Sojourn Grace Collective

If disappointment can be described as the gap between what we hope for, and what actually happens, then how ought we manage such gaps? Pastor Colby offers this spiritual nugget as a way to choose a third path other than despair (it’s always like this!) or denial (it’s never like this!). That is, the Path of Christ.

You have heard it said, “Turn the other cheek,” but Pastor Kate says, “I think we’ve totally missed the point.” In this spiritual nugget, Kate insists that turning-the-other-cheek was a radical third way given to us by Jesus as means for demanding that one another’s dignity as beloved children of God is seen and acknowledged.

Psychology, biology, and ancient spirituality all agree: Human connection is vital to our well-being. In this spiritual nugget, on the one year anniversary of when we started doing church solely online, Pastor Colby shares how the practice of Connection nourishes our soul. We’ve been starved of it, and that’s not good. So let’s make a plan to connect with others and care for our soul.

Sojo turns Seven!

On this special Sunday, we look back at seven years of fostering Wholeness as we hear from the community how Sojourn has impacted their lives. Pastors Colby & Kate each share about seven insights they’ve learned these past years, as well as read letters from the community. (While the podcast is great, we highly encourage you watch the Livestream and catch all the goodness of this service!)

Pastor Kate explores three ways in which we used to think of or engage with prayer, what the triggers might be, and then invites us to practices on moving through them and discovering once again how prayer might be a powerful tool for transformation and soul care.

Often we fear the dark nights. We resist the unknown. We despair the chaos. In this Spiritual Nugget, Pastor Kate is joined by Karyn Gilmore and together they spark the imagination to consider God as a mother hen, brooding over the dark nights. Expectant. Patient. Protective. Trusting that new life is but moments away.

The old story told us we are not worthy of God’s love. Then, here at Sojourn, in reaction to such poor/wrong narratives, we swung the pendulum the other way to boldly declare you ARE worthy. But after years of doing this, Pastor Colby is wondering if we’re still missing the point. When it comes to being loved by God, does worthiness have anything to do with it at all?

Have you ever ignored part of yourself, or repressed something that makes you feel good and happy, because of other people's (or religion's) list of "shouldn'ts?"

Drag queen "Flamy Grant" blesses the Sojo virtual stage with her powerful story of (re)discovering what truly makes her happy.

(If you've got kiddos, we invite you to watch this together as Flamy has a special word just for them!)

When our souls cry out via anxiety and worry, one of the practices we can do to tend to our Soul is SURRENDER.

In this Spiritual Nugget, Pastor Colby invites us to consider what it might look like if we surrendered our IDENTITY (aka, who we are is not what we do), and our ESTEEM (aka, we are not what other’s think about us).

Plus, Pastor Kate leads us in a meditation space curated by Wide Open Common’s rendition of “Here I Am.”`

Co-Pastors Colby and Kate kick off a new series at Sojourn focusing on Practices we can do to tend to the well-being of our Souls.

Our souls, like our bodies, need constant care and attention, and will shout out in discomfort when neglected. May we be people who listen closely to the cries of our soul, nourishing when and where needed.

Join us LIVE at Sojourn, Sundays at 11am PST, and let’s Practice Soul Care together.