- Acts 10:34a, 37-43
- Psalms 118: 1-2, 16-17, 22-23
- Colossians 3: 1-4 (I don't know if we're going with this epistle or 1 Corinthians 5: 6b-8)
- John 20: 1-9
- My heart to yours
- Why do you think that Jesus insists on using us to spread the Good News about Him?
- Why do you think that He ascended?
- Why do you think that He only appeared to a select few?
- His mercy endures forever
- If God is mercy, then why not just enjoy life? After all, like the Prodigal Father, He will always take us back.
- What would your definition of true joy be?
- What contributes most to that joy?
- Love people, use things, not the other way around
- Does indifference to the things of this world mean that I don't have to paint the house, try hard at work, take my car in for maintenance?
- The message to simplify our lives comes more and more strongly as we age. What does a simple life look like?
- How do you get there?
- What's the point?
- Seeing is understanding
- The resurrection narratives are filled with accounts of the disciples discovering the risen Christ even though Jesus had told them how this was all going to play out.
- Do you think that this sort of process of
- Intellectual hearing but not understanding
- A radical experience that reveals to the heart what Jesus meant all along
- Sharing of that revelation within the community
- Spreading out beyond the bounds of the community - is a theme in Chrstianity?
- If so, how can we be more intentional about this process so that it might occur more readily, the revelations run deeper, the final resurrection joy more profound?
- When was the last time that I thought that anything about my life in Jesus had anything to offer to anyone else?
- Have I shown mercy to others?
- What was the first thing that came to my mind this morning when I woke up?
- Does my life bring resurrection joy and life to others?
Race you to the tomb
I'm going to say that the lonliest person
Is not the one who's just endured the loss of a spouse,
Or someone caught far from home at the holidays,
But the one with Jesus in his heart and no one to share that with.
Is not the one who's just endured the loss of a spouse,
Or someone caught far from home at the holidays,
But the one with Jesus in his heart and no one to share that with.
Revelation best comes to us as us.
Not so much because we need to check each other
Or cheerlead each other
But to share the ongoing revelation of Christ incarnate among us.
And where is that safe haven?
Where is that place where what has been inner can become outer,
That we may better and more thoroughly take what is outer
And bring that in to where we truly live, and be changed for the better?
Jesus promised "where two or three are gathered in my name,
There I am, in the midst of them."
What does that look like?
Do those gatherings have to be on a calendar?
What sort of covenant should such communities share?
How many can/should you be involved in at once?
Are they intrinsically self-sustaining,
Or do such need help from the outside?
Who has the time?
Not so much because we need to check each other
Or cheerlead each other
But to share the ongoing revelation of Christ incarnate among us.
And where is that safe haven?
Where is that place where what has been inner can become outer,
That we may better and more thoroughly take what is outer
And bring that in to where we truly live, and be changed for the better?
Jesus promised "where two or three are gathered in my name,
There I am, in the midst of them."
What does that look like?
Do those gatherings have to be on a calendar?
What sort of covenant should such communities share?
How many can/should you be involved in at once?
Are they intrinsically self-sustaining,
Or do such need help from the outside?
Who has the time?
Shalom!
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