About 10 minutes after worship ends, we’ll gather together for Aftertalk. We hope you’ll join us! Bring your questions, stories, insights, musings, imaginings and whatever else you need to Aftertalk. Join us for some food, fellowship, laughter and ample space for reflection and real questions to help us make the transition from worship to world. Themes for this week: Acceptance, Peacemaking, Health Community, Courage, Vulnerability 38 John said to him, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in your name, and we tried to stop him, because he was not following us.” 42 “If any of you put a stumbling block before one of these little ones who believe in me…"
Esther and others in her story lend their voice and their power to those who are under threat of violence – “little ones” perhaps in her context.
Additional Reading: On Courage Lectionary Texts: Esther 7:1-6, 9-10; 9:20-22 | Psalm 124 | James 5:13-20 | Mark 9:38-50 (...for further consideration):
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Greatness and Humility: A False Paradox?
About 10 minutes after worship ends, we’ll gather together for Aftertalk. We hope you’ll join us! Bring your questions, stories, insights, musings, imaginings and whatever else you need to Aftertalk. Join us for some food, fellowship, laughter and ample space for reflection and real questions to help us make the transition from worship to world.
Themes: Qualities of Character, Faithfulness, Humility, Sustainability in Relationships
In the News: The Case of Ahmed Muhamed Stephen Colbert: His Faith, Islam, and the Pope Lectionary Texts: Proverbs 31: 10– 31 ● Psalm 1 ● James 3: 13– 4: 3, 7– 8a ● Mark 9: 30– 37 (...for additional consideration):
Or have a look at "Why Gender Equality is Good for Everyone" from Michael Kimmel (TED).
AFTERTALKS BEGINS...We have a new format for Sunday, beginning this week. Worship will begin at 10 AM. About 10 minutes after worship ends, we will group together for Aftertalk. Bring you questions, stories, insights, and whatever else you need to Aftertalk. Join us for some food, fellowship, laughter, and ample space for reflection and real questions to help us make the transition from worship to the world. We hope you'll join us! This week we focus on Wisdom, Discipline, and Guidance.
Further Reflection: "A man who won't die for something is not fit to live." - Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. "Jesus had no romantic notion of the cost of discipleship. He knew that following Him was as unsentimental as duty, as demanding as love." - Brennan Manning "I am an average Good Christian, when you don't push my Christianity too far. And all the rest of you — which is a great comfort — are, in this respect, much the same as I." - Wilkie Collins Lectionary Texts: Proverbs 1:20-33 - James 3:1-12 - Psalms 19 - Mark 8:27-38 In the News: Clerk in Kentucky Chooses Jail Over Deal on Same-Sex Marriage Most Americans Support Sending Kim Davis To Jail, Poll Shows Insane Things Republicans Say: Ted Cruz Edition We Don’t Need Kim Davis to Be in Jail (...and some additional media for consideration): |