Ecclesiastes Archives - Contents and Containers

Fire August 12, 2020June 9, 2021

A time to break down, and a time to build up: what time are we in today?

The Wisdom of the Qohelet applied by Jesus and Paul One of the last books to be written in the Old Testament is Ecclesiastes. Scholars […] Read More

Wind February 21, 2018June 9, 2021

What Seinfeld taught me about American men’s gun, anger, and violence problem

I was at a party the other day. These days, the only parties I go to are kid’s parties, but it was a party nevertheless. […] 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.