One morning as he and his disciples were walking, Jesus asked his closest friends a piercing question – “who do you say that I am?” As followers of the religion of Jesus, our answer to this question is foundational to how we practice Christianity. At the Loft, there are four fundamental values that we draw from the teachings of Jesus that inform how we practice Christianity: Compassion, Decolonization, Belonging, and Conversation. These four values help us articulate who Jesus is and how we find salvation in following his teachings. We will be discussing these values over the next four weeks during our sermon series, The Loft 101, and we will explore how these values inform who we are and who we aim to be as a faith community.

This Sunday, we will be exploring how compassion informs our being and doing. In his book, Compassion in Practice: The Way of Jesus, Frank Rogers describes the religious practices of Jesus as a “spiritual path of radical compassion.” Compassion was fundamental to Jesus’ ministry and his understanding of the human person. Drawing our inspiration from Jesus’ ministry, compassion is the foundation upon which we build The Loft community. Join us this Sunday as we discover why compassion is fundamental to our spiritual practices and essential for the survival of our species.

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