 Happiness. That sometimes ever elusive vibe, especially in rainy wintery Portland. What does it mean to be “happy people?” Jesus has a word on it and you might be surprised that it includes hopelessness, grief, humility, justice, mercy, a different kind of purity, peace, and folks that have experienced insults and lies - Jesus even thinks JOY can be found here.

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Happy: Intro to the Sermon on the Mount

 John the Baptist is looking for some change.

Advent Change: Adaptation & Intention

 So much of how we were told to “believe in the Bible” just didn’t add up by 3rd or 4th grade it wouldn’t have passed the Snopes test. And yet we were told there was only one literal way to understand stories like Noah’s Ark and the Great Flood. Did a flood happen? Yeah, probably. A lot of cultures told stories around the same time in global history. Did God send the flood to punish all the people, though? 

It Doesn't Have To Be True To Be True

 Wrestling with angels, running from the past, and heading God knows where - that's the story of Jacob's life (and maybe some of us, too, let's be honest). Right smack dab in the middle of the chaotic journey Jacob had a vision of angels and was invited to realize what he was looking for was hidden in plain sight all along.

Be Here Now (Jacob's Liminal Ladder)

 When you're a child there's something magical about the way some Bible stories are taught. Seven day creation? It's a profound poetic flourish that can help inspire further imagination. But then we grow up and must deconstruct those myths... and hopefully put them back together anew again.That’s what Richard Rohr is talking about when he talks about the pattern of order, disorder and reorder. We need those containers - but when we outgrow them, as we inevitably do as we mature and expand, then what?Deconstruction works. But it’s not enough.So like Humpty Dumpty needing to be put back together again, we’ll be journeying through a commitment to reorder.Join us this Fall on a journey of Reorder as we look to continue following in the footsteps of Jesus for us and others. #churching #portland #progressive #spirituality #inclusive

Order Disorder Reorder

 What does it look like to physically embody forgiveness?

Forgiveness

 As the poet Gerard Manley Hopkins sings, “Christ plays in ten thousand places,” so how are you seeing Christ in the world around you? And how are you Christ to others? Now is the time.

Arise! Shine! Your light has come…

 December 2 2018: Advent: Suspend the Expected In Order to Expect The Unexpected

Advent: Suspend the Expected In Order to Expect The Unexpected

 Jesus didn’t come to change God’s mind about us. Jesus came to change our minds about God, about one another, and what it meant to be truly human. Which is divine. Which calls for sacrifice. A beautiful, fragrant offering for others. How are you living a fragrant offering for others? 

Fragrance

 We’re not talking about buildings and old tired ways. We’re talking about a church not made of hands - co-created out of the rubble of this world by ordinary women and men. Folks like Peter, who had no business running anything at all. Let’s talk about why we can’t quit “church.”

Rocks

 Ordinary saints are all around us... And coming up behind us. How are we investing in the future? How are we helping all of us persevere? 

All Saints

 Jesus included everyone at the communion table. So, what does that have to do with every other table in our ordinary lives? St. Stephen has some ideas. Listen this week as Adam talks us through this topic.

Tables

 Henri Nouwen says it’s about holding, lifting and drinking all of life’s way... and that it has something to do with our own inner journey and our outward action for community. ? ?

Can You Drink The Cup?

The Science Behind Ubuntu

 Looking at the passage in Acts about Ananias and Sapphira Rev. Adam talks about what it’s like and what it means to become ghosts to each other and how we can find ways to stay present.

Ghosts Among Us

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