Okay, first of all, let me say that I’m very interested in Christian mysticism. I know for some people the word “mysticism” and “mystic” or “mystical” sound new age-y, or airy fairy or whatever, but the Christian mystics have a profound place in our history, and I find studying them quite fascinating. That said, this may be hard for some of… Read more →
AFL Blog #2: God In A Box
These are my thoughts, replies, and reflections on what I took as the main thread/theme of Week 2 for AFL. They build off of last week’s deconstruction of a standardised, Western view of who or what God is, because the tendency is to put God in a box and make God out to be what we want God to be… Read more →
Reflections on Light and Darkness – Courtney’s message on the Lamp of the Body
Hello, and welcome to the Living Room Blog. Last night Courtney spoke to us in week 2 of our Lent series, Journey to the Cross, and he spoke on Luke 11:33-36 – the lamp of the body. The takeaway for me was, in the same way last week I spoke about acknowledging distractions, to acknowledge the areas in our lives… Read more →
AFL Blog #1 Introduction: The Object and the Obstacle
Hey everyone, this is my first blog reflecting on Peter Rollins’ Atheism for Lent series. It’s not quite what I was expecting – at least not the first week – and maybe it’ll be surprising to you too. Here’s sort of a summary of what the first week was about. Enjoy, and leave comments for discussion either here, or on… Read more →
Making your Lent Distraction List
Hey there! I know it’s been a while since I’ve posted a new blog, but we’re back! I wanted to add a few things building off of last night’s Living Room. If you weren’t there we kicked off our Lent series for this year – Journey to the Cross. We’ll be following Jesus and the disciples through Luke as they… Read more →
Reflections on the Sovereignty and Providence of God Panel Discussion
Hey guys, I hope you all enjoyed the discussion last night. Thanks to those who put in questions. I felt like, while some things were made a bit more clear for some of us, there were still some questions raised, which is good. Explore those questions with your home groups, with your family members, and with the Hope pastors. Next… Read more →
Reflections on Spiritual Exile
I have just a short reflection on last night’s Living Room discussion on ‘Spiritual Exile,’ followed by some Scripture passages you can read and reflect on for yourself. Following on from what Courtney spoke about last night, spiritual exile speaks to the spiritual separation or distance from God brought on by our own choice to do so. In this… Read more →
Last Night’s Linger @ the Living Room
Hey everyone! Last night marked the very first Linger @ the Living Room service. If you weren’t there it was an extended time of sung worship for those who really connect with the Spirit through that type of worship. – side note – I know the term “worship” is often only a reference for music, and I get that it’s… Read more →
Reflections on Spiritual Gifts Panel Last Night: Evil Spirits
Last night at the LR we had a great discussion around the use of Spiritual Gifts. Gabe identified 23 gifts in Scripture that are given by the Holy Spirit (aside from Ephesians 4:11 which says, “Christ gave,” but lets be real here and remember that God is Triune, meaning 3 in 1, so to say Christ gave is essentially the… Read more →
Living Room Questionnaire
Hi there. If you have a few moments and haven’t done so already, please take some time to fill out this quick survey on how the Living Room is going. Thank you! Shalom. https://goo.gl/forms/SKiDFWVkyuzG3knF2 Read more →