Renewing the Center: Recent Episodes
Renewing the Center
Hey everyone. We are taking a short break from the podcast in order to prepare for the next iteration of Renewing the Center. Now that we all are beginning to re-emerge from over a year of pandemic, we sense that the work here at Renewing the Center is meant to shift and evolve. Stay tuned. We'll back in June!
Today we will look at the two accounts of creation found in Genesis 1 and 2. We'll examine the differences between each account as we reflect on the LORD's work in our lives.
In this episode, I reflect on why we stopped, what has happened, and where things might head as we look to the future. Specifically, I reflect on my updated Rule of Life (SPIRE model). Give it a listen!
Hey everyone. We are taking a short break from the podcast in order to prepare for the next iteration of Renewing the Center. Now that we all are beginning to re-emerge from over a year of pandemic, we sense that the work here at Renewing the Center is meant to shift and evolve. Stay tuned. We'll back in June!
How do we learn to abide?
Time with God – prayer/reading/silence and solitude
Time with others who invite us to move and grow
Time engaging in faithful action – doing the next right thing
Some questions to consider:
Where do you sense a need to find satisfaction?
Have you lost sight of some of the things that belong to you as a child of God – even if you’ve never personally experienced the water at the bottom of those wells?
Are there places of contention in your life right now – contention concerning satisfaction and provision?
What might Rehoboth look like? God making room?
1/ What do I need from God right now? What do I desire for God to do for me/in me?
2/ What kind of person am I meant to be right now? What attitudes/characteristics/values am I meant to embody in this season, regardless of my circumstances?
3/ What work is being set before me? What tasks/responsibilities am I meant to engage in the days ahead?
Rich Villodas – the pastor at New Life Fellowship in NYC – has a great tool for what to do whenever a disproportionate reaction arises in your life. He invites us to ask these questions.
1. What happened?
2. What am I feeling?
3. What does the story I’m telling myself?
4. What does the gospel say?
5. What is the counter instinctual act that is required?
This spiritual practice is designed to help ground us in the reality of what is happening in and around us, so we learn to recognize God's activity.
If you listen closely, you'll notice that our dog, Jolene, makes a guest appearance in this episode!
This is the final installment in our study and reflection on the person and work of the Holy Spirit.
This is the eighth installment in our series on the person and work of the Holy Spirit.
This episode is the seventh installment in our series on the person and work of the Holy Spirit.
This is our third installment, and first spiritual practice, on the person and work of the Holy Spirit.
This is the second installment in our series on the person and work of the Holy Spirit.
The first installment in a series of episodes on the person and work of the Holy Spirit.
*The online lectionary readings for this episode were incorrect. The actual verses Kris read were the last 2 verses of Psalm 38 and then Ps. 119:25-34 - but the entire reading was incorrectly listed as Psalm 38 in the lectionary reader we use for the podcast. Please forgive the mixup!