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Coming fresh off a full day of healing many who were sick and driving out many demons Jesus got up early the next morning to pray in a solitary place (Greek word: eremos). Jesus modeled the spiritual discipline of Solitude.

Solitude, Teaching

Enemy

In Week 3 of The Solitude Practice we take hold of Matthew 4: 1-11 in a new light: the eremos (quiet place) where Jesus often spent time in solitude is a place of strength, not weakness.

Solitude, Teaching

Self

In Week 2 of The Solitude Practice we are focusing on how to manage common feelings of pain (exhaustion, worry, sadness, anger, shame, to name a few) that often bubbles up in us in the quiet.

Solitude, Teaching

Quiet Place

This week we begin The Solitude Practice through June 9th. I’m very excited about this because it dovetails so well with The Sabbath Practice that we just went through.

Sabbath, Teaching

Reflection

We spent time this week reflecting as a community on the Practice of the Sabbath. Chris Rhoades and Pastor Dave discussed this on the couch and Kalyn Kim and Grant Maeshiro joined.

Sabbath, Teaching

Worship

This week’s lesson on the Sabbath Practice is about the Sabbath as worship -- the most important movement of them all.

Sabbath, Teaching

Delight

This week’s lesson on the Sabbath Practice is about the Sabbath as delight -- a conscious choice to focus on what is “very good” on earth. Amidst the ugliness and darkness that can seep into everyday life we choose to find the joy.

Sabbath, Teaching

Rest

This week’s lesson on the Sabbath Practice is about the Sabbath as resistance -- Resistance to the “New Egypt” that is our Western world’s system stoking our “restlessness,” defined by a constant yearning for more.

Sabbath, Teaching

Stop

Why We’re Doing This. Quite simply, I personally have felt for some time that it’s time to stop “doing church,” and instead to “be the church.” This means to be with Jesus, become like Jesus, and to do what Jesus did. It’s a lifestyle and process of spiritual formation. Jesus’ message is so much bigger and profound than the sin management that modern church has focused upon.

I AM, Teaching

I am the Vine

Vines require pruning to fulfill their full potential. In the same way, there are likely areas in your life that require pruning to fulfill God’s full potential. What can you prune from your packed life? In addition, branches must stay connected to the vine to thrive and survive.

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