Luke 17 Archives - Contents and Containers

Earth June 24, 2020June 9, 2021

How to speak all things to all people in 2020

How did wearing masks become a political signal? Lebanon County, where I grew up, is the last county in Pennsylvania to move out of the […] Read More

Essays November 21, 2013June 9, 2021

Why Bitstrips won’t save you

One of Circle of Hope’s proverbs, what some have called our umbrella proverb, says that Jesus is best revealed incarnationally. That means that Jesus is […] 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.