If we use oral health & hygiene as an analogy, becoming anti-racist isn’t taking your tonsils out, it’s brushing your teeth — we have to commit to ongoing, everyday work.
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Hayley, Kyle, and Vince discuss “shoulds” and false “right” pictures of community, American metaphors vs New Testament metaphors for community, practical ways to do community right now in the midst of shelter-in-place, and obscure references from the show Friends.
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Kyle and Vince get excited when they discover that certain Biblical references may not be about what they’re popularly thought to be about in American culture. Because, despite all of the damage that is done when the Bible is misappropriated, it is (properly treated) a treasure trove!
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Where can we find God in the way COVID-19 is resetting society? Vince, Kyle, and guest Val Buchanan discuss.
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Vince and Kyle continue the conversation of “Believing in God when bad thing happen” with a mailbag podcast responding to comments and question from last Sunday’s discussion.
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In Harry Potter, Harry discovers the difference between “being dragged into the arena” of the hardship ahead of him and “walking into the arena with his head held high” — The same discovery is what made Jesus who he was — And the same discovery can transform us into all we’re meant to be.
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Continuing his series on becoming all we’re meant to, Vince shares how embracing the risks of journeying through Jesus’ Kingdom of God brings healing to our un-dealt with pain by unpacking the theology of the movie Moana, how Moana is a Christ figure, and how we are all Te Ka.
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Our ordinary world and lives are ruled by attachment to possessions and consumerism. But what if there is an alternative, unseen, spiritual reality (Jesus’ “Kingdom of God”) that we can choose to live in instead, which can free from us from the restlessness and comparison of being driven by consumerism, and can bring us purpose, transformation and a feeling that God is speaking to us?
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Disappointment and the passage of time birth apathy, and apathy can be hard to break. Kyle traces a thread through real and hard-earned messages of hope from the Ancient Jewish Prophet Haggai, the life of Jesus, and the belief of Dr. King.
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Just like our favorite fantasy stories and myths, Jesus’ message of the “Kingdom of God” is an invitation to us to leave our ordinary worlds, and step into a bigger reality that is outside our comfort zone and includes threats and danger, BUT will transform us into all we’re meant to be if we stay the course.
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