A new chance at family
On Saturday, November 2nd, Circle of Hope got together to celebrate Village Parenting Day. There was a fall-themed festival with games, pumpkin painting, apple bobbing (which no one was brave …
Things Jesus Never Said: changing assumptions on faith and Christianity
One of the challenges we face as we plant a church in 2019 in the United States is that we don’t get to start from a blank slate. People already …
Someone Asked: “Do I have to feel bad about myself to be a Christian?”
Season 6, Episode 22 Someone Asked: “Do I have to feel bad about myself to be a Christian?” Are we a “wretch” or a “worm,” as some old hymns say? …
Our Cells: gatherings of hope and transformation
What is our hope? How do we want God to show up here and now? How might we even encounter God? What urgent thing is happening right now to us, …
Stuffed Figs
“She made us figs stuffed with blue cheese!” We opened our Sunday meeting by sharing stories about what is happening in our cells this week. I told the group that …