Vox Veniae Podcast

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Vox Veniae Podcast episodes

  • Advent: Happy Gifts
    As we continue in the season of Advent, Gena Minnix explores how the Christmas story might be a surprising and happy gift for us [Isaiah 61:1-3].
    ReflectionWhat practices help me feel God’s spirit?How does it feel to say, “Your will be done?”
    Resources
    Video – Puppy Surprise [Clip 1 | Clip 2]Audio – The Little Apocalypse (Nadia Bolz-Weber)Video – Undoing of Wrath (James Alison)
    MWG – Discussion Guide
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    30 min
  • Advent: Fading Flowers
    As we continue in the season of Advent, Jason Minnix talks about preparing for the way that God can access us in the dry seasons of our lives [Isaiah 40:3-8].
    Reflection
    What are some of the dry spaces in my journey that I can acknowledge and name today?
    What are the fading flowers for me today?
    Resources
    Video – Ellen and Chris Hemsworth’s Office Surprise
    MWG – Discussion Guide
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    25 min
  • Advent: Keep Awake
    As we start the season of Advent, Weylin Lee talks about what Jesus is inviting us to wake up to and wake up from [Mark 13:30-37].
    Reflection
    How can we slow down in order to catch up to God?
    What areas of our interior life need to be awakened?
    Resources
    Video – Godspeed Documentary
    Book – Acedia & Me
    MWG – Discussion Guide
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    32 min
  • Practice Gratitude
    Gideon Tsang reflects on how we would be changed people if we practiced gratitude collectively as a community [Psalm 100].
    Reflection
    What would it look like to create out of gratitude?
    How can you be present with gratitude entering into this week?
    Resources
    Video – How to Practice Effectively
    Video – TED Talk (Megan Phelps-Roper)
    MWG – Discussion Guide
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    28 min
  • Thoughts on Prayer
    Kelly Cutbirth reflects on what our prayers about others have to teach us about ourselves and God [Psalm 70].
    Reflection
    What emotions or needs in my life might be trying to surface from my prayers about the other?
    How can I have empathy for myself in my raw, angry moments?
    Resources
    Video – The All-American Rejects – Gives You Hell
    Book – Wonder
    Book – A Wonder Story – The Julian Chapter
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    28 min
  • Release
    Jason Minnix talks about the ways we and others have placed spiritual burdens on people that constrict our natural movement to seek healing and growth in Christ [Matthew 23:1-12].
    Reflection:
    What burdens am I being invited to release today?
    What forgiveness do I need to extend or receive today?
    Resources:
    Video: SNL – Church Lady
    MWG: Discussion Guide
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    29 min
  • Presence
    Jason Minnix reflects on some of the ways God is present with us in this journey we are on [Exodus 33:12-23].
    Reflection:
    How can I open myself to participate in God’s presence now?
    Where am I being invited to play?
    Resources:
    Video: Three Year Old Arguing
    MWG: Discussion Guide
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    33 min
  • Great Questions
    Gideon Tsang explores how Jesus seems to value questions more than he does answers and why questions are essential to a healthy faith [Matthew 21:23-32].
    Reflection:
    How can you embrace your questions of Scripture and faith?
    How can you celebrate a mistake, wrong answer, or failure as part of your spiritual practice?
    Resources:
    Podcast: Freakonomics: That’s a Great Question
    Book: The Sin of Certainty
    Article: Could Private University Have Made a Difference in Detroit?
    Article: The Ages You Peak at Everything Throughout Life
    MWG: Discussion Guide
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    29 min
  • Keeping the Wound Clean
    Gena Minnix talks about what a meaningful response to violence might look like and the invitation Jesus gives us through one of his stories [Matthew 21:33-46].
    Reflection:
    What are some helpful responses to human violence?
    What violence needs to die inside me so something else can be reborn?
    Resources:
    Model: Drama Triangle
    Podcast: Why Should we Treat Violence Like a Contagious Disease?
    MWG: Discussion Guide
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    36 min
  • Liturgy: Benediction
    As we finish our fall vision series on our rhythms of liturgy, Weylin Lee reflects on the Benediction and the blessings that we’re still experiencing and being sent out with [Hebrews 13:20-21].
    Reflection:
    How can we create peace one person at a time?
    How do we respond to the fact that who we are pleases God and that he
    loves and likes us?
    Resources:
    Video: Michelle Obama Surprises Visitors
    MWG: Discussion Guide
    The post Liturgy: Benediction appeared first on Vox Veniae.
    33 min

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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…