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Water January 6, 2021June 9, 2021

Soul captures our yearning for meaning, but burdens us with inventing it on our own

Films like Soul tell us about our world Soul, the newest movie from Disney/Pixar, tells the story of a Black music teacher who is aspiring […] Read More

Water September 16, 2020June 9, 2021

The meaning of sex precedes its existence

The dominant church has failed at offering a theology of sex When I read the survey that suggested that half of U.S. Christians say casual […] 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.