City Beautiful Church : Audio

09/24/23 To live in the name of Jesus is to develop the courage and imagination to live peaceably in a violent world.

09/17/23 Living “in the name of Jesus” begins with commitment to him and his new heavenly family called the Church.

09/10/23 It is our willingness to put our hand to the plough that speaks to our relationship with Christ.

09/03/2023 Our joy is made complete when we participate in the revelation of Jesus together.

8/27/23 To live “in the name of Jesus” is to testify with our lives to the reign of the king in his new heavenly world.

08/20/23 To be “in the world but not of it” means that we are to live from a different starting point than the world into which we were first born.

08/13/23 To be willing to say, “here I am” when the Lord calls us is to embark on a grand adventure that can only be fueled by Grace.

08/06/23 Gifts are the realm of the Spirit, who equips each of us to love the world back into relationship with God. https://www.citybeautiful.ch/gifts

07/30/23 Personality is the realm of the Son, who comes to show us what it means to be fully human so we can call others into their full humanity.

07/23/23 Story is the realm of the Father, who is with us and turns curses into blessings so we might in turn tell better stories to the world.

07/16/23 Our Calling is found at the intersection of our Story with God, our Personality in the light of Christ, and the Gifts we’ve been given by the Holy Spirit.

07/02/23 We have barely scraped the surface of God’s love revealed in Jesus. Even if it takes us the rest of our lives, it is still worth it to pursue him.

06/25/23 Sabbath, the practice upon which all other spiritual practices are built, brings us back to the wholehearted truth that we are not our frenzied productivity, but the Beloved of God.

06/18/2023 As our fears become exposed to the light, the love of God clothes us to be transformed by Christ. Visio Divina exercise

06/11/23 Worry causes us to close down, prayer invites us to open up. Worry is a constant inner monologue of fear, prayer is a constant trusting dialogue with the Father.

06/04/23 “We have been called to heal wounds, to unite what has fallen apart, and to bring home those who have lost their way.” - Saint Francis of Assisi

5/28/23 Jesus provides a direction and a promise through the Holy Spirit.

05/21/23 In community we move from competition to communion with people who are here to reveal Jesus to us.

05/14/23 Jesus invites us to pass through suffering by way of sorrow, in order that we might find true joy on the other side.

05/07/2023 In moments where we can recognize resentment quickly, we ground ourselves in that moment by remembering who we are, who the other person is, and who Jesus is.