It's hard work emotionally and psychologically to navigate the families we came from and their impact on us personally. Jesus has lots of help.
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For this talk Vince wants you to remember double what you usually remember from his talks, so he made it a multimedia presentation... Even better, maybe he should take a page from Jesus in Luke 10: Maybe the best way to learn is to be empowered.
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If we want alive and lasting spiritual fulfillment (and not just a passing experience of faith that's nice but nonetheless fades), Jesus tells us to "seek first the Kingdom of God" -- in other words, set our sights higher than just our own selves, and look to participate in the grand, all-of-history-spanning story of all life. This Kingdom of God story, it seems, is as relevant as ever in light of current events.
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A reflection on Christmas from Co-Lead Pastor Kyle Hanawalt
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The Magnificat (the Song of Mary, the mother of Jesus) is a window into one of the foundational values behind our community -- the desire to experience the lasting & world-impacting promises of softening our hearts over the deceptively short-term protection of hardening our hearts.
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Maybe the definition of following Jesus in any city or neighborhood (whether Nakuru, Kenya or the Brown Line area in Chicago) is bringing life to that city or neighborhood by disrupting harmful, cynical, disconnecting status quo structures with love, acceptance, and care for the most vulnerable.
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Jesus' famous story of "the Good Samaritan" suggests that "neighboring" comes with a personal cost, but the experience of feeling stirred to compassion and led by God is so life-giving and worth it... (TRANSCRIPT ONLY)
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"We're under attack!"... "No, we're under attack!" That seems to be the story of every divide in our world, whether societal or personal. In the accounts of Jesus remembered on Palm Sunday and Good Friday, there is an inspiring example of how we might engage divides more productively.
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Virtually everyone in America believes to some degree in ‘soul mate ideology’ (the belief that everyone has a soul mate out there and that true love is one’s only hope for happiness). But this belief is cruel to us! -- to single people and married people alike (and particularly to women). In our romantic/sex lives, how might we live out something less cruel and more fulfilling than soul mate ideology?
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If faith has anything special to offer life, hasn't there GOT to be some supernatural, mysterious, “bigger-than-me” element to faith that I can’t explain or control.
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