WildWords: Sermons from Wildwood Mennonite Church

"Always look on the bright side of life!" If you're a Monty Python fan you'll have this song in your head for the next week! You're welcome. If you're a Type 7 on the Enneagram this might be your theme song. Listen to find out more from our resident Type 7, Grant.

This sermon is called "The Many-Breasted God." Now that we have your attention...read on for the "Type Two" episode in our Enneagram worship series.

"God is Effective/Our God Get's It Done, and so do we..."

Type 3 Achievers have also been created in the image of God. What aspects of God’s nature become evident in Abigail, Naaman and other Type 3s? What more do we, especially Type 3’s, need to learn from God’s way of “taking care of business” and “getting it done”? And, how many Type 3’s does it take to screw in a light bulb?

Listen to find out what Ken has to say about these things and to hear what Tom shares from a "3" perspective.

"God is Sublime/May the Fours Be With You"

Ever wondered what it’s like to feel all the feelings in a day? Or to see significance in the smallest sign? (There are no coincidences.) Take a listen to this conversation between Katie Wiebe and Joel Kroeker as they share what it’s like being a Four on the Enneagram; from dark emotions to creativity, they cover it all and then some!

"Windows of Divine Light"

Ever feel like prayer is just talking to yourself, that maybe God is a projection of your own personality? Or maybe prayer feels more like trying to access The Force, that God is more of an abstract energy flowing through everything? Well...yes and no, and no and yes.

Come for the questions, stay for the spiral prayer exercise.

God promised to send the Holy Spirit: a Comforter, Advocate, Intercessor, Counselor, a Strengthener. Has anyone seen it still around? Like “Waldo”, is it becoming increasingly hard to find? How can we become more mindful of its presence? Check out "Breathing Life Into Dry Bones" from guest speaker Eileen Klaassen.

Remember that time when you prayed and God made everything turn out exactly the way you asked? Me neither. Not even close, actually. So does that mean we might as well put prayer on the shelf along with the crystal balls and divining rods? #HowardBeThyName

We were pleased to have Sam Berg as a guest speaker this past Sunday for the third installment in our series on Breaking the Shame Cycle. Listen to his sermon "Totally Exposed: The Gift of Vulnerability".

Scarcity is the never enough problem. Never thin enough, never rich enough, never safe enough, and never extraordinary enough - to name a few. At the core of scarcity is shame, comparison and disengagement.

Learn about how scarcity in culture, and in family systems can impact our lives, and how aspects of our faith can help change our world view.

Shame. It's the voice inside that tells you you're not worthy, that you'll never live up to expectations. It's the desire to run or hide, because they'll never like you if they know who you really are. And, for many of us, it's that sense that God can't really love us as we are, not until we find some way to clean up and keep it together.

How do we move out of these cycles of shame? How can we learn to accept and trust in the love of God?