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Wind February 26, 2020June 9, 2021

Also remember this in 2020, you can’t keep your hands clean

Dialogue keeps us together I’ve been blogging for years, really ever since high school when I first had a Xanga account, and it is rare […] Read More

Earth, Wind November 22, 2017June 9, 2021

Dictators are lazy. Good leaders listen, empower, and change.

Donald Trump was elected president of the United States a year ago, in case you haven’t heard. It has been more of the most historically […] 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.