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May 20, 2020 Quarantine Made Sacred: My Slave, My Child
People are experiencing and reporting higher and higher degrees of
loneliness and disconnection — even as we spend more and more time with
fewer people in our homes. Part of our loneliness is our general
disconnection. Even before COVID-19, our lives mostly moved around one
another rather than toward one another. Add to that increasing division via
social media and we are not only disconnected, but contemptuous to our
relationships.
This week, Pastor Sean introduces three powerful questions that the Apostle
Paul revealed while he was locked away at home that will help make your
relationships more whole.
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May 18, 2020 Beautiful
Pastor Sean Palmer shares a rich and needed word on the true meaning of
grace; our invitation into the deep and vibrant beauty God reveals through
humble connection, forgiveness, and reconciliation.
47 min
May 13, 2020 Quarantine Made Sacred: A Smaller You
When you're stuck at home it's easy to feel stuck. Add to that the chorus
of voices in our culture saying that quarantine is the perfect time to
finally write your book, launch a business, develop a new hobby, plus the
opposing voices that remind us that we are in the middle of a pandemic and
that just living through it all and maintaining our sanity is an
accomplishment and it all equates to confusion.
But what if God is up to something powerful in the midst of us all
staying-at-home? What if we are being invited to encounter the world
differently, and the only way God could encourage us to embrace a great
reboot was a complete shutdown?
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May 10, 2020 Divine Mothering
As we celebrate the incredible women of our community and in our lives,
Erica Graham offers a beautiful and personal word on the nature of God
revealed not only through biological and familial mothers, but all who give
tirelessly and fiercely of their protection, guidance, and nurturing care.
47 min
May 06, 2020 Quarantine Made Sacred: Mothered
Mother’s Day is this weekend. And while Mother’s Day is not on the
Liturgical Calendar, mothering is a calling, task, sacrifice, and surrender
unlike few others. Regardless of who we are, through the hardships, joys,
beauty and pain someone somewhere has mothered us. God, in fact describes
God’s care and redirection as a mother. This week, we enter into mothering,
a task that couldn’t be more opposite than distancing, and we see God
mother us in love in the midst of it all.
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May 04, 2020 Kindness Cascades
Pastor Chris offers a reminder of the vitality of kindness as we face the
difficult circumstances of this season. As we receive God’s kindness, and
extend that kindness both to ourselves and those closest to us in this
crisis, we find that it will begin to ripple outward in ways beyond
anything we could expect or anticipate. Through the simplest act of
kindness, you never know when and how someone may be drawn toward the heart
of Christ.
41 min
April 29, 2020 Quarantine Made Sacred: Iron-Clad Relationships
If absence makes the heart grow fonder, then right now we have never been
more fond of our friends. Many of us are discovering that we may have taken
our friendship for granted or didn't appreciate them as much as we should.
And maybe that's because friendship requires more of us than we've ever
admitted. What if being a friend — a true friend — is more than hanging out
and convenience, but rooted in covenant and commitment?
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April 27, 2020 Mirror Images
Pastor Chris invites us to consider honestly what God is revealing in us
through the challenges of this season. Self-awareness is not
self-absorption, and is vital for us to discern both the gifts God has
given us, and also our opportunities to repent and renew, as together we
navigate this troubled time. We hope you will continue to join us through
whatever these weeks may hold. You are beloved.
45 min
April 24, 2020 Corona Conversations: Paul Unsworth
Join Pastor Chris as he continues his series of conversations with friends
serving around our nation and around the world, discussing the common call
we share in response to this global pandemic, and exploring in depth some
challenges that may be contextually unique. Today Chris speaks with Paul
Unsworth, founder of Kahaila, a unique combination of cafe, church, and
charity in east London.
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April 22, 2020 Quarantine Made Sacred: Finding Keepers
Are you sensing that you need your friends and deeper friendships more now
than ever before? Maybe you find yourself appreciating your existing
relationships in ways you never thought you would. The scriptures call us
to a kind of loving and relating with one another that is expansive and
beyond what most people know and experience. In times of distancing, we
need one another more than ever. Maybe the opportunity in this season is
for you to lean in to bolder, deeper, more rewarding friendships.
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