
Sunday Jun 21, 2015
This Father’s Day, we hear the story of fathers as they share how being a father has shaped their journey of faith and understanding of God. [Psalm 128]
Reflection:
How is the God as a father metaphor helpful or hurtful?
How has your experience with your own father shaped your understanding of God?
What part of your experience needs healing?
What are some ways can you receive God’s love as a perfect Father this week?
Resources
Video: Interview with Gabriel Tsang
The post Abba appeared first on Vox Veniae.
Monday Jun 15, 2015
Monday Jun 15, 2015
John Chandler speaks about what it means for the church to practice hospitality in a culture of hostility. [Acts 10]
Reflection:
How do we invite conversation and dialogue in how we live the church?
What does it mean to open ourselves up to see and recognize the image of God in others?
What are your biases and labels that impact how we categorize people and prevent us from hospitality?
Resources:
Book: The Abundant Community
Person: Jean Vanier
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Sunday Jun 07, 2015
Sunday Jun 07, 2015
Jason Minnix speaks about Jesus’ habits of listening to himself, God/wisdom, and other people. Often times we only listen in one or two of these areas of our lives, yet spiritual discernment is fostered as we dabble in all three. [Mark 1:35-39]
Reflection:
Where am I being invited to listen/empathize more deeply – with my self, with God/wisdom, or with others?
What would it look like to lean into that on a practical level?
Resources:
Image: Spheres of Listening
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Monday Jun 01, 2015
Monday Jun 01, 2015
Geeta Mondol shares the story of The Ashish Center, one of Vox’s partners in India.
Reflection
1. What do you think God is sharpening you for?
2. What ways can you pray and support The Ashish Center in this season?
Resources
Website:Ashish India
Vox Veniae: Missions- Investment
The post Global Learnings appeared first on Vox Veniae.
Sunday May 24, 2015
Sunday May 24, 2015
For Pentecost Sunday, Weylin Lee speaks about the Holy Spirit and how important it is for us individually as well as a church community to seek the guidance of the Spirit in how we live God’s story. [Acts 2:1-12]
Reflection:
How can our gifts from the Spirit be used to practice hospitality to those around us?
How can we be practical mystics in our attempts to listen to the Holy Spirit for guidance?
Who are those we need to seek forgiveness from and who are those we need to extend forgiveness to?
Resources:
Art:Icon of the Trinity by Anderi Rublev
Book:Eugene Peterson on Spiritual Direction
Book:The End of Memory by Miroslav Volf
The post Holy Spirit as Guide appeared first on Vox Veniae.
Sunday May 17, 2015
Sunday May 17, 2015
Gideon Tsang speaks about how Jesus advocates for the broken and oppressed as well as each of us. [John 17:6-19]
Reflection:
How do we distinguish God’s protection as conservationism instead of conservatism?
How do we pursue a mind of joy?
How can we live according to God’s original design and purpose?
Resources:
Video: Larry Wilmore Meets With Gangs
Article:The Real Tenenbaums
Excerpt:Richard Rohr, “The Naked Now”
Definition:Sanctificaiton
The post Easter VII: Ascension appeared first on Vox Veniae.
Monday May 04, 2015
Monday May 04, 2015
Gena Minnix speaks about how God’s love throws a wrench into our Christian machinery. [Luke 10:25-37]
Reflection:
How do our practices in life reflect what love is and what love is not?
What are some risks that we need to take in order to demonstrate God’s love?
How do we create diversity in our beliefs to allow for safety in our community?
The post What’s It All About? appeared first on Vox Veniae.
Sunday Apr 26, 2015
Sunday Apr 26, 2015
Martin Ban speaks about how the first two outsiders invited into God’s party reveal how God wants the church to sing in harmony rather than in unison. [Luke 23:32-43, Acts 8:25-40]
Reflection:
How are we living out God’s vision for a diverse harmony in the church?
What does it look like for us to invite friends to God’s party?
The post The Two Firsts appeared first on Vox Veniae.
Monday Apr 20, 2015
Monday Apr 20, 2015
John Chandler speaks about what it means to be a community that lives out resurrection instead of becoming dependant on just a few leaders. [Acts 4:32-35]
Reflection:
How are others able to interpret the gospel through the way they engage with our community?
How do each of us practice resurrection in our lives and the Vox community?
What do we view the role of our community in the life of the church? Do we simply rely on key leaders or do we participate by embracing our role?
The post A Community of the Resurrection appeared first on Vox Veniae.
Sunday Apr 05, 2015
Sunday Apr 05, 2015
As we celebrate the resurrection of Christ, Gideon Tsang speaks about how there is no heartbreak, fear or need that goes beyond the love that God offers us. [Psalm 118]
Reflection:
How do we respond when we or others cry? How do we distract ourselves from crying?
What is our tendency to ask of God when we are afraid?
How can we embrace our true self and acknowledge and seek the help that we need?
Resources:
Video: Louis CK Hates Cell Phones
Book: Ann Lamott, Help Thanks Wow.
Video: Hands on a Hard Body
The post Easter appeared first on Vox Veniae.
Sunday Mar 29, 2015
Sunday Mar 29, 2015
David Taylor speaks about the double triumphal entry of Jesus and why it’s impossible to follow Jesus apart from the body of Christ. [Mark 11:1-11]
Reflection:
How does Jesus meet or counter our expectations of who is and why he came to earth?
How can we ”be on the way” with Jesus and with community as we follow Jesus?
The post Palm Sunday appeared first on Vox Veniae.
Sunday Mar 22, 2015
Sunday Mar 22, 2015
Jason Minnix speaks about what it means to belong in community and engage with God at the edges. [Luke 7:1-10]
Reflection:
What depth of community is meaningful for us now?
How does Jesus accept us at the edge of belonging and allow us to engage where we are?
How can we overflow the judgement in our lives with acceptance that comes from God?
Resources:
Picture: Centurion
Video: The Perks of Being a Wallflower – Secret Santa
Video: The Perks of Being a Wallflower – Toast to Charlie
Poem: What’s in the Temple?
The post Belonging from the Edges appeared first on Vox Veniae.
Sunday Mar 15, 2015
Sunday Mar 15, 2015
Terra McDaniel speaks about some attributes of Jesus that we sometimes overlook in our interaction and engagement with God. [Luke 13:31-35]
Reflection:
In what ways have we experienced the nurturing aspect of God in our lives?
What would it look like to have a God who demonstrates mothering attributes and impacts how we make decisions and engage with God?
The post Mothering appeared first on Vox Veniae.
Sunday Mar 08, 2015
Sunday Mar 08, 2015
Gideon Tsang speaks about our lived values. What did Jesus see in the temple that made him so demonstrably angry? How does that inform our season of Lent? [John 2:13-25]
Reflection:
Do our current sacrifices (for work?, family? pleasure?) align with our values?
What areas of our lives tend toward contentment or greed?
How does being God’s temple change the way we live and interact with others?
Resources:
Place: UT football stadium
Place: Barton Creek Mall
Place: Mega Church
Place: Church of Light
Place: Chestnut Hill Quaker Meeting House
Image/Article:Vox Veniae
Artifact: Rotary Phone
GIF:Dikembe Mutombo
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