10/01/2017
2 Corinthians 5:11-21
Sarah Neff
“When God sets out to embrace the enemy, the result is the cross.” –Miroslav Volf
“And now that you don’t have to be perfect, you can be good.” -John Steinbeck, East of Eden
“Blame is simply the discharging of discomfort and pain. It has an inverse relationship with accountability.” -Brené Brown
“If you can’t find empathy for someone, going digging around in the context.” -Marty Weems
“That is what a ‘future of hope’(Jer. 29:11) looks like in God’s own white-hot imagination: people praying without ceasing for their enemies, appealing to God for the godless, putting all their hope in God’s ability to craft shalom– well-being, peace, true prosperity– out of misery, suffering, and even profound spiritual poverty.” –Ellen F. Davis
Scripture:
Songs for Today’s Worship Gathering:
You Carried Me by Reagan
Pass Us Not O Gentle Savior by Crosby/Doane
Hail to the Lord’s Anointed by Montgomery/McCracken
River Where Mercy Flows by Miller
How Can I Keep From Singing? by Lowry
Brother by Gungor/Cron/Arndt
Doxology
Go further (Reconciling):
Making Peace with the Land: God’s Call to Reconcile with Creation by Fred Bahnson & Norman Wirzba
Embrace: God’s Radical Shalom for a Divided World by Leroy Barber
The Very Good Gospel: How Everything Wrong Can Be Made Right by Lisa Sharon Harper
Reconciling All Things: A Christian Vision for Justice, Peace, and Healing by Emmanuel Katongole & Chris Rice
Forgiving As We’ve Been Forgiven: Community Practices for Making Peace by Greg Jones & Célestin Musekura
Welcoming Justice: God’s Movement Towards Beloved Community by Charles Marsh & John Perkins
Roadmap to Reconciliation: Moving Communities into Unity, Wholeness, and Justice by Brenda Salter McNeil
Exclusion & Embrace: A Theological Exploration of Identity, Otherness, and Reconciliation by Miroslav Volf
Living without Enemies: Being Present in the Midst of Violence by Sam Wells & Marcia Owen
Series Resources:
Faithful Presence: How to Embrace the Presence of Jesus and Shape our Communities for Mission (Free Online Lecture Course from Tampa Underground)
The Year of Small Things: Radical Faith for the Rest of Us by Sarah Arthur & Erin Wasinger
Practices of Love: Spiritual Disciplines for the Life of the World by Kyle David Bennett
Common Prayer: A Liturgy for Ordinary Radicals by Shane Claiborne, Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove, & Enuma Okoro
Faithful Presence: Seven Disciplines That Shape the Church for Mission by David Fitch
Celebration of Discipline: the Path to Spiritual Growth by Richard Foster
Long Days of Small Things: Motherhood as a Spiritual Discipline by Catherine McNeil
Practicing the Way of Jesus: Life Together in the Kingdom of Love by Mark Scandrette
For the Life of the World: Sacraments & Orthodoxy by Alexander Schmemann
Faithful Families: Creating Sacred Moments at Home by Traci Smith
Liturgy of the Ordinary: Sacred Practices in Everyday Life by Tish Harrison Warren
