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- Growing in Substance
Weylin Lee explores what it means for us to grow in a meaningful way if the substance of our faith is Christ [Colossians 2:6-19].
Reflection
- How can you allow gratitude to overflow in your life?
- In what ways can you engage the dying process in order to experience life?
- In what ways is our practice of freedom moving us towards Christ?
Resources
- Podcast: On Being (David Steindl-Rast)
- Film: The Farewell
Spiritual Practice
- Practice of Gratitude: Stop Look Go. Stop - slow down, stop trying so hard and be present. Look - open your eyes, ears, senses to soak in all that we’ve been given. Go - move into the world with gratitude that is overflowing.
- Imagine the Dying Process. Imagine the death of a loved one, a job or a dream. Sit in the emotions and feelings that surface from that imagined loss. Invite the disappearance of clinging that is tied to anxiety and insecurity and fear.
31 min - Here it Comes
For Kid’s Sunday, Gideon Tsang reflects on the story of Mary and Martha and how we can be present here [Luke 10:38-42].
Reflection
- How can you invite God into your mess this week?
- What does it look like to practice your preferred posture of presence?
Resources
- Song: First World Problems (Chance the Rapper)
- Video: 4 Year Old Mic'd up at Hockey
Spiritual Practice
- Welcome Your Mess. Invite someone into your home without cleaning it. Sit in the discomfort of being accepted in your mess.
- Learn to Idle. Sit for 10 minutes in a room with a friend. Do nothing. Share your observations.
28 min - Learning Love - Luke 10
Jason Minnix reflects on how we are when it comes to loving people [Luke 10:25-37].
Reflection
- Where do I sense empty love in my attempts to care for others?
- How can I receive mercy in those places?
- Where am I waking up to love's invitation now?
Spiritual Practice
- Empty Love. Where do I sense empty love in my attempts to care for others? What fuels it?
- Practice of Love. What empty ideas of love need to go? What is my body telling me about love?
31 min - Freedom and Community
Matt Inman reflects on how we can grow in our freedom and what freedom means in community [Galatians 6:1-4].
Reflection
- Do you believe that God is for your freedom? If so, what does that freedom look like?
- How might freedom grow for us as a community at Vox?
Resources
- Model: Stages of Change
- Poem: How to Be a Poet (Wendell Berry)
Spiritual Practice
- Journal. Where does criticism run wild in your mind? Who might you be able to join in a more loving way if you quieted that critical voice?
- Reflect. Explore what is “ours” and who is “we”? How have you narrowed that in at times and what might it look like to start widening it back out?
- Write a reminder to yourself. Base this reminder on your own personality, story and what your work requires of you.
26 min - Now is the Time
Melanie Jones reflects on what it means for us today that the kingdom of God is here and now [Mark 1:14-15].
Reflection
- How do we live in the wake of freedom?
- How do we #staywoke and avoid daydreaming in our current season of justice-seeking?
26 min - Art of the Trinity
For Family Sunday, Gideon Tsang reflects on what we can learn about God and ourselves from creation [Psalm 8].
Reflection
- How can your experience of being loved drown out the unlovable voices in your life
- What thunderstorms are you experiencing that might bring healing and new life?
Resources
- The Observable Universe
- Food: Vietnamese Crawfish
27 min - The Gift of Presence
For Pentecost Sunday, Weylin Lee explores why God’s spirit and presence is a meaningful gift for us [John 14:8-17].
Reflection
- How can you practice becoming more aware of God’s presence in your life today?
- What does it mean for you to embody God’s Spirit and be a gift of presence to others?
Resources
- Book: Practicing the Presence of God (Brother Lawrence)
- Podcast: NYT The Daily - The Legacy of Rachel Held Evans
Spiritual Practice
- Prayer of Presence. 1. Start and end each day with consenting to God’s leadership for the day (just as you’re waking up and before falling sleeping). 2. Choose a prompt in your day (e.g. favorite color, alarm, daily chore) and pause to invite God’s presence into your actions, your words, your thoughts, your emotions. 3. Practice different time intervals. Start with a few minutes, then an hour, then a full day (inviting God’s presence in the smallest things like picking up groceries, typing, opening and closing doors).
- Welcoming Prayer. Welcome, welcome, welcome. I welcome everything that comes to me today because I know it's for my healing. I welcome all thoughts, feelings, emotions, persons, situations, and conditions. I let go of my desire for power and control. I let go of my desire for affection, esteem, approval and pleasure. I let go of my desire for survival and security. I let go of my desire to change any situation, condition, person or myself. I open to the love and presence of God and God's action within. Amen.
32 min - Resonance
Jason Minnix explores how we can attune to others in life-fostering ways [John 17:20-26].
Reflection
- How am I being invited to resonate more with myself, other people, and/or God?
- What does it look like to relax this week into a deeper story?
Resources
- Documentary: Too Funny to Fail
- Movie: The Biggest Little Farm
Spiritual Practice
- Practice Resonance. What’s it like to be me right now? What’s it like to be me becoming aware of this? Share this with someone in one sentence, “Right now I’m aware of …” Imagine what that would be like and respond with an attempt to resonate. (non-verbal or verbal)
- Practice Resonating with God. What is God resonating with me around today. Reflect in silence.
36 min - Peace I Leave With You
Virginia Cumberbatch reflects on how God can use our anxiety to invite us into spaces of refuge, remembering and reconciliation [John 14:23-28].
Reflection
- Remember a time you experienced God's comfort and care in the midst of anxiety?
- How might your anxiety serve as a path to spiritual formation this week?
Resources
- Blog: Camille Styles - Advice from Women Married Over 40 Years
- Song: P E A C E
- MWG: Discussion Guide
Spiritual Practice
- This week begin to record the times God’s word has met your obedience and your trust. And may I suggest the following reflection on all the times God has said and done: “I will help you.” “I will strengthen you.” “I will uphold you.” “I’ll give you what you need.” “I will protect you.” etc...
- Together let us eliminate one avoidance practice this week to make room for the Holy Spirit. How can we clear a pathway for the Spirit to be the loudest voice – even louder than our own?
- How can we step outside the noise of doom, of fear, of chaos this week to practice pursuing peace?
30 min - Clean or Profane
Gideon Tsang reflects on how God is inviting us to clean our profane view of the other [Acts 11:1-18].
Reflection
- Who in your life is loving you into more expansive ways of seeing?
- Why do you think we are addicted to judging our distinctions?
Spiritual Practice
- Commonality. Think of someone who you see as less worthy. What do you have in common with that person? Try engaging them this week with commonality rather than distinction.
Resources
- MWG: Discussion Guide
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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.