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Fire Posted onFebruary 9, 2022February 9, 2022

Should churches be purple?

How important is political diversity in our churches and organizations? That’s a question that I recently pondered as we wondered about the political economy of […] Read More

Wind Posted onJanuary 5, 2022January 10, 2022

Forgiveness must cost you something

Does forgiveness have a utility? This is a hobby horse, I admit, but The New York Times changed Michael Eric Dyson’s column’s headline from “We […] Read More

Wind Posted onMay 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

Earth Posted onJuly 1, 2020June 9, 2021

The only way we’ll get out of this mess is together

Almost everyone wants to be anti-racist I was so encouraged when I was reading over the discernment material gathered by our cells. When we asked […] Read More

Wind Posted onApril 24, 2019June 9, 2021

Sin is life diminishment. Give life instead.

Fundamentalists on both sides of the aisle “Sin” is a big word for a lot of Christians. Perhaps our ultimate temptation is to use someone […] 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.

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