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Thursday Feb 13, 2020
Thursday Feb 13, 2020
Episode Scripture: Isaiah 11:1-10
Down to Earth
The Divine Incarnation
Peace, justice, joy, wonder—these are not just God’s heavenly aspirations for creation; they are God’s enfleshed vision for creation, embodied in a man from Nazareth named Jesus. For two thousand years, Christians have turned to the concept of “Incarnation” (from the Latin word for “in the flesh”) to describe the inexplicable mystery of how Jesus Christ is both fully human and fully divine.
Jesus not only talks about God, or speaks for God; Jesus is God.
God is no longer up there, or out there, but right here, right now.
In Jesus, God’s peace, justice, joy and wonder come to earth, come to life, and walk among us.
If you want to meet Jesus, go to those places in the world where peace, justice, joy and wonder prevail, and you’ll find him there.
If you want to follow Jesus, become like him: embody them in your own flesh, until they prevail in you.
Thursday Feb 13, 2020
Thursday Feb 13, 2020
Episode Scripture: Isaiah 2:1-5
Down to Earth
The Divine Incarnation
Peace, justice, joy, wonder—these are not just God’s heavenly aspirations for creation; they are God’s enfleshed vision for creation, embodied in a man from Nazareth named Jesus. For two thousand years, Christians have turned to the concept of “Incarnation” (from the Latin word for “in the flesh”) to describe the inexplicable mystery of how Jesus Christ is both fully human and fully divine.
Jesus not only talks about God, or speaks for God; Jesus is God.
God is no longer up there, or out there, but right here, right now.
In Jesus, God’s peace, justice, joy and wonder come to earth, come to life, and walk among us.
If you want to meet Jesus, go to those places in the world where peace, justice, joy and wonder prevail, and you’ll find him there.
If you want to follow Jesus, become like him: embody them in your own flesh, until they prevail in you.
Tuesday Dec 17, 2019
Tuesday Dec 17, 2019
Scripture Reading: Luke 5: 17-26
One of the great mistakes Christians have made over the centuries is to have assumed that Jesus of Nazareth was principally concerned with matters of right belief or doctrine. For two thousand years, the Church has been preoccupied with the metaphysical and supernatural, to the neglect of the physical and natural. While Jesus was a rabbi who cared deeply about the mind and soul of a person, he was also a healer who cared at least as much about the body of a person. For Jesus, body, mind, and spirit could not be separated. He came to restore the whole person to oneself, to community, and to God.
In this sermon series, we’ll meet the Jesus whom tradition has come to call “The Great Physician.” The “abundant life” Jesus calls us to is a wholeness of life in which our mind, heart, spirit, and body are most fully integrated and alive. To experience abundant life is not to believe the right things, or to have certainty, or to prepare ourselves for the next life; instead, it’s to be well in this life, by the grace we find in Christ and in community.
Tuesday Nov 19, 2019
Tuesday Nov 19, 2019
Scripture Reading: Mark 1: 40-45
One of the great mistakes Christians have made over the centuries is to have assumed that Jesus of Nazareth was principally concerned with matters of right belief or doctrine. For two thousand years, the Church has been preoccupied with the metaphysical and supernatural, to the neglect of the physical and natural. While Jesus was a rabbi who cared deeply about the mind and soul of a person, he was also a healer who cared at least as much about the body of a person. For Jesus, body, mind, and spirit could not be separated. He came to restore the whole person to oneself, to community, and to God.
In this sermon series, we’ll meet the Jesus whom tradition has come to call “The Great Physician.” The “abundant life” Jesus calls us to is a wholeness of life in which our mind, heart, spirit, and body are most fully integrated and alive. To experience abundant life is not to believe the right things, or to have certainty, or to prepare ourselves for the next life; instead, it’s to be well in this life, by the grace we find in Christ and in community.
Tuesday Nov 19, 2019
Tuesday Nov 19, 2019
Scripture Reading:John 5: 1-9
One of the great mistakes Christians have made over the centuries is to have assumed that Jesus of Nazareth was principally concerned with matters of right belief or doctrine. For two thousand years, the Church has been preoccupied with the metaphysical and supernatural, to the neglect of the physical and natural. While Jesus was a rabbi who cared deeply about the mind and soul of a person, he was also a healer who cared at least as much about the body of a person. For Jesus, body, mind, and spirit could not be separated. He came to restore the whole person to oneself, to community, and to God.
In this sermon series, we’ll meet the Jesus whom tradition has come to call “The Great Physician.” The “abundant life” Jesus calls us to is a wholeness of life in which our mind, heart, spirit, and body are most fully integrated and alive. To experience abundant life is not to believe the right things, or to have certainty, or to prepare ourselves for the next life; instead, it’s to be well in this life, by the grace we find in Christ and in community.
Tuesday Nov 19, 2019
Tuesday Nov 19, 2019
Scripture Reading: Luke 8: 26-39
One of the great mistakes Christians have made over the centuries is to have assumed that Jesus of Nazareth was principally concerned with matters of right belief or doctrine. For two thousand years, the Church has been preoccupied with the metaphysical and supernatural, to the neglect of the physical and natural. While Jesus was a rabbi who cared deeply about the mind and soul of a person, he was also a healer who cared at least as much about the body of a person. For Jesus, body, mind, and spirit could not be separated. He came to restore the whole person to oneself, to community, and to God.
In this sermon series, we’ll meet the Jesus whom tradition has come to call “The Great Physician.” The “abundant life” Jesus calls us to is a wholeness of life in which our mind, heart, spirit, and body are most fully integrated and alive. To experience abundant life is not to believe the right things, or to have certainty, or to prepare ourselves for the next life; instead, it’s to be well in this life, by the grace we find in Christ and in community.
Tuesday Nov 05, 2019
Tuesday Nov 05, 2019
A popular poster hanging from many office walls portrays massive, threatening storm clouds covering the earthen landscape below. All life on the ground has sought a place of safety and shelter. But above the dark, ominous clouds an eagle soars with outstretched wings. The caption reads: “When storms arise, sparrows head for cover, while eagles soar higher.”
When the hardships of life press in all around us and we begin to grow weary, or when a storm or crisis overturns our world and threatens to overwhelm us, we are often inclined to run for shelter, take cover, and wait it out—hoping simply to get through it in one piece. But the eagle knows that in the storm lies both danger and opportunity. By locking its wings in a fixed position, it can use the wind of the storm to fly higher in a matter of seconds, thereby avoiding the perils below and gaining a whole new perspective.
In this four-part “Soar” series, we hear from the prophet Isaiah, who reminds us that, in the face of every storm, God gives us the strength and courage to soar like eagles, rather than hide like sparrows.
Tuesday Nov 05, 2019
Tuesday Nov 05, 2019
A popular poster hanging from many office walls portrays massive, threatening storm clouds covering the earthen landscape below. All life on the ground has sought a place of safety and shelter. But above the dark, ominous clouds an eagle soars with outstretched wings. The caption reads: “When storms arise, sparrows head for cover, while eagles soar higher.”
When the hardships of life press in all around us and we begin to grow weary, or when a storm or crisis overturns our world and threatens to overwhelm us, we are often inclined to run for shelter, take cover, and wait it out—hoping simply to get through it in one piece. But the eagle knows that in the storm lies both danger and opportunity. By locking its wings in a fixed position, it can use the wind of the storm to fly higher in a matter of seconds, thereby avoiding the perils below and gaining a whole new perspective.
In this four-part “Soar” series, we hear from the prophet Isaiah, who reminds us that, in the face of every storm, God gives us the strength and courage to soar like eagles, rather than hide like sparrows.
Tuesday Oct 15, 2019
Tuesday Oct 15, 2019
A popular poster hanging from many office walls portrays massive, threatening storm clouds covering the earthen landscape below. All life on the ground has sought a place of safety and shelter. But above the dark, ominous clouds an eagle soars with outstretched wings. The caption reads: “When storms arise, sparrows head for cover, while eagles soar higher.”
When the hardships of life press in all around us and we begin to grow weary, or when a storm or crisis overturns our world and threatens to overwhelm us, we are often inclined to run for shelter, take cover, and wait it out—hoping simply to get through it in one piece. But the eagle knows that in the storm lies both danger and opportunity. By locking its wings in a fixed position, it can use the wind of the storm to fly higher in a matter of seconds, thereby avoiding the perils below and gaining a whole new perspective.
In this four-part “Soar” series, we hear from the prophet Isaiah, who reminds us that, in the face of every storm, God gives us the strength and courage to soar like eagles, rather than hide like sparrows.
Tuesday Oct 15, 2019
Tuesday Oct 15, 2019
A popular poster hanging from many office walls portrays massive, threatening storm clouds covering the earthen landscape below. All life on the ground has sought a place of safety and shelter. But above the dark, ominous clouds an eagle soars with outstretched wings. The caption reads: “When storms arise, sparrows head for cover, while eagles soar higher.”
When the hardships of life press in all around us and we begin to grow weary, or when a storm or crisis overturns our world and threatens to overwhelm us, we are often inclined to run for shelter, take cover, and wait it out—hoping simply to get through it in one piece. But the eagle knows that in the storm lies both danger and opportunity. By locking its wings in a fixed position, it can use the wind of the storm to fly higher in a matter of seconds, thereby avoiding the perils below and gaining a whole new perspective.
In this four-part “Soar” series, we hear from the prophet Isaiah, who reminds us that, in the face of every storm, God gives us the strength and courage to soar like eagles, rather than hide like sparrows.