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New Freedom

Play Episode Listen Later May 26, 2019 21:15


Scripture: Acts 16:16-34 The Apostle Paul and Silas encounter a young woman caught in slavery, in profit others can gain from her… Their response is less than perfect, but the story that unfolds continues to teach them, and us, how love and liberation work together. The post New Freedom appeared first on Geoff Parker.

New Hope: City of Life

Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2019 18:32


Scripture: Revelation 21: 1-6, 22-25 The Revelation to John invites the early churches to claim citizenship in a city unlike any other… to give up the worship of armies and emperors and be renewed by living waters and God’s presence. As citizens of this city in the world today, how shall we live? The post New Hope: City of Life appeared first on Geoff Parker.

New Witnesses: Knit Together

Play Episode Listen Later May 12, 2019 14:29


Scripture: Acts 9:36-43 We meet a disciple, Tabitha, who has wrapped her community in care and blessing, but has died. With Peter, we go to her bedside to wonder at the ways the works of loving hands can be a part of the work of Christ’s heart… and the life still left here where the […] The post New Witnesses: Knit Together appeared first on Geoff Parker.

New Meals: Broken and Blessed

Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2019 22:22


Scripture: John 21: 1-19 Jesus visits disciples who have run back to the shore in the midst of uncertainty, and calls them into new mission and ministry. We are called, too, to feed beloved children of God of wide and wondrous flocks, expanding God’s welcome rather than shutting ourselves in. The post New Meals: Broken and Blessed appeared first on Geoff Parker.

Looking for Life – Easter 2019

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 20, 2019 19:01


Scripture: Luke 24:1-12 A group of women who live and serve Jesus go to his tomb and find a stone rolled away… and they look inside, where their hearts had broken just a few days before, and find the possibility of new life. Where are the cracks in our lives where we must be unafraid […] The post Looking for Life – Easter 2019 appeared first on Geoff Parker.

Discovering Compassion

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2019 17:59


Scripture: John 12:1-8 Mary, a friend and follower of Jesus, anoints him with oil and perfume at a dinner party. He claims it as an anointing before his death. We wonder at how touch can honor and care for the priceless gift of life we find in friends and guides along our ways. The post Discovering Compassion appeared first on Geoff Parker.

Discovering Grace

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2019 20:02


Scripture: Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32 Jesus tells a parable about grace and wholeness, and we can be tempted to center ourselves in the place of welcome and healing. Instead, can we grapple with the ways we sometimes want to guard God’s grace, rather than inviting everyone to the party? The post Discovering Grace appeared first on Geoff Parker.

Discovering Abundance

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 24, 2019 19:06


Scripture: Isaiah 55:1-9 We ponder the, “why?” of work in our lives as the prophet Isaiah offers God’s abundant blessing and nourishment. Are we working for that which sustains us? Does our work overflow into abundance for everyone? The post Discovering Abundance appeared first on Geoff Parker.

Discovering Promise

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 17, 2019 23:29


Scripture: Genesis 15:1-12, 17-18 On a day in which we grieve the pain of siblings in Abraham in the mosques of Christchurch, NZ, we remember that God makes a promise to Abraham, and Abraham believes… in a way that makes space for the continuing discovery and expansion of God’s promise and blessing. A Prayer from […] The post Discovering Promise appeared first on Geoff Parker.

Discovering Hunger

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 10, 2019 15:01


Scripture: Luke 4:1–13 We begin a journey of “discovery” in Lent, as we seek to know ourselves more fully as God’s own. Jesus spends time in the wilderness with the deep hunger to know more fully his own calling in the Spirit, and resists the temptation to be someone else altogether. The post Discovering Hunger appeared first on Geoff Parker.

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