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Earth December 27, 2017June 9, 2021

The most read posts of 2017

Hey friends, thanks for reading this year. As I’ve said elsewhere, I mainly write to encourage and offer my voice to the people in our […] Read More

Essays, Fire February 8, 2017June 9, 2021

The God of Meaning includes Gaga, too

In an era of post-truth, fake news, and deliberate misinformation, I think the question of meaning is one with which Christians need to be concerned. […] 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.