Liturgy In the cold dark earth, You began with a seedYou dug the holeYou rested it thereYou spoke over itYou knew where it had come fromAnd what it would produceYou watered the seedAdded nutrients to the soilAnd you watchedAs the seed stretched out its rootsYou returned to the seed each dayProtected it from the windRemoved the encroaching weedsKept the birds […]
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Re-Membering Vox’s Roots
How does re-membering our past shape who we are becoming together in the coming years? Christopher Mack facilitates a panel of Carol Lee, Hannah Friesen, and John Bagwell, longtime members of Vox, as they tell the story of what has made Vox such a special community. This is in conversation with our scripture which talks about the importance of roots […]
Watering Down Fear
What might baptism have meant for Jesus and what might it mean for us today? On the Baptism of the Lord Sunday, Christopher Mack plunges into waters of chaos and upheaval to hear baptism as an invitation to be transformed into the person, who by God’s grace, we are called into becoming…for God, ourselves, and one another. [Isaiah 43:1-2; Luke […]
Grounded on Imago Dei
On the second Sunday after Christmas, Aurelia Dávila Pratt reminds us of our true identity as children of God, image bearers, and beloved. Repeating The Jesus Prayer and other intentional phrases and mantras, we are invited to ground ourselves in our deeper meaning and purpose. [Luke 18:9-14] Reflection What helps you remember who you truly are, especially when life feels […]