Vox Veniae Podcast

Vox Veniae Podcast

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Vox Veniae Podcast episodes

  • Light Living
    Gideon Tsang reflects on the burdens we’re carrying and how are we invited to live in a lighter way [Matthew 11:28-29].
    Reflection:
    What does it look like to receive God’s gentleness this week?
    How can your inherent worthiness free you from the burden of needing to be greater than you already are?
    Resources:
    Book: The Way to Love by Anthony De Mello
    Prayer: Prayer of Reflection Script
    MWG: Homily Discussion Guide
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    28 min
  • Freedom
    Weylin Lee talks about the paradoxical freedom that God invites us to experience [Romans 6:12-18].
    Reflection:
    What areas of our lives might need to experience death or for us to let go of?
    How might we practice discernment through a lens of grace?
    Who or what are we imitating?
    Resources:
    Podcast: This American Life: Alain de Botton
    Podcast: Fresh Air: Jay-Z
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    30 min
  • What Do You Want?
    Jason Minnix talks about our desires and examines the question that Jesus asked his disciples [John 1:35-42].
    Reflection:
    What am I being invited to let go of and return to a relationship of enjoying?
    What desires am I being invited to carry with compassion this week?
    What does it mean that God is delighting in me today, as I am?
    Resources:
    Exercise: Nonviolent Communication Handout
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    35 min
  • Being Good Guests
    Matt Inman reflects on who we direct our compassion towards and how we sometimes get in the way of living it out [Matthew 10:5-16].
    Reflection
    Where do you over-complicate your life and love by carrying around extra “equipment”?
    What is one small, humble act that would exercise your compassion and put you in the position of being a good guest?
    Resources:
    Podcast: Inefficiency
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    32 min
  • Belonging
    Gena Minnix talks about what it means to belong and the vision Jesus left us with for Christian community [Matthew 28:16-20].
    Reflection:
    Who among us needs to hear the message, “You belong”?
    How do I enjoy being playful with God and others?
    Resources:
    Article: Don’t Think You Have a Yoga Body?
    Video: Whose Line is It Anyway Improv
    Video: Don’t Think Twice – The Art of Improv
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    39 min
  • Pentecost Sunday
    Gideon Tsang talks about how God’s creative energy, the Holy Spirit, moves us towards transcendence in how we understand God and others [Acts 2:17-21].
    Reflection:
    How can we reflect on what the experiences of our lives mean?
    In what ways can our use of language be a means to unite rather than divide people?
    Resources:
    Book: The Circle by Dave Eggers
    Video: Darjeeling Limited: How Brothers Communicate
    Book: Nonviolent Communication by Marshall Rosenberg
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    32 min
  • Gospel According to Trees
    Tim Brosnan talks about what we can learn from trees and what it means to humbly stand firm [1 Peter 5:6-11].
    Reflection:
    In what ways can we choose to live closer to the humus until the canopy opens up?
    How can we cultivate a deeper understanding of God and ourselves through Nature?
    Resources:
    Podcast: On Being-Richard Rohr
    Poem: “When I am Among the Trees” by Mary Oliver
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    27 min
  • Community
    Gideon Tsang talks about the way we interact with community and how we might do it in a way that creates gratitude and joy [Philippians 1:3-9].
    Reflection:
    What would it look like to participate in sharing your beauty in community?
    Who’s a safe person you can share a face plant story with this week?
    Resources:
    Video: Kids Kissing
    Podcast: On Being: Carlo Rovelli
    Book: Community and Growth by Jean Vanier
    Video: Andrew Bird
    Video: Beirut
    Podcast: This American Life: Grand Gestures
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    29 min
  • Troubling Questions
    Kelly Cutbirth reflects on the questions we ask in vulnerable places and how God responds to them [John 14:1-14].
    Reflection
    What are the questions, at the surface or buried a little deeper, that are most troubling in my relationship with God today?
    What does it look like to rest in God’s love this morning, in the midst of unknowns and unanswered questions?
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    26 min
  • Shepherd Sunday
    Matt Inman speaks about the rest and care that God is guiding us to rather than the versions we try to set up for ourselves [Psalm 23].
    Reflection:
    In what ways do you seek rest that ends up obscuring your view of God and others?
    When was the last time you felt led into rest and comfort that grounded you to God, yourself and others?
    Resources:
    Video: Green Pastures
    Video: Stars and Light Pollution
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    29 min

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