'growing in faith' Tagged Posts (Page 9)
Toward Sunday
We begin a new worship series this week called Missio Dei, Missio Dei is Latin for “the mission of God.” In this series we will explore the meaning of worship and wonder about how worship relates to mission. Followers of Jesus have often separated worship from mission (or reaching in love as we tend to call it). In this series, we will reflect more deeply on the interrelatedness of worship and mission (on being rooted in Grace and reaching in love).…
Flock of love
You, the voice that I know because you know me, because you call me by my name, the unsaid name you gave me, voice of silence, speak. Utter me into myself. Shepherd of my soul, lead me into my body. Lead this kept sheep out of my want. Through this death-shadowed valley bring me with you. I obediently follow to perfect freedom. Out of the sheepfold comes a flock of love. by Steve Garnaas-Holmes
Shepherd’s Voice
The sheep follow because they know the shepherd’s voice. —John 10.4 There are voices in the streets within: the sales pitches and the rants, the thrilled anxiety of lurking disaster, the voice of the displeased father, the unhappy mother, the fearful voices that remind you how you should fit in and don’t, what you have to do and can’t, who you ought to be and won’t. Don’t listen to that rush of that traffic, the chanting of those crowds.…
Listen
“It is no surprise that the BIble uses hearing, not seeing, as the predominant image for the way human beings know God. We can’t walk around God and take God in like a cathedral or an artichoke. We can only listen to time for the sound of God – to the good times and bad times of our own lives for the words which out of God’s innermost secrets God is addressing to, of all people, us.” (adapted from…
Communion.
In her book “Take This Bread” Sara Miles tells the story of how taking communion one Sunday morning transformed her life and the life of thousands in her city. “I took communion, I passed the bread to others, and then I kept going, compelled to find new ways to share what I’d experienced. I started a food pantry and gave away literally tons of fruit and vegetables and cereal around the same altar where I’d first received the body of…
A Place at the Table
There is a great deal of information that may be learned from the website for this phenomenal documentary “A Place at the Table”. Please take time to visit, become a Hunger Fighter by playing the game and find out more!
Food Insecurity
According to data from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research’s California Health Interview Survey, at least 4 million low-income Californians struggled with food insecurity during 2011-12. Food-insecurity is the inability to consistently afford enough food. Researchers find that food-insecure adults face higher risks of chronic diseases (like diabetes and hypertension) as well as depression and poor mental health. For children, food insecurity is also linked to poor academic outcomes. To learn more about this visit Map the Meal Gap…
Maundy Thursday
Our time together this evening will be rooted in the story of Jesus and his last supper with those closest to him. We will consider our place at The Lord’s Table and wonder about who might be missing. We will have a simple supper of soup and bread following our work at different prayer stations around Fellowship Hall. 6-7:15pm. 5265 H Street. All are welcome. Eat. Drink. Remember who I am. Eat. Drink. Remember who I am so you…
Trust in the face of uncertainty
Some Pharisees came and said to him, “Get away from here, for Herod wants to kill you.” He said to them, “Go and tell that fox for me, Listen, I am casting out demons and performing cures today and tomorrow, and on the third day I finish my work.” —Luke 13.31-32 Jesus looks at the forces of death, geared up for the raid, the jaded dealers of oppression and fear with their swords and…
Prodigal sings to us all
When is a time you remember calling out to God? What was your lament? What did you hear from God? The Prodigal Son The Ghosts that we know The son sings to us all…including God You saw my pain, washed out in the rain And broken glass, saw the blood run from my veins But you saw no fault, no cracks in my heart And you knelt beside my hope torn apart But the ghosts that we knew Will…
Prodigal Son Playlist 3
The parable of the Prodigal Son. What might it feel like for you to be the younger son? What would be the most challenging for you? The son: How fickle my heart and how woozy my eyes I struggle to find any truth in your lies And now my heart stumbles on things I don’t know My weakness I feel I must finally show God: Lend me your hand and we’ll conquer them all But lend me your heart and…
Prodigal Son Playlist 2
Read The Prodigal Son and reflect on a time in which you felt “lost” and were welcomed home. The younger son rethinks his choice…. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSLsUS29UiM The son: And after the storm, I run and run as the rains come And I look up, I look up, on my knees and out of luck, I look up. Night has always pushed up day You must know life to see decay But I won’t rot, I won’t rot Not this mind and…