Felt connection with God (not just going through the motions of religion) can be fleeting and hard to find one's way into -- even when we're not in the midst of a pandemic and winter -- and even for people who have had a prayer life for many years -- and even for people who have experienced it in the past but don't currently. Vince shares about an approach to prayer that can help many and that utilizes a tool we all have: our memory.
Read MoreFirst... a brief comment on MLK weekend. Then... most of the reading we do day-in, day-out is reactive: The news of what just happened or the latest takes and opinions on the world. And that’s not necessarily bad. But what we have to be more intentional about to work into our diet is non-reactive reading: Reading that forms us, inspires us, or challenges us, separate from our never-ending news feeds. Non-reactive reading is a key ingredient to spiritual health and growth for many, and this Sunday Kyle leads us in considering a number of options we might try.
Read MoreWe put on hold our scheduled topic for this Sunday in light of what we all witnessed happen at the Capitol. How do we respond as people trying to take their cues from Jesus? As people of faith and good will? As people trying to pursue justice and inclusion and truth?
Read MoreVince kicks off our new series by teaching us a spiritual practice called "Lectio Divina" -- reading with the intent to experience the divine (rather than reading with the intent to study or understand). We try it out with two passages from the Bible: a personal interaction with Jesus and a story of protest from the Old Testament.
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