Vox Veniae Podcast

Vox Veniae Podcast

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Vox Veniae Podcast episodes

  • Changing Our Minds
    Gideon Tsang reflects on what it would look like to have our minds continually changed to discover the mind of Christ is already in us [1 Corinthians 2:1-8].
    Reflection:
    When did a moment of powerlessness change you?
    What’s scares you about being vulnerable?
    Resources:
    Podcast: Fresh Air- Mike Birbiglia
    Video: Manchester by the Sea
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    36 min
  • Forget Your Perfect Offering
    Gena Minnix talks about what Jesus says and invites us to do in the context of difficult times and seasons [Matthew 5:13-16].
    Reflection:
    How can I practice experiencing and feeling the full range of human emotions?
    Who in my life is living in shadow? What parts of me remain in shadow?
    What’s my imperfect offering today?
    Resources:
    Video: Doctor Who & Van Gogh
    Video: Anthem by Leonard Cohen
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    34 min
  • The Wisdom of Foolishness
    Weylin Lee reflects on how the wisdom of God seems foolish and in that foolishness, what God’s wisdom invites us into [1 Corinthians 1:18-31].
    Reflection:
    How can we hold the tension of the known and unknown in order to practice faith?
    What are the attachments in our lives that we need to confront?
    Who are the people in our lives we might need to be in solidarity with?
    Resources:
    Podcast:On Being: John Lewis
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    28 min
  • Unity
    Matt Worthington reflects on how we can reframe our divisions and walk a path of unity [1 Corinthians 1:10-18].
    Reflection
    Where is God asking you to be on the journey towards unity?
    In what ways do we need healing in order to walk with others in our lives?
    In what ways can we reframe the language and perspective we adopt with others?
    Resources
    Video: TED Talk-Suzanne Barakat
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    39 min
  • Light Calling
    Jason Minnix speaks about our calling and how we’re invited to focus on what we are and not just what we do [Isaiah 49:1-7].
    Reflection
    What is the invitation today that feels like grace?
    What support do I need to engage or reengage my calling in a meaningful way?
    Resources
    Video – Hunt for the Wilderpeople (Funeral)
    Exercise
    Here is a list of exercises that you can try to consider your calling “to be”.
    Write or draw a chronos time line of your life.
    Include moments of chairos time (graced time), significant events in your journey that have formed you, timeless moments of meaning, joy, trauma, loss.
    List some of your life dreams and desires.
    Write trustworthy words that have been spoken into your life. Ask people who love you now.
    Write a simple statement of your calling.
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    42 min
  • Consent to Love
    Gideon Tsang reflects on what it means to consent to where God is already at work in us and forming us this year [Matthew 3:13-17].
    Reflection:
    What are we currently experiencing that we might need to consent to?
    What are some things we need to let go of?
    Resources:
    Video: This Year by The Mountain Goats
    Video: Trouble with Boys by David Bazaan
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    35 min
  • Blessing
    As we start a new year, John Chandler reflects on the story that we need to tell that is larger than the challenges and difficulties we have faced and will face [Numbers 6:22-27].
    Reflection:
    What might it look like for you to spend more time in the shine of a face than the shine of a screen in the year to come?
    How might you serve as priest, a go-between, to another who needs to receive the blessing of YHWH?
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    34 min
  • Advent IV: The Surprise of Emmanuel
    As we approach the end of the Advent season, Weylin Lee reflects on the surprising invitations that we find in Joseph and Mary’s experience of the birth of Jesus [Matthew 1:18-25].
    Reflection
    How can we reframe our interruptions and disruptions to help strip away our false self?
    What are the things that we fear in our lives that we need to act against in our process of experiencing freedom?
    What are some areas of our lives that we need to let go of control in order to fall into grace?
    Resources:
    Podcast: On Being- James Martin
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    32 min
  • Advent III: Disappointment
    As we continue in the season of Advent, Matt Inman speaks about what it means to long for joy and how we live in the tension of our fears and dreams [Hebrews 11:13-16].
    Reflection:
    How has disappointment impacted your life and faith?
    What does your life look like being broke open versus broke apart?
    Resources:
    Podcast: Inefficiency-Jamie Tworkowski
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    33 min
  • Advent II: Preparing for Peace
    As we continue in the season of Advent, Gena Minnix speaks about how we prepare for peace and become agents of peace [Matthew 3:1-6].
    Reflection
    Where are the wilderness places in our lives where survival feels like a struggle?
    What experiences (feelings, situations, conditions) do I find difficult or nearly impossible to welcome?
    What practices help me prepare for a peace that’s here but not yet here?
    ResourcesCenter for Action and Contemplation
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    39 min

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