We need a calm space to process and pray after the election results... maybe you do too? The Psalms are beautifully helpful and consoling, as they point us to a far greater power than the President of the United States
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On Sunday November 6th, in lieu of a regular service, we're throwing a Free Poker Tournament, with some awesome prizes (including tickets to see Hamilton), food, drinks, and great people... we'd love for you to be there!
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Why not let the Netflix Original series Stranger Things help set the stage for you to enter into the world of the Bible? The benefit is learning an approach to life that can cope with the world's unexplainable-ness, mystery, and even its hostility.
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In our experience, the Bible is packed with relevancy and is an unmatched tool to help people connect with God. But, because it was written in a totally different time, culture, and context, its relevancy and helpfulness can often feel hard to access. We've found that our love for modern TV shows and movies (like, believe it or not, AMC's The Walking Dead) can help in this regard!
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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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Maybe the great gift of God is... well... God. Maybe experiencing God to be present with us and close to us -- whether in the midst of joys or pains -- is the greatest, most wonderful-feeling gift any of us could ever hope to receive.
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Who of us comes home from work after a day of petty and infuriating inconveniences involving other people and calls their friend or turns to their spouse and says: but, really, I was the one who made this day so hard for them? Probably none of us... But might we get more out of life learning to tell a more balanced story of ourselves and our lives? God inspired the Ancient Israelite authors of the Book of Exodus in just such a way...
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From the chaotic and unsure standpoint of the suddenly-freed-from-Egyptian-slavery Hebrew people, the Ten Commandments was the most compassionate and revolutionary offer of guidance that anyone could have asked for. But what really shows us the enduring helpfulness of the Ten Commandments -- even today! -- is the perspective on them Jesus would add.
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Dr. King once said "The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice". And that's a pretty great summary of the Book of Exodus' hopeful message about God's response to the things that oppress - whether societally or even internally.
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Maybe experiencing the hope and resilience of a deep-down, honest feeling that "God is reliable, even in challenges & hardship" isn't something we have to make happen for ourselves. As the story of Moses and the burning bush suggests, maybe God considers it his responsibility to give us that gift.
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