Divine Inbreaking
Steph Wieand
Thousands of people killed at the hands of the powerful. Buildings, houses, and towns destroyed Revolts crushed mercilessly Massive displacement Pregnant women with no place to give birth- no room in the hospital, or neighbors homes, or the inn Occupation Poverty Oppression This is a heavy place to begin. And maybe not something we want […]
God
Mark Schloneger
What do we say, how do we respond,when we find ourselves at a place where God seems distant and God’s promises seem empty? What do we say, how do we respond, when we feel God’s absence, God’s hiddenness? Isaiah gives us the words, and maybe it’s not surprising that those words are contained in a […]
Communal Formation
Steph Wieand
A modern-day parable about the formation of a community- Aunt Chip and the Great Triple Creek Dam Affair, by Patricia Polacco… What grabs me most when it comes to formation is this first page. “No one could remember a time when there wasn’t a TV in every home. Nor could they remember when they weren’t […]
Alone Together
Mark Schloneger
All Saints’ Day reminds us that we are not alone, that God’s presence is both in the pillar of fire and in the pillar of cloud (of witnesses) that surround us, and that the Spirit’s voice is often heard in the living testimonies of those who have died before us.
Camping with God
James Yoder
All of creation carries the Divine DNA. Our experiences in the natural world illuminate our understanding of scripture, and our experiences in scripture illuminate our understanding of nature. We need both to know the fullness of God. Can we think of God “being us” and everything around us both in the Biblical narrative and the […]
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