Uncomfortable S2 - Day 1
on October 22nd, 2023
The church is filled with weird and crazy people. We can admit this to one another. It doesn’t sound like the most excellent thing to say about church people. But we are all a little crazy at times.Have you ever had that conversation with someone so awkward that neither of you knew what to say? You get to that point in the conversation where you are unsure whether to break it off or go in for more... Read More
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Uncomfortable S2 - Introduction
on October 21st, 2023
Welcome back to our Uncomfortable series. As you know, we are packing some of our series into two different packages. Getting to the second half of the year, we will see some familiar series come back to go deeper into the concepts and texts we have begun exploring in the first seasons of these series. This second season of the Uncomfortable series will discuss uncomfortable people, diversity, wor... Read More
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Un/Broken - End of Week 5
on October 14th, 2023
The following guide is designed to serve as a potential framework for your discussion. Feel free to use it as is, or adapt, as the Spirit leads. Read More
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UN/Broken - Day 34
on October 13th, 2023
Then he returned to the disciples and said to them, “Are you still sleeping and resting? Look, the hour has come, and the Son of Man is delivered into the hands of sinners. Rise! Let us go! Here comes my betrayer!” Matthew 26:45-46By now Jesus is ready to face what is next, and he confronts Judas and the armed men coming to arrest Jesus. It was a display of hardiness.Psychologists have studied har... Read More
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UN/Broken - Day 33
on October 12th, 2023
When he came back, he again found them sleeping, because their eyes were heavy. So he left them and went away once more and prayed the third time, saying the same thing. Matthew 26:43-44It could be that Jesus was more at peace by now and less in need of his disciples’ social support. He went back to the prayers that had been helping him. His request of “may your will be done” is a type of prayer t... Read More
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UN/Broken - Day 32
on October 11th, 2023
He went away a second time and prayed, “My Father, if it is not possible for this cup to be taken away unless I drink it, may your will be done.” Matthew 26:42Jesus is now becoming more centered and moving to different religious coping strategies. Rather than pleading for God to miraculously take away the coming suffering, he moves to what psychologists of religion have termed collaborative religi... Read More
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