Posts from 2024
Comfort Ye: Longing for Consolation – Advent 2024
Comfort Ye: Longing for Consolation This Advent, you’re invited to join other misfits as we explore the themes of hopeful waiting, prophetic comfort, and fulfillment in Christ, using the story of Simeon in Luke 2 and the beloved hymn, “Comfort, Comfort Ye My People.” In a season marked by anticipation, this series will delve into the ache of longing and the assurance of God’s promised consolation, offering hope and peace amid personal and communal suffering and challenges. This series will…
Center of Gravity – The Sermon on the Mount
“…the weightier matters of the law are justice, mercy, and faithfulness.” – Jesus (Matthew 23:23) Christian traditions often have primary books and passages they emphasize in their teaching and ministry. For example, Dispensationalist traditions gravitates toward apocalyptic books and passages, which they believe are coded with predictions about the future. They center books and passages like Revelation, Daniel, and Matthew chapter 24. Another example is the Pentecostal tradition, which gravitates toward the book of Acts and to passages about spiritual…
Mutterfest
One of the most unique and innovative traditions Moravians have is the celebration of the Holy Spirit as Mother of the Church, called “Mutterfest.” In the mid-18th century, Moravians in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania composed hymns and liturgies praising God the Holy Spirit as “Mother” at a time when the church also ordained hundreds of women for ministry. But later generations were scandalized by these “radical” practices and attempted to cover them up. Fortunately, historians like Dr. Craig Atwood have helped to…
Yes, And
Jesus said that when he has ascended to the Father, he will send the Holy Spirit to lead his new family into all truth and will empower us. The same power from the Spirit that raised Jesus from the dead lives in Jesus’s family of disciples. Living in the truth and power of the Spirit gives us hope for the future. All of us who are joined with Christ by the Spirit are called together to expand the Kin(g)dom of…
Ben McBride: Troubling the Water
Book Discussion with Ben McBride Join others at SPNN, Saturday the 23rd at 7:00pm, for a very special presentation by author Ben McBride about his new book, Troubling the Water. About the Author Ben McBride is a visionary leader of radical belonging. The co-founder of the Empower Initiative, a capacity building firm devoted to empowering organizations and communities, he is a leading expert in fostering belonging and public safety reform. Through his dedicated work as an internationally recognized peacemaker, faith…
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