What is the movement that we are invited to as we cultivate our souls? Weylin Lee explores how tending our souls centers us around love, invites us into harmony with others, and forms us in humility. [Romans 12:9-16] Reflection When it comes to our participation, how are we invited to tend our soul and create space for others? How is […]
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Letter from Harmon: The Lord Bless You, Vox
My dear community, At Vox’s covenant member meeting last week, I announced that I will end my time as the pastor of worship and liturgy at the end of this year. I was 22 years old when I was first invited to join a team of naive, yet energetic and loving fools to help birth a church out of a […]
Participating in a Creative Body
What does it mean to be the body of Christ? What places inside my body are crying out? Gena St. David reflects on how we embody participation, as we continue our series. [Romans 12:1-5] Reflection How is your body unique? How is God creating transformation through our bodies? How is Vox participating in Christ’s body? Resources Vox Veniae’s Values
Cultivating the Common Good
What is our communal interpretation and incarnation of the life of Jesus? Christopher Mack continues our series on Participation by reflecting on how we might navigate enduring hopelessness with our beloved belonging and collective creativity. [1 Corinthians 12:1-3, 27-31 and Jeremiah 32:17] Reflection Is there someplace you have been silent where you can begin praying for wisdom on how to […]
Work of the People
How does liturgy (“the work of the people”) invite us towards Christ’s embodied vision of the church community? Weylin Lee continues our series on Participation by considering collaboration that is expansive, inclusive, sustainable, and mutual. [1 Corinthians 12:12-26] Reflection What presence and voice can each of us bring to litury? What might sustainable participation look like for us in this […]
Participating with Us
What does it mean to be invited to participate? Gena St. David begins our six week series on Vox’s value of Participation by reflecting on where we have been to imagine a collective future where each of us is essential. [1 Corinthians 12:4-7] Reflection What makes you essential to our community? What does a covenant of participation mean to you? […]
Sacredly Striking
All of our life is participation in the Divine, which means all of our life is in participation with creation & community. Christopher Mack reflects with the psalmist for communal comfort & challenge this Labor Day weekend. [Psalm 139:1-6; 10-18] Reflection How does it feel to be fully seen by God and companioned by One who knows you so completely? […]