Category: Politics
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Faith & … Justice: Segregation in Culture & Life
Conversation Series returning on February 9th from 6:30 – 8:00pm via Zoom Zoom ID: 541-870-2251 Our call is clear: God loves and champions the cause of the oppressed, and we’re meant to image God by doing the same. Join us for a Conversation series continuing to explore themes of racial justice and the lack of it. We’ll uncover…
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Be The Church #6: Stand Your Ground- Black Bodies & the Justice of God
This fall, our podcast series “Be the Church” has featured two monthly episodes, the first one each month focuses on our sermon series and what we’re learning about the Bible and ourselves, and the second episode of each month focuses on our Faith & Justice text for the month. So in this FINAL installment of…
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God First (A Sermon on Judges 5:1-13)
Our relationship with God is supposed to shape who we are, and so that the call and the cry at the end of Judges, I’d argue, is best understood not as an apology for a monarchy, for a king here on earth to save us (even if that’s what the editors intended and what some…
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Kingdom People #5: The Cross & The Lynching Tree
In this episode, Rev. Sara WG & Laura VanderTop will provide some introductory thoughts to the book that we will be discussing together later this month. This conversation sets up some of the discourse in the book and some encouragement for ways into reading it. The Cross and the Lynching Tree is Dr. James Cone’s…
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Kingdom People #4: Stamped-Racism, Antiracism, and You
In this episode, Rev. Sara WG & Rev. Christian Collins Winn provide some introductory thoughts to the book that we will be discussing together later this month. This conversation sets up some of the discourse in the book and some encouragement for ways into reading it. Then, please plan to join us for our: “Stamped:…
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Kingdom People #3: The Face of Grace in Just Mercy
Kingdom People have hard conversations. We’re continuing our journey toward anti-racism, having the uncomfortable conversation about the history of race in America and our role in racial justice. We do this as a community seeking both Christ and the good of our neighbors. Join us this summer for a series on what it means to be a Kingdom…
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Kingdom People #2: The Glory & The Gospel in Selma
Kingdom People have the hard conversations.We’re continuing our journey toward anti-racism, having the uncomfortable conversations about history of race in America and our role in racial justice. We do this as a community seeking both Christ and the good of our neighbors. Join us this summer for a series on what it means to be a Kingdom…
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Kingdom People #1: Anti-Racism, The Gospel, & 13th
Join us this summer for a series on what it means to be a Kingdom People. The first three episodes of our summer series will follow the work we are undertaking to be the church by committing to the work of anti-racism. On this Juneteenth, join with Rev. Sara Wilhelm Garbers, community and staff member Laura…
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Resurrection People #6: Resurrection, Pentecost, and George Floyd
Join with Rev. Sara Wilhelm Garbers and Dr. Christian Winn for their final installment of a six-week podcast series exploring the question: What does it mean to be a Resurrection people? This week the focus is a conversation about Resurrection & Pentecost and the Spirit’s work and desire that all might have enough air to…
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Resurrection People #5: What Does it Mean to be a Resurrection People (The Political & Resurrection, Part II)
Join with Rev. Sara Wilhelm Garbers and Dr. Christian Winn along with their guest Michele Steinke in the second installment of a six-week podcast series exploring the question: What does it mean to be a Resurrection people? This week the focus is a continued conversation on Resurrection & the Political. Engage the conversation on Facebook , Instagram, or…