February 2020 Video For Patrons
Hello, friends! Here’s the February video for our beloved patrons 🙂
If you haven’t joined our community yet, what are you waiting for??
Hello, friends! Here’s the February video for our beloved patrons 🙂
If you haven’t joined our community yet, what are you waiting for??
We pick up where S3E4 left off – watching to see how the religious leaders will respond to Peter and John and the lame man. Will they accept and affirm that this is the work of God? The questions are for all of us too (especially the religious leaders among us): Will we set aside our insecurities and our defensiveness? Will we admit that we aren’t really in charge? Or will we grasp at our illusion of power? Will we reject this sign and try to silence them? (Acts 4.1-22)
If you’ve been wondering about my relationship status, it’s complicated. Despite what many streams of Christianity teach, there’s just no such thing as a “pure,” “plain,” or “simple” reading of scripture. Scripture is anything but plain and simple. Regarding the Reader In this age of information everywhere and worldwide connectivity, there’s hardly anyone who can…
“That kid is bad. And it’s your fault. You’re bad too.” That’s what she said to me, wagging her finger at me and my child. It was a dreary day here in Portland, so after some indoor gym time, the kids and I ran to the store for a few things. It was nearing the…
“We sang “God Bless America” and believed that God wanted us to have life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. We saw no conflict between capitalism and Christianity, the American dream and the cost of discipleship. Faith was a correct system of beliefs, and religion was defined by where you spent Sunday morning and whether you avoided…
Do you struggle to love your neighbor? What if I asked you to stop reading, turn to a stranger nearby and say “I love you like I love myself.” Would you do it? Could you say it honestly? I was asked to do that recently, and —spoiler alert— I couldn’t do it.
Finding “church” in the world, and being found in the church once again.