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Spoke in the Wheel: Dietrich Bonhoeffer & Kingdom Allegiance
On October 11th, Roots will kick off a new and timely teaching series called “Spoke in the Wheel: Dietrich Bonhoeffer & Kingdom Allegiance.” In 1933, Dietrich Bonhoeffer delivered a lecture to a group of pastors who were uneasy about the way the German state was exercising its power, but were “good Lutherans” and so did not speak out. “Dietrich mentioned three possibilities of church action towards the state: ‘In the first place it can ask the state whether its actions…
Loyal-love: Exploring God’s Character & Mighty Deeds
This fall, the teaching team at Roots will join with other pastors, teachers, and bishops from the wider body of Christ in listening for what the Spirit is saying to the whole Church through the holy Scriptures. Specifically, we will be using the Revised Common Lectionary to structure our teaching. For those who aren’t familiar, a “lectionary” is a calendar of biblical texts that guide the worship of churches. The Revised Common Lectionary is a calendar of biblical texts shared…
Finding God on Your iPod
In the beginning, God blessed humanity to create cultures. This has been part of our calling to steward creation on God’s behalf, to reflect God’s loving reign into the creation, and gather up the praises of creation and give them to God. This is what it means to bear God’s image. Therefore, recognizing the way God is at work in art and culture is an important part of seeing the goodness of God in human beings and creation. One easy…
ReFind “Q&R” Sunday (Feb 23rd)
For the last several weeks, we’ve been in a teaching series on “deconstruction.” We recognize that not everyone is in the same stage of this journey. And we recognize that the subjects we’ve covered are nowhere near comprehensive. So, we’re capping off this series with a “Q&R Sunday” on February 23rd. Q&R stands for “Question and Response” rather than “Question and Answer,” because we’re not claiming to have answers to all of your potential questions. We can, however, offer a…
Subversive Peace: Reading Romans Backwards
Romans isn’t a theoretical, systematic theology; it’s a letter written by the apostle Saul/Paul to a specific set of house churches in the city of Rome in the middle of the first century. Far too often, Romans has been taught as if its teaching can be abstracted from time and space. But that’s not how Romans is best understood. Instead, Romans is best understood as a loving, pastoral epistle to real people who were learning how to follow the Way…