"Richie's Story" | 2021.07.11 - Richie Takasugi by Highway

Join us this week as David shares his story of transformation and a reflection on Psalm 16.

Jesus’ encounter with the Samaritan woman reveals the role that our personal stories can play in knowing God, knowing others, and knowing ourselves.

God folds the story of Boaz’s faithfulness to Ruth into his grand narrative to redeem all of humanity. In the same way, when we animate God’s unfailing, generous, reciprocal and faithful love, he folds the pages of our life story into his big story of redemption.

Naomi’s plan to release Ruth to a home where she will be well provided for highlights the reciprocal nature of God’s love, and transformational it is to receive God’s love from others.

As we continue on in our journey through the book of Ruth, we see God’s redemptive hand at work through a generous heart. When God’s people trust in and live out his abundance by being aware of the needs of others and doing something about it, we animate his generous heart and come under what he is making new.

This week we rehearse the story of our community, as we share about the ways that God is moving among us during a time of change and transition.

"Unfailing Love" | 2021.05.23 - John Riemenschnitter by Highway

This week, we pause to create intentional space to reflect on and experience God’s enduring and gracious presence. As part of this pause, we will engage an ancient prayer practice called Lectio Divina. Lectio Divina, which means ‘divine reading’ in Latin, is a form of meditation which uses the reading of God’s word as a way of encountering him. May you experience God’s presence in today and in the coming week.

We take care of many things in our lives, but Moses says that the most important thing we can take care of is our soul. Join us as we step through each phrase in Deuteronomy 4:9 to see what it means to take care of our souls, why we should do it, and how we should do it. We will touch on examples including the “divine self,” spiritual practices, and a story that tells us of grace.