11/05/2017
John 9:1-17
Chris Breslin
“To proclaim the Gospel is to proclaim that it is at last possible to be properly human.” –Rowan Williams
“The good news brings us to God, and it also brings life and healing to a broken, dying and divided world. Anything less is not the gospel.” –Brenda Salter McNeill
“The task of prophetic ministry is to nurture, nourish, and evoke a consciousness and perception alternative to the consciousness and perception of the dominant culture around us…The alternative consciousness to be nurtured, on the one hand, serves to criticize in dismantling the dominant consciousness…On the other hand, that alternative consciousness to be nurtured serves to energize persons and communities by its promise of another time and situation toward which the community of faith may move.” –Walter Brueggemann, The Prophetic Imagination
“To be a Christian does not mean that we are to change the world, but rather that we must live as witnesses to the world that God has changed. We should not be surprised, therefore, if the way we live makes the change visible.” –Stanley Hauerwas
Scripture:
Songs for Today’s Worship Gathering:
Father, Let Your Kingdom Come by The Porter’s Gate
Open Our Eyes by McCracken
Our God is Present by White
Pass Us Not, O Gentle Savior by Crosby/Doane
Heal Us by Cowper/Twit/Morgan
Amazing Grace by Newton
Doxology
Go further (Proclaiming the Good News):
Telling the Truth: The Gospel as Tragedy, Comedy, and Fairy Tale by Frederick Buechner
True Story: A Christianity Worth Believing In by James Choung
White Awake: An Honest Look at What it Means to be White by Daniel Hill
A Credible Witness: Reflections on Power, Evangelism, & Race by Brenda Salter McNeil
The Sacrament of Evangelism by Jerry Root & Stan Guthrie
Unapologetic: Why, Despite Everything, Christianity Can Still Make Surprising Emotional Sense by Francis Spufford
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
