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- Non-Rivalry
James Alison reflects on how Jesus navigated the tension of rivalry between divine and human power [Matthew 22:15-21].
Reflection
- How might we re-imagine our obedience to God to be without rivalry to others?
- How might the tension of divine and human law invite us towards following God?
25 min - Invited
Insil Kang reflects on why we might turn down an invitation from God and how we might make space to navigate our response toward participation [Matthew 22:1-14].
Reflection
- What are the reasons I refuse an invitation to a party/event?
- How does the dynamic between an invitation by God and my response actually play out in my day? How is it affected by the dumpster fire of 2020?
20 min - How Do You Know Me?
Scott Erickson reflects on how not having it together allows us to connect with God and God’s grace [John 1:43-51].
Reflection
- What activities in your life seem to draw you to God? What activities in your life seem to pull you away from God?
- When or where are you most likely to be aware of God’s presence? When or where are you least aware of God’s presence?
12 min - Humbling Ourselves
Gena Minnix reflects on how learning to humble ourselves might help us live into our unique, authentic story as individuals and collectively as the church [Philippians 2:5-8].
Reflection
- What’s on the inside of the masks we’re wearing?
- How might our humble stories be a doorway to our authentic calling?
Spiritual Practice
- Benedictine practice of humbling ourselves. Connecting with the created world. Embodied practices. Small experiments.
- Reflect on your story. What is our unique story? How might we practice humbling ourselves and owning it?
Resources
- Video: The Masks We All Wear (Ashanti Branch)
- Song: The Last Leviathan (Fisherman’s Friends)
18 min - Divine Generosity
Weylin Lee reflects on how our generosity can more accurately reflect the divine generosity that God offers us [Matthew 20:1-16].
Reflection
- How might we practice generosity in a way that’s more expansive and inclusive?
- How does our value and desire for fairness impact our ability to receive and practice generosity?
Spiritual Practice
- Expand your circle of generosity. Examine who you already practice generosity with ease. Consider stepping outside your circle of generosity with one person this week
- Imagine being the late worker (Ignatian practice of reflecting on Scripture). Imagine standing in the marketplace all day waiting to be hired. Imagine being offered a job at the end of the day. Imagine getting paid for the whole day after working only an hour. How does that imagination impact your perspective and experience of divine generosity?
22 min - Breeze of the Spirit
Gideon Tsang reflects on what our invitation is to be born and live as people of the Spirit [John 3:3-8].
Reflection
- Where have you seen the delightful breeze of God’s Spirit in your life?
- What might it look light to pause and listen for the breeze of the Spirit this week?
24 min - Debt of Love
Jason Minnix reflects on how we’re invited to live in a debt we’re never meant to repay [Romans 13:8-14].
Reflection
- How do I live in the debt of love I’m never meant to repay?
- Where do I sense invitation into the love that liberates this week?
Spiritual Practice
- Surrender to your debts of love this week. Let go of repayment.
- Where is my love for self and others asleep now? Where is it waking up?
Resources
- Video: Love Liberates (Maya Angelou)
23 min - A Secret Conversation
Scott Erickson reflects on our invitation to create a space of silence and solitude to hear and listen to God’s voice in our current season [Matthew 6:5-6].
Reflection
- Where have been the places, spaces or moments in this season that you feel like you can connect with God?
- What have been your experiences with silence and solitude? And what has come from them?
11 min - Who Do You Say I Am?
Gena Minnix reflects on how Jesus' loving response to his enemies revealed that God is non-punishing and utterly trustworthy. [Matthew 16:13-18].
Reflection
- How does reflecting on God as Jesus help restore my trust?
- As my trust in God increases, how will that change the way I respond to my enemies?
Spiritual Practice
- Who is Jesus? What word or phrase captures the core of who Jesus is to you? Notice perceptions that are in us and open ourselves up to the possibility of Jesus revealing something surprising about who God is which we may not have perceived as clearly before.
18 min - Flow of Mercy
Weylin Lee reflects on how we might be blocking the flow of mercy in our lives and what barriers we might have built that limit the flow [Matthew 15:10-28].
Reflection
- What expectations and hidden biases do we have that limit our flow of mercy?
- How might we practice mercy as a mutual flow that feeds the cycle of giving and receiving?
Spiritual Practice
- Journal Our Expectations of Others. Reflect on people we have difficulty extending mercy to. List out what expectations we’ve put on them. Examine which expectations are actually limiting your ability to practice mercy.
- Seeking Understanding. Life experiences or relational trauma we haven’t been through. Cultural backgrounds and upbringing we’re not familiar with. Being a different gender or ethnicity in the workplace.
Resources
- Podcast: Cancel Culture (NYT The Daily)
- Podcast: Mahzarin Banaji (On Being)
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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.