Vox Veniae Podcast

How do we navigate the messiness of our humanity together? Kimberly Culbertson reflects on messages of codependency versus interdependency in our faith community and beyond. [2 Timothy 4]

Reflection

• When have you been tempted to carry other people’s loads? When have you been tempted to let others carry your load?

Resources

• Vox Veniae’s Values 

What is the movement that we are invited to as we cultivate our souls? Weylin Lee explores how tending our souls centers us around love, invites us into harmony with others, and forms us in humility. [Romans 12:9-16]

Reflection

• When it comes to our participation, how are we invited to tend our soul and create space for others?

Resources

• Vow of Nonviolence by Eileen Egan and Rev. John Dear, S.J.

What does it mean to be the body of Christ? What places inside my body are crying out? Gena St. David reflects on how we embody participation, as we continue our series. [Romans 12:1-5]

1. How is your body unique?

Resources

• Vox Veniae’s Values 

What is our communal interpretation and incarnation of the life of Jesus? Christopher Mack continues our series on Participation by reflecting on how we might navigate enduring hopelessness with our beloved belonging and collective creativity. [1 Corinthians 12:1-3, 27-31 and Jeremiah 32:17]

Reflection

1. Is there someplace you have been silent where you can begin praying for wisdom on how to speak out?

Resources

1. Moonage Daydream Director Brett Morgen on Meeting David Bowie and Capturing  the Artist’s Spirit by Luke Hicks

How does liturgy (“the work of the people”) invite us towards Christ’s embodied vision of the church community? Weylin Lee continues our series on Participation by considering collaboration that is expansive, inclusive, sustainable, and mutual. [1 Corinthians 12:12-26]

Reflection

1. What presence and voice can each of us bring to litury?

Resources

1. One Church Many Tribes: Following Jesus The Way God Made You by Richard Twiss

What does it mean to be invited to participate? Gena St. David begins our six week series on Vox’s value of Participation by reflecting on where we have been to imagine a collective future where each of us is essential. [1 Corinthians 12:4-7]

Reflection

• What makes you essential to our community?

Resources

• Sankofa by Chibundu Onuzo

All of our life is participation in the Divine, which means all of our life is in participation with creation & community. Christopher Mack reflects with the psalmist for communal comfort & challenge this Labor Day weekend. [Psalm 139:1-6; 10-18]

Reflection

• How does it feel to be fully seen by God and companioned by One who knows you so completely?

Resources

• New Seeds of Contemplation by Thomas Merton

How does relating with God impact your fear? Gena St. David explores how the focus of our fears often fail to materialize, and how we might navigate the challenges that do emerge. [Hebrews 13]

Reflection

• How does your relationship with God impact your fear?

Resource

• Plowshare Prayer by Spencer LaJoyet

On Austin Pride weekend, Christopher Mack looks through the Gospel of Luke’s portrayal of a woman bent down to ponder what it looks like to stand up in solidarity for the marginalized. [Luke 13:10-17]

Reflection

• How might you allow your formation in the Divine Womb to shape your identity?

Resources

Pride 2022 Research & Resources

Books

• “Beatitudes for a Queerer Church” from The Backwater Sermons: Poems by Jay Hulme

Prayer

• A Prayer: We Are Holy. We Are Sacred. We Are Divine. By Rev. Theresa Soto 

Documentary

• My Name Is Pauli Murray

Lauri Raymond reflects on how embracing contemplative prayer opens us to the Love, Wisdom and Wholeness of God that transforms us individually and collectively. [Ephesians 3:14-19]

Reflection

1. What is getting in the way of vulnerability and trust?