The Gospel of Mark (Ch. 3)
Guest preacher Deborah McCreary led us through the first six verses of Mark 3, inviting us to consider how Jesus might be asking us to take a bold step of obedience.
The Gospel of Mark (Ch. 2)
If we’re honest, we often work hard to maintain the status quo. And yet, when we look at Jesus of Nazareth, he seems to be disrupting the status quo. Regularly. What might that mean for our lives? We consider Mark 2 and that question together.
The Gospel of Mark (Ch. 1)
We begin our 16 week journey through the Gospel of Mark in Chapter 1, focusing especially on the 1st half of the chapter.
Advent: The Light Breaks through the Darkness
The Two Halves of Life (11.10.19)
The Two Halves of Life (10.13.19)
Today we began a new series in which we will take 7 weeks to consider the two halves of life. Together we’ll consider the journey the Scriptures show us is possible – an adventure we’re all meant to live. Listen here for the introduction to this series.
Refocus (10.2.19)
Refocus: Shape (9.22.19)
Refocus: Embrace (9.15.19)
When we watch how Jesus lived — the way we operated in the world, we begin to notice that he repeatedly demonstrated an openness to others, not dismissal; he extended belonging, not judgement and he offered embrace, not distance.
Refocus: Grow (9.8.19)
It is so easy to lose sight of what matters most. That’s true for individuals and churches. For four weeks we’re refocusing on four things we’ve said matter deeply to us. First up: GROW. This call to “become like Christ in everything” (Ephesians 4:4) is where it all begins. By knowing our true selves we know God – and by knowing God, we know our true selves.
This is My Story: Racism (9.1.19)
Watch: PBS: Slavery by Another Name, 13th, Brian Stevenson (google his name + HBO), Blackish, 12 Years a Slave
Read: White Awake by Daniel Hill, White Fragility by Robin Diangelo, Tears We Cannot Stop by Michael Eric Dyson, Can I Get a Witness? Prophetic Voices of African American Women edited by Marcia Y. Riggs, Autobiographies of: Ida B. Wells (Crusade for Justice), Frederick Douglas, MLK, James Cone, Howard Thurman
Listen (podcasts): Code Switch – The Return of Race Science (July 10), Chicago’s Red Summer (July 17) and We’re Going to Start a Dialogue (Feb. 7); Revisionist History – Good Old Boys (July 11)
Follow: Christina Cleveland (@CSCleve), Ally Henny (@thearmchaircom), Austin Channing Brown (@austinchanning), Yasmin Yonis (@YasminYonis), Marc Lamont Hill (@marclamonthill)
Resource for families: http://www.raceconscious.org/
This is My Story (8.18.19)
Atonement: Scapegoat Mechanism (8.11.19)
Atonement: Penal Substitutionary Theory (8.4.19)
Atonement: Christus Victor
