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- What is Our Discernment Rooted In?
How has pride in our knowledge limited our ability to love? On the fourth Sunday after Epiphany, Weylin Lee invites us into a practice of discernment rooted in mutuality that respects difference, embodied contemplation, and a freedom that protects the vulnerable. [1 Corinthians 8:1-6]
Reflection
- Where does knowledge limit and hinder our posture and practice of love and mutuality?
- What is our invitation to consider meaningful relationships with those beyond our own comfort and alignment?
- What does a nonviolent practice of empathy look like as we hold space for difference?
Resources
Book: This Here Flesh: Spirituality, Liberation, and the Stories that Make Us by Cole Arthur Riley
27 min - The Gospel is a Message Best Served Whole
How might we creatively embody good news toward our enemies? On this third Sunday after Epiphany, Christopher Mack glimpses Divine Love enveloping our pain, extending toward our enemies, and shifting our perspective through the story of Jonah. [Jonah 3:1-5, 10]
Reflection
- Is there somewhere pain has you locked in a cycle that isn’t working?
- Where might God’s Love invite you to shift your perspective?
- What might it mean to show up wholly for yourself and others?
31 min - The Good Work
Homily: The Good Work
What stories and beliefs did you inherit about sexuality? On this second Sunday after Epiphany, Kimberly Culbertson invites us to question and explore our inherited beliefs and practice, in light of Paul’s paradigm of the good and beneficial. [1 Corinthians 6:12-13]
Reflection
- As you consider the work of being human, can you begin to prayerfully ask God, “Is this beneficial? Or is this destructive in some way?”
- How can you lean into community as you discern right actions for your life?
- We are members of one another. How is your life helping your communities to thrive
35 min - The Epiphany Society
Can you recall a life realization that in retrospect appeared glaringly obvious? On this first Sunday after Epiphany, Lilly Ettinger invites us to wonder at God’s radical inclusion and how it invites the formation of a Beloved Community experiencing rescue and restoration. [Isaiah 60:1-6]
Reflection
- Where might you “lift your eyes” and see the world around you?
- Is there a place where you once felt like you didn’t belong but now do?
- What changed? What needs to change?
27 min - You Belong Here
Who do you know that gives really good hugs? On this Fifth Sunday, Vanessa Maleare leads the Wonder Moment for our New Year’s Eve liturgy and brunch. She invites children of all ages to remember and reside in our beloved belonging. [Galatians 4:4-7]
13 min - Advent: Glimpses of Grace
What are the glimpses of hope, peace, joy, and love that we are invited to notice and hold with us? On the Friday before Christmas, Weylin Lee looks back on our year through both a global and local lens, before inviting us to practice sacred reading or lectio divina to glimpse grace in our own lives. [Luke 2:13-20]
Resource
- Practice: Vox Lectio Divina Guide
- https://voxveniae.com/lectio-divina/
21 min - Advent: Joy of Being Remembered
Homily: The Joy of Remembering
When have you been surprised by joy? On the third Sunday of Advent, Christopher Mack ponders how Mary and Elizabeth found deep joy in challenging circumstances through gratitude, kindness, peacemaking, and solidarity. [Luke 1:46-56]
Reflection
- How might I cultivate joy by practicing gratitude this week?
- Is there a person or situation where I might choose kindness and generosity?
- Where can I seek out community and practice solidarity for the road ahead?
Resources
Commentary: Luke 1-9 (Wisdom Commentary Series) by Shelly Matthews and Barbara Reid
36 min - Advent: Preparing for Peace
How are we preparing to embody the peace of Christ and live as peacemakers? On the second Sunday of Advent, Weylin Lee connects peacemaking to the practices of rehumanizing others, Being present to decentered places, and adopting a posture of consent. [Mark 1:1-8]
Reflection
- How is love helping me hold on?
- Which parts of life feel like caterpillar soup?
- How am I inviting my community to come near?
Resources
- Article: Welcoming Prayer by Contemplative Outreach https://www.contemplativeoutreach.org/welcoming-prayer-method/
- Poem: Shalom, Her Magnetic Heart Than by Kaitlin Curtice https://www.kaitlincurtice.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Curtice_poems.pdf
30 min - Advent: Hope
What helps you hold on? On the first Sunday of Advent, Gena St. David wades into the wilderness to grasp onto hope in these challenging times. [1 Corinthians 1:3-7]
Reflection
- How is love helping me hold on?
- Which parts of life feel like caterpillar soup?
- How am I inviting my community to come near?
Resources
- Instagram: @blackliturgies by Cole Arthur Riley
- Article: The Three Elements of Self Compassion by Kristin Neff https://self-compassion.org/the-three-elements-of-self-compassion-2/
Podcast: Swearing Is More Important Than You Think by Freakonomics https://freakonomics.com/podcast/swearing-is-more-important-than-you-think/
32 min - Indivisible from Justice for All
How might we re-imagine God’s justice in a restorative framework rather than a primarily punitive one? On Christ the King Sunday, Christopher Mack reexamines scriptures on God’s justice and judgment through a lens of nonviolent theology and restorative justice. [Matthew 25:31-40]
Reflection
- Where are you struggling to see God at work in our divisive, violent, over-consumptive, and destructive world?
- When you long for God to be at work in the world, what values or actions do you hope for?
- How might our hunger for justice reshape our baggage of images of God’s judgment?
Resources
- Book: Raising Abel: The Recovery of the Eschatological Imagination by James Alison
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About Vox Veniae Podcast
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The work of the people. Our weekly rhythm of being together as a larger community to worship and confess, to engage scripture and prayer, to celebrate eucharist, and to be sent back into the city with…
a benediction each and every week.