August 27th 2006 Kaleid

When life feels like a series of collisions, is it possible the chaos is actually an opportunity to engage the wonder of life in relationship… as God intended it? But how do we move from crashing into one another to meaningful connections? How do we shift our view of the landscape from collision … to seeing the kaleidescape … where we recapture the movement of God in every moment?

August 13th 2006 Spiritual Competencies - Message #3 Conflict

Dealing with conflict is a perpetual concern for anyone who claims Jesus lives in their hearts. Conflict surrounds us, often new conflicts engulf us, and if we don’t learn to handle/manage conflicts better we’re in for a bumpy ride on planet earth.

August 6th 2006 Spiritual Competencies - Message #2 Art and Pop Culture: Impressions and expressions that tell us about the world

What are the spiritual components of music and movies, the impressions, the expressions artists give out that tell us about the world? There is such truth in art, but also such deception … such mistaken, misplaced truth. How can we dissect it and think critically about art and music, to talk about a message or proclaim a message that really an artist doesn’t believe about satire, about innovation, about these kinds of things that are related to artistic expression. How can it be really pulled apart to help us think about our faith and God and how God intersects with the world, about how people typically understand Christian spirituality and how God is using artistic expression as a bridge to them.

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