Westview Christian Fellowship

Westview Christian Fellowship

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Westview Christian Fellowship episodes

  • Tamar Becoming Christ for Us with Caleb Ratzlaff
    Recorded at The First Mennonite Church in Vineland on Sept. 27, 2020, Caleb Ratzlaff discusses how his perspective has shifted from seeing himself as a fixer to the receiver of help from the oppressed. In the process, Caleb shares with The First a little bit about life at Westview, while once again emphasizing the necessity of listening to the stories of addicts, sex workers, and widows as we allow them to lead us to the cross.
    18 min
  • Nice People Use Drugs with Caleb Redekop
    Recorded on Sept. 27th, 2020, at Westview Christian Fellowship. Caleb Redekop shares about his experience working with people who use drugs. He connects the experience of the stigma he witnessed in this community to Jesus' interaction with the Samaritan woman at the well. For Caleb, connection is the opposite of addiction.
    23 min
  • Listening for Mercy with Jon Willms
    Recorded on August 23, 2020, Jon Willms asks us to reflect on what we're searching for and helps us apply this to Hosea chapter 6. Leaning on contemplative exercises, we practise learning to listen differently and hear more with silence.
    21 min
  • Struggling to Find Salvation for the Oppressed in Hosea with Caleb Ratzlaff
    Recorded on August 9, 2020, Caleb Ratzlaff reads Hosea Chapter 2. Here, Caleb reads the text asking who are the oppressed, the weak and the needy; what are they doing, how are they being treated? And then, he evaluates whether or not the narrative is liberating those who are suffering. 
    As we read the Bible or consume any media for that matter, it's good to ask the questions - who are the vulnerable and the oppressed and; is this story helping or hindering their struggle for liberation?
    27 min
  • Are Greta Thunberg, Alok Vaid-Menon, and Ursula LeGuin Prophets like Amos? with Rosilee Sherwood
    In this episode, Rosilee Sherwood discusses the characteristics of a prophet, someone who amplifies the call of justice and love while calling out the powerful and systemic oppression. Using the backdrop fo Amos, Jesus, and Martin Luther King Jr. Rose asks us to consider three modern-day prophets that she's encountered in her life: Greta Thunberg, Alok Vaid-Menon, and Ursula LeGuin.
    27 min
  • Reading Amos and MLK Together with Caleb Ratzlaff
    Recorded at Westview Christian Fellowship on July 5, 2020 - Caleb Ratzlaff continues the series of Amos, finding three commonalities between Amos and Martin Luther King Jr.'s Letter from a Birmingham Jail. Both Amos and MLK criticize the church, condemn complacency, and call out the perversion of the law.
    19 min
  • Amos Convinces God to Repent But Fails to Persuade the Elites with Caleb Ratzlaff
    Recorded at Westview Christian Fellowship on June 28, 2020 - Caleb Ratzlaff continues the series of Amos, revisiting the issue of God's punishment in the context of Chapter 7.
    In Chapter 7, Amos convinces God to relent from punishing Israel with famine and drought. Unfortunately, Amos is not able to convince the religious, political, and business elite to relent from trampling the needy. The leaders of Israel exile Amos before he can persuade God to spare them from punishment. There will be bodies, many bodies says the Lord.
    22 min

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Westview is an inclusive learning community with an Anabaptist heritage where participation comes before perfection. Together we aim to develop a sensitivity to the call of love, peace, justice,…