Doubt and Thomas
- 16 Apr 2023
In which we find that faith without doubt is no faith at all.
Will You Go And Tell?
- 09 APR 2023
In which we’re reminded that our whole belief system is predicated on the idea that miracles happen.
praying in the tension of desire and will
- 02 APR 2023
A Sunday of Palms and Violence
- 26 Mar 2023
In which the people call for a revolution, and it looks different than they expect.
The Light Changes Everything - Mark 8
- 19 MAR 2023
In which we find God in a pile of garbage, and ponder how suffering, despair, rejection produce a good-er news than strength, love, world peace.
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What are the places that look like rejection, suffering, and death that you are awaiting for the light of Christ to shine on and reveal the kingdom of God?
Morning- Listen to Holy Spirit (where can I see your kingdom?)
Afternoon- Learn about Jesus (Mark 8-10, How do we see the kingdom in pain, suffering, death? )
Evening- Reflect on spaces you were sent (Where did you see the kingdom come near in pain, suffering, death?)
Forgotten People, Forgotten places - Mark 5
- 12 Mar 2023
In which cabbages explode, pigs make like lemmings, and we reflect upon how to reflect on them less.
Small Seeds of the Kingdom - Mark 4
- 05 Mar 2023
In which Jesus shows us his kingdom, and we discover that it is rather ordinary.
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Morning - Listen to the Holy Spirit
(where should I look for you?)Afternoon - Read Mark 4
(What does this parable describe what the kingdom of God is supposed to look like?)Evening - Every day write down one way you saw the kingdom of God
The quotes
“A mustard seed is considered by Jesus’ contemporaries the smallest of seeds… Why does mustard seed attract comparison to the kingdom of God? Because for Jesus the kingdom is about the ordinariness of loving God and loving others. The kingdom is as common as sparrows, as earthy as backyard bushes, as routine as breakfast coffee, as normal as aging. He hallows the ordinary act of love, making it extraordinary … the kingdom of God is the transforming presence of God in ordinary humans.”
-Scot Mcknight“Earth is crammed with heaven,
and every common bush afire with God;
But only he who sees, takes off his shoes,
The rest sit round it and pluck blackberries.”
-Elizabeth Barrett Browning
I spy the kingdom
- 26 Feb 2023
In which Lent begins, and we are invited to see things differently.
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Morning - Listen to the Holy Spirit
Afternoon - Learn about Jesus - reading the gospel of Mark
Evening - Reflecting on our “Sentness” by naming one way you saw the kingdom of God that day.:
Challenge
Every day, write down 1 way you saw the kingdom of God.
Read Mark 1-3. What did the near kingdom look like? How did those who followed change their pursuits or values OR didn’t?
