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Sabbath 02 - Rest

Sabbath is a day of rest by which we cultivate a spirit of restfulness in all of our life.

In Sabbath part 2 Stephanie Wilson explores the second movement of Sabbath–to rest. The idea of rest sounds wonderful, but in reality, rest is a radical, countercultural act of resistance to the powers and principalities of a world at war with God and his kingdom of peace. To practice Sabbath is to draw a line in the sand against all external (and internal) forces that would encroach upon your apprenticeship to Jesus and formation into his image. It’s to say, “This far you shall go, but no further.” It is to defy some of the most powerful forces known to humanity as an act of non-cooperation done in love for community, for the poor, for the earth, and ultimately for God himself.

Part of the Practicing the Way Series. For info and resources on this series go to redeemercentral.com/ptw

We begin a new series — Practicing the Way — exploring 9 ancient practices of the way of Jesus that promise to help root us in the faith and deepen our experience of God as we serve our world.

When practiced regularly these keystone habits can powerfully guide our journey of spiritual growth and help us become more like Christ, transformed into the people we were created to be.

Each practice is taught in 4 parts and David Armstrong begins with our first practice, Sabbath — a day of rest by which we cultivate a spirit of restfulness in all of our life.

In Sabbath Part 1 we examine the most literal meaning of the Hebrew verb shabbat – “to stop” and how sabbath is, at its most basic, a call to stop, to cease, to be done.

Part of the Practicing the Way series. For info and resources on this series go to redeemercentral.com/ptw

A morning with our friend Jonny Clark exploring the relationship between faith and peacemaking and his own journey into the work of mediation, public theology and peace-building.

Jonny Clark is the Program Manger of Public Theology for The Corrymeela Community. He is a facilitator and mediator working in political and inter-faith contexts and has devoted significant energy to the development of peace-building organisations around the world in post-conflict societies. His involvement in peace-building work continues to this day. He is also the curator of a monthly event of music, stories, dialogue & reflection called Borderlands that gathers people at the intersection of art, faith and community.

Notes & Links

Corrymeela

Borderlands

Guardians of the Flame - (Jonny’s Documentary & Podcast)

With God on our Side (Documentary)

The Other Side of the Wall (Book) by Rev Dr Munther Issac

Our friend and guest speaker Dr. Richard Laugharne explores the relationship between faith, spirituality and our mental health. Following a talk from Richard, he is interviewed by Stephanie Wilson before a time of Q&A with questions from those in attendance.

If following this episode you have any questions or would like support in any way related to the topics discussed please reach out to any of our Senior Leaders who are ready to talk, walk with you and offer pastoral care. Thanks

Richard Laugharne has been an NHS consultant in general adult psychiatry for 23 years and is Lead For Research at Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. His research interests include therapeutic relationships and trust between patients and clinicians in the UK and mental health services in West Africa. Richard is a Reader in the Church of England and has been involved in many different styles of Christian community throughout his life. Richard is the author of the book 'I Will Be Glad: Combating Spiritual Depression' and regularly speaks on theology and mental health in churches, universities and pubs! 

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Stephanie Wilson teaches on what it means to be church saturated by grace.

Part of the series ‘What Kind of Church’ that explores the values that give shape to our community.

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David Armstrong teaches on what it means to be a church community shaped and oriented firstly by the values of the Kingdom of God.

Part of the series ‘What Kind of Church’ that explores the values that give shape to our community.

Note: Unfortunately due to technical difficulties the sermon by David Armstrong on 24 September entitled WKOC Part 4 - A Spirit Filled Church was not recorded. Apologies for any inconvenience. You can listen back to previous talk on this topic in the Podcast Archives in September 2022.

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Stephanie Wilson teaches on what it means to be church as family.

Part of the series ‘What Kind of Church’ that explores the values that give shape to our community.

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As followers of Jesus we invited to locate ourselves in a bigger story, the story of God. This is a story with ancient roots that is still unfolding, and we are invited to embody and live out. David Armstrong shares how the wisdom of this story tells us the road to the future actually runs through the past. These ancient paths lead us home to God’s presence, right where we belong.

Part of the series ‘What Kind of Church’ that explores the values that give shape to our community.

Sermon begins at 8min mark approx.

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David Armstrong teaches on what it means to be a Jesus-Centred church.

Jesus is the lens through which we see and understand everything. When we ask the question “what is God like?” we are peering into a mystery. But Jesus has made the mystery knowable, the invisible, visible. (Col 1). We believe Jesus shows us what God is like. He tells his disciples “Whoever has seen me has seen the Father.” Jesus life reveals to us a new way of being in the world and asks us to follow him and his way of love.

Our job as the church is to practice — to enflesh and live out — genuine unity in our diversity. We do this by confessing together that Jesus is Lord and taking on a posture of a bandwidth of grace in all our difference.

Part of the series ‘What Kind of Church’ that explores the values that give shape to our community.

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