ableism Archives - Contents and Containers

Wind May 19, 2021June 9, 2021

What does the New Testament’s radical inclusion mean for us today?

“I wish that the ones who are upsetting you would castrate themselves!”—Galatians 5:12 The law of old making way for the Law of Love What […] Read More

Wind May 5, 2021June 9, 2021

We aren’t going back, we’re going forward

We can’t just go back to fishing Julie led us to reflect on John 21, an epilogue added to the Gospel of John that brings […] Read More

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.