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Legalistic Or Permissive?
Sunday, May 5th
Authoritarian or apathetic? Commanding or complacent? Intrusive or indifferent? While we’re talking extremes, how do you most often view God? From parents to coaches, teachers to relatives, how we have experienced authority figures in our lives shapes our view of them which then in turn influences how we relate to them.
Jesus entered into a culture that already had ways of relating to authority, holding a tension between the polarization of legalism or permissiveness. Whether the lens of your spirituality relates to God holding a gavel to maintain order, or the parent backstage of American Idol who couldn’t disappoint their kid by telling them they can’t sing, we may be surprised by the spirituality of Jesus who invites us to the center to reimagine these polar opposites.
Drawing Lines Or Erasing Them?
Sunday, April 28th
It’s helpful to know where people stand, isn’t it? You can better know who and how to relate, how much or how little to trust, who you can learn from and who you can’t. Sometimes though, knowing where someone stands can be synonymous with lines drawn, lines that can be ostracizing, judgmental and even hypocritical.
Jesus entered into a culture with a lot of lines already drawn, and it seemed that he was erasing many of them, but to what extent? Whether the lens of your spirituality wants to see more or less lines, we may be surprised by the spirituality of Jesus and how he is calling both sides to the center, reimagining how lines work.