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- Partnership Sunday: Combatants for Peace
Claire Kinder, Hannah Friesen, Gena St. David, and Lindsay Stanek share about Vox Veniae’s new global partner, American Friends of Combatants for Peace, and the good work of nonviolent peacemaking happening between Palestinians and Israelis working in solidarity to advance a just peace. [Psalm 133]
Reflection
- What is the cost of peace without justice, and who bears it?
- What systems am I part of that maintain peace for some and oppression for others?
- How can I disturb my comfort to open the way to collective peace rooted in justice?
Resource
- Website: https://www.afcfp.org/contact-us
39 min - Wasted Time
What is perpetually draining you of hope and joy? Aurelia Dávila Pratt encourages us to steward a full cup for our own embodied self and the Body of Christ in relation to our time and how we relate to social media. [1 Corinthians 12:12-26]
Reflection
- What’s something that quietly energizes you—or helps refill your cup-when you’re feeling drained?
- Where in your life are you being invited to pay closer attention, to tend gently and intentionally to what matters most?
- What does it mean to belong—to yourself, to others, to something larger—and how does that truth live your body today?
Resource
- Book: How to Focus , by Thich Nhat Hanh
24 min - It's Giving... Selfless Self Care
How can I do something for someone else that brings me joy? Vanessa Maleare defines self-care by casting a vision of service as self-care. [1 Peter 4:7-11]
Reflection
- What area of helping others bring you joy or energy?
- Is there an area of service in which you’d like to grow?
- If there is a barrier to you giving your time somewhere, could that barrier be moved in a creative way?
Resource
Book: How to Be a Living Thing: Meditations on Intuitive Oysters, Hopeful Doves, and Being Human in the World by Mari Andrew
27 min - Kiss My Past Goodbye
What’s your favorite call to adventure? Christopher Mack hears the call to reconsider our relationship with the status quo as we are invited to daily form Beloved Community. [Luke 14:25-33]
Reflection
- Where do you feel an invitation to subvert the values and expectations of the status quo?
- How might a cruciform vision of spirituality challenge you?
- Is there a way you might explore the practice of awakening to the Divine Presence daily this week?
Resource
- Book: Everything Belongs: The Gift of Contemplative Prayer by Richard Rohr
- Book: Present Perfect: Finding God in the Now by Greg Boyd
30 min - Inviting Simplicity
How do you know when you are standing on your own sacred ground? Christopher Mack imagines a table where we are not serving our unhealthy fixations and impulses, but are living out of attachment to God’s Inclusive and Transformative Love. [Luke 14:1, 7-14]
Reflection
- Which strategy for pursuing happiness seems primary for you right now?
- Who might you share your honest experience of life with this week?
- Is there someone you. Might invite to experience the radical love and grace of God’s Beloved Community this week?
Resource
- Book: Spiritual Disciplines Handbook: Practices that Transform Us by Adele Ahlberg Calhoun
31 min - Sacred Objects
Is there an object of place that connects you to prayer? Amy Wolfgang dusts the cobwebs off the ritual of the rosary prayer, from their religious upbringing, infusing it with joy and sacredness in our lives and being. [Revelation 12]
Reflection
- Can you take a moment to meditate on the needs of a person or group you might pray for intercession for this week?
- Where has God invited you into a “queer-ing” of your experience of Christianity?
- If Mary spans the divine and human, interceding on our behalf and welcoming us to heaven; how can you take the next small step to root your prayers in spiritual and earthly action?
Resource
- Book: Birthing the Holy: Wisdom from Mary to Nurture Creativity and Renewal by Christine Valters Paintner
- Website: Pride Resources Mentioned in Homily
35 min - The Peaceable Kingdom
What gives people power in Western societies? Eric Robinson cultivates compassion and curiosity around how we relate to power in light of the cross and resurrection, as we seek to embody a multicultural and diverse body of Christ. [Isaiah 11]
Reflection
- Where is God calling you to lean more into the cross?
- Where is God inviting you to embrace resurrection?
- How might you intentionally change one thing in your life this week to live out the Peaceable Kingdom?
27 min - The Path to Proximity
What is the difference between an encounter and an interaction? Caroline Cody explores the merciful Samaritan parable through the lens of how we can open ourselves more fully to people we encounter in our paths. [Luke 10:25-42]
Reflection
- What is a creative way you can show up differently to put yourself more in the way of others?
- Who might Jesus have pointed to as your “neighbor” if you could ask him today?
- In what ways can we also embody care for our neighbor like Mary, by sitting at the feet of Jesus?
28 min - Desperate
What is your life desperate for? Jennifer Cumberbatch of Full Measure preaches about how we our desperate for connection to the life of God and deep relationship with one another, and how Christ embodies this Hope and in-breaking reality. [Colossians 2:6-15]
Reflection
- What am I desperate for or about?
- How would it look to truly be alive without guilt?
- Can you ask God to restore your hope in Christ
34 min - Cosmic Beat
What needs to be said or done in the world right now? Vanessa Maleare and Brandon co-share a message about how we sync with the Cosmic Christ and one another through a rich understanding of the incarnational and transcendent life of God. Seeing the world through the Cosmic Christ imbues our lives with meaning. [Colossians 1:15-20]
Reflection
- What is my Big Idea that feels sacred?
- How can I connect with the Cosmic Christ, through small/humble moments?
- When do I feel the most in sync with God’s presence, and why?
Resource
- Book: The Way of the Heart: The Spirituality of the Desert Fathers & Mothers by Henri Nouwen
- Book: Good Enough: 40ish Devotionals for a Life of Imperfection by Kate Bowler and Jessica Richie
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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.