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Weekly MomenToUs
Hosted by Pastor Rebecca Grate · EN
MomenToUs is a new experimental faith community, in-person & online. We are glad you are here!
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Reading between the Lines: Remembering Blessings
Jul 13, 202500:19:40Tap to summarizeIn this episode, we revisit the stories of the women from the entire Reading between the Lines series through a series of blessings. Maybe we will see ourselves in these blessings, too. Newsletter Signup: http://eepurl.com/in4gn6
Transcribe →Reading between the Lines: Women of the Early Church
Jul 6, 202500:30:01Tap to summarizeIn this week’s episode, we are going to be jumping all around the New Testament, pulling in some short stories about some of the women who were vital to how the early Christian Church grew. In this episode, we are going to be learning more about Sapphira, Tabitha, Lydia, Priscilla, Phoebe, Euodia & Syntyche, and Junia. [T]hey are important simply because their names and a portion of their stories were included in the story of the early church. There are other women mentioned who have even less recorded about their stories. And, we know there are even more unnamed and unrecorded women who were vital to passing along this new faith to their children and grandchildren and also helped care for their communities in the ways they could. Newsletter Signup: http://eepurl.com/in4gn6
Transcribe →Reading between the Lines: Women Restored
Apr 17, 202500:28:06Tap to summarizeIn both of these stories, women encounter Jesus and they are not defined by what their culture says should keep them separate. In both stories, there is no judgment from Jesus to the women; the judgment comes from others in the story - the scribes, the Pharisees, the disciples - those who were trying so hard to be faithful to God and how they understood scripture that they missed the opportunity to extend grace and build relationships where centuries of prejudice and assumption had separated them. Each of these stories is important because they remind us that God is already on the other side of whatever dividing lines we draw between us and others. And, that God’s grace is not limited by any decision someone must make in order to secure financial security or food for another day. These stories call us to widen the nets of grace and mercy, to look for the places where inequity exists. How can we be part of a solution that brings about wholeness to a group of people who are being excluded because of the rules another group has set up? Newsletter Signup: http://eepurl.com/in4gn6
Transcribe →Reading between the Lines: Women Healed
Mar 19, 202500:22:13Tap to summarizeThese stories are sometimes pulled out to be examples of how a strong faith can result in either ourselves or someone we love being healed. These stories end up getting used as motivation to just believe more, pray more, go to church more, and stop asking so many questions. But here’s the thing: healing and being restored into community doesn’t depend on how strong or fragile someone’s faith is at any given point. Think about how cruel that system would be. I only prayed for my friend 7 times that day, but the healing required for me to pray 8 times so now all hope is lost for their healing. Or, my mind wandered while I was in prayer so therefore that prayer doesn’t count. Or, I read this really weird story from the Bible and I have a lot of questions about what it means for us today, so that means my time reading scripture didn’t count because questions bubbled up alongside my faith. That isn’t how it works. And, the fact that some people receive healing and others don’t doesn’t make sense, so we want to try to make a system or a formula that will guarantee success every time. And, that’s not how that works either. I wish I had the kind of good news that could tell you exactly how to ensure that you or someone you love will be healed from an illness, or, at the very least, to be able to know if it isn’t going to happen. But that knowledge remains God’s and God’s alone. What we do know is that in the midst of illness, God is present with us and gives us the gift of support through caregivers, family, friends, medical professionals, support staff, social networks, and social services that help ease the pain and burden. Through living and serving one another, restoration happens and connections are made and remade even if healing isn’t possible. Loving, caring for, and serving our neighbor is how God’s shalom and restoration become tangible in our world. CW: ableism Newsletter Signup: http://eepurl.com/in4gn6
Transcribe →Pragmatic Atheism
Jun 25, 2023Tap to summarizeJoin us for our next sabbath stop! Still feeling like this sabbath thing isn't getting any easier? Pastor Rebecca shares a story about how she majorly missed the memo this past week & weaves that together with a Bible story that reminds us we are invited back to sabbath and holy ground, time and time again. Newsletter Signup: http://eepurl.com/in4gn6 Join us on Discord (link in bio!) to continue the conversation about this episode!
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