It’s hard to be patient with any of this, much less all of it! This Sunday, Rev. Linda McDermott will join me in looking at patience as a virtue we might practice in a new, active way that will bring hope and interest to our politically charged, socially distanced, pandemic time.
A virtue that brings both interest and hope to our human chaos is humility. This Sunday in 11:11 we’ll take a look at how the practice of humility can empower a wider vision — a paradigmatic shift for the kingdom at hand!
These are interesting times; people feeling unheard, unseen, even compelled to do the unthinkable. There’s a lot of anger out there. Times like these call for extreme measures, radical acts of spiritual resistance. Last Sunday we looked at the importance of our words. This Sunday, it’s time for some radical hospitality.
How do we speak and live into the path of Shalom, into the Kingdom of God, in these “interesting” times? For the next few weeks, I’ll be joining others for these Sunday reflections, as well as inviting some guest storytellers and musicians as we explore: “Interesting Times – 6 Virtues for Bringing Interest & Hope to Times that Seem Otherwise,” and let’s lean in to these interesting times with one another, see you Sunday.
This Sunday, July 5th, in eleven:eleven, join Linda and me as we wrestle with some ideas about the myth of independence, the place and purpose of freedom, and the possibility that we are on the verge of a spiritual revolution!
This Sunday, Linda and I are going to conclude our series, Disruption: Parables for the Pandemic, with a special look at where we’ve been and what these parables offer, as the next steps on the path of Shalom, in a time of systemic dysfunction and pandemic anxiety.
Join Tom and me this Sunday at eleven:eleven as we examine at the parable of The Good Samaritan, “the parable of The Man in the Ditch,” as we consider the possibility that we might be the one in the ditch and our enemy may indeed be the very one who could save us.
This Sunday, I want to think with you about the crazy, fascinating, unbelievably huge reality of the systems we live in and the way we relate to, sustain, or change them. Once we’re willing to take a hard, clear look at them, we may discover the incredibly transformative and healing potential of small, intentional acts of humility, courage, and connection.
This Sunday, Linda and I continue our conversations with our new series, “Disruptions: Parables and Pandemics.” Parables are meant to awaken us, to open us up to new ways of seeing something, of relating to the world, to God, or to ourselves. What inspires you to think differently? Come to eleven:eleven and explore these ideas with us!
The parables of Jesus are meant to baffle, and by that I mean to shake off our blinders, to reveal something we had not seen before, to think differently about things. Join us this Sunday as we explore Jesus the storyteller — and how primary means of teaching was through the use of parables.
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