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Message Posted onNovember 8, 2017June 9, 2021

Our faith is useless if it’s not applied; our church is pointless if it doesn’t make the world better

There is an inherent problem with believing in the metaphysical. The best way to express our belief is with tangible expression. The metaphysical must express […] Read More

Jonny Rashid, Message Posted onOctober 26, 2016June 9, 2021

Why I might stop watching The Walking Dead

Our obsession with anti-heroes Despite my two kids, I managed to view the season premiere of what was one of my favorite shows: The Walking […] Read More

Earth, Message Posted onJune 2, 2016June 9, 2021

Alternativity: Being radical when the world just doesn’t make it easy

This blog post originally appeared on our main blog: circleofhope.net/blog. “Love God and don’t kill people.” This morning Jenna told me that one of her […] Read More

Message Posted onDecember 8, 2015June 9, 2021

Becoming a tiny tot: what we can learn from John the Baptist’s humility

There are a lot of reasons to feel small. We want to embrace being tiny, since it seems like we will inevitably be that way. Fighting […] Read More

Message Posted onDecember 3, 2015June 9, 2021

Why we need to see Jesus even in the advertisements

This might be my favorite Circle of Hope proverb: Life in Christ is one whole cloth. As we participate in and love “the world,” we […] Read More

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What’s with the categories? They’re all loosely based on Circle of Hope’s idea of spiritual development, utilizing the elements to represent cyclical stages of our growth in Jesus. The posts land somewhere in one of those growth cycles, but are certainly for everyone to read. Following Jesus develops like all human development. At Circle of Hope we see ourselves moving from earth to wind to fire to water in an ongoing, organic process of receiving and enjoying our new, true selves in Jesus.

Earth: Planting seeds of faith and helping them sprout.

Wind: Taking first steps of life in the Spirit.

Fire: Accepting the gifts we bring to a community and our purpose, and learning to give them.

Water: Deepening experience of transformation.

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