Narrate Church

This week, we hear from Justin on the impact of our thoughts on our lives. 


Question for reflection:

• What is influencing your thoughts? 

Matthew chapter 1 through chapter 14v21  read by Nathan, Ashley, Steve, Anna, Roxanne, Nick, Shari, Troy, Abbie, Derek, Jill, Bob, Alex, JoLin, Karen, Bill, Alex, Tiffany, Jenn, Andy, Darrel, Justine, Linnea, Carol, Karin, Tiffany, Donnie, David, Jheri, Chris, Elsie, Amy, Christian,  Susie, Jeff, Dave, Sheila, Leslee, Tristan, Sean, Angie, Travis, Connie, Mark, Coty, Roy, Matt,  Rex, Bob, and Anna.

Matthew 14v1-21

This week Adam begins with the question - Have you ever noticed you are typically only as good, or as bad, as your heroes? With that in mind, he explores how Matthew contrasts Herod and Jesus as rulers.

Question for reflection:
What’s one place, one relationship, prompting you to be a different kind of human?

Luke 1v39-56 

In the final week of Advent, Adam looks at the tension between accommodation and resistance.

Question for reflection:

• In what ways is God talking to you about accommodation and resistance?

Luke 3v1-20

For week 3 in the Advent series, Adam asks, In what ways is God talking to you about obedience? What might "waiting by way of obedience" look like? 

Luke 2v22-38

This week, Adam continues the Advent series and discusses a "Penultimate Perspective" by looking deeper at Simeon and Anna: How do their stories help us remember to wait? What if Simeon and Anna can help us find a way forward? What if Simeon and Anna don’t tell us everything we should do politically, but they do tell us the first things we should do?

Questions for reflection:

• What if followers of Jesus prayed about any political comment or idea before saying it to anyone or posting anything anywhere?
• What if we spent as much time and energy talking to God about our local, state, and national political concerns as we do talking to people and social media followers about them?
• What if we all agreed to pray everyday for God to call people of high character to run for public office?

Luke 1v5-25

What if Advent is an opportune time to get hyper-intentional about our framing narrative?



What might these questions tell you about your own narrative?

• How do you spend your money?
• What do you laugh at?
• What makes you angry?
• Who are your heroes?
• How do you spend your free time?

Matthew 13v54-58

This week we have the privilege to hear from Hannah as she looks at how why Jesus' hometown may have taken offense and how we can apply that to our own families. 

Question for reflection:

• What if our assumptions about God, who God is, or how God shows up, prevent us from seeing him at work in our everyday lives?

Matthew chapter 1 through chapter 13  read by Nathan, Ashley, Steve, Anna, Roxanne, Nick, Shari, Troy, Abbie, Derek, Jill, Bob, Alex, JoLin, Karen, Bill, Alex, Tiffany, Jenn, Andy, Darrel, Justine, Linnea, Carol, Karin, Tiffany, Donnie, David, Jheri, Chris, Elsie, Amy, Christian,  Susie, Jeff, Dave, Sheila, Leslee, Tristan, Sean, Angie, Travis, Connie, Mark, Coty, Roy, Matt, and Rex.

Matthew chapter 1 through chapter 13v23  read by Nathan, Ashley, Steve, Anna, Roxanne, Nick, Shari, Troy, Abbie, Derek, Jill, Bob, Alex, JoLin, Karen, Bill, Alex, Tiffany, Jenn, Andy, Darrel, Justine, Linnea, Carol, Karin, Tiffany, Donnie, David, Jheri, Chris, Elsie, Amy, Christian,  Susie, Jeff, Dave, Sheila, Leslee, Tristan, Sean, Angie, Travis, Connie, Mark, Coty, Roy, and Matt.