How can we create a shared world where God’s love is experienced? On the fourth week of Advent, Vanessa Beltran highlights how moments of shared vulnerability–like Mary’s journey to Elizabeth–are essential to becoming who God created us to be, so we can truly understand God’s blessings. [Luke 1:39-45] Reflection How can you open your heart and life to others in […]
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Chords and Metal
How powerful can we be when our one voice is not just one voice? Vanessa Maleare tends to our collective healing with four admonitions inspired from Ecclesiastes: grab your people; conserve energy; grab hold of your joy; and make decisions. [Ecclesiastes 4:9-12] Reflection What are my non-negotiables? Who do I have to have around me? What is true for me […]
Who Is Vox? Collective Healing
Do you have fear around showing up in church spaces? Kimberly Culbertson invites us to embody Jesus together by becoming a community of repair and wholeness in our fall series “Who is Vox?” [John 14:18-19, 25-27] Reflection Thank you for being part of my healing. Love, Kimberly. How might God be healing you in this season, both through and for […]
Who Is Vox? Spiritual Community
What is an indicator of healthy spiritual community? Christopher Mack focuses our fall series “Who is Vox?” on the centrality of community as a rhythm that forms us in the Jesus Way of living, dying, and rising. [John 13:1, 35-38] Reflection What wisdom could we learn if we explored the broader history of the church with humility and curiosity? Are […]
Who Is Vox? The Body of Christ
Nic Acosta continues our fall series “Who Is Vox?” by connecting us to being the Body of Christ by delving into what it might mean to embrace both our Christian pluralism and our collective imperfection. [Colossians 1:15-23] Reflection What wisdom could we learn if we explored the broader history of the church with humility and curiosity? Are there areas of […]
Why Vox? Why Here? Why Now?
What’s your reason for getting out of bed? Vanessa Maleare begins our fall series “Who Is Vox?” by introducing our communally crafted purpose statement: Vox Veniae (Voice of Grace) is a spiritual community that seeks to embody Christ by fostering collective healing, pursuing justice, and welcoming wanderers, skeptics, and believers. Reflection How have I defined my personal purpose in the […]
Know That You Are Loved
What are ways you know you are loved? On the eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost, Brittany Graves connects our spiritual journey, which starts out the size of a mustard seed to seasons of growth and embracing shifts, while nourishing ourselves in Divine Love. [Mark 4:26-34] Reflection When hearing the text for today, what stands out to you in the parable of […]