07/23/2017
Philippians 1:27-30
Chris Breslin
It may be that when we no longer know what to do
we have come to our real work,
and that when we no longer know which way to go
we have come to our real journey.
The mind that is not baffled is not employed.
The impeded stream is the one that sings.
–Wendell Berry, The Real Work
“Sometimes it seem like to tell the truth today is to run the risk of being killed. But if I fall, I’ll fall 5 feet, 4 inches forward in the fight for freedom. I’m not backing off.” –Fannie Lou Hamer
“Everyone has a plan ’till they get punched in the mouth.” –Mike Tyson
People Who Hold Space Will Heal the Church (Kaitlin Curtice blog post)
The Golden Age of Bailing (David Brooks NYT OpEd)
Iesha Evans interview (CBS News)
Scripture:
Songs for Today’s Worship Gathering:
In Feast or Fallow by McCracken
Those Who Trust by Chaffer
How Firm a Foundation by Rippon/Funk
They Will Know We Are Christians by Scholtes
All the Poor and Powerless by Jordan/Leonard
Precious Lord, Take My Hand by Dorsey
Doxology
This Week’s Memory Scripture: Philippians 1:27
Go further:
Epistle to the Philippians by Karl Barth
Paul’s Letter to the Philippians (NICNT) by Gordon Fee
Exploring a missional reading of Scripture: Philippians as a case study (article) by Dean Flemming
Celebration of Discipline, chapter “The Discipline of Celebration” by Richard Foster
Philippians (Two Horizons NT Commentary) by Stephen Fowl
Becoming the Gospel: Paul, Participation, & Mission by Michael Gorman
Surprised by Joy by C.S. Lewis
Theology and Joy by Jürgen Moltmann
Joy and Human Flourishing ed by Miroslav Volf and Justin Crisp
