As we begin this Lenten Journey, we meet many suffering people along the way. We also encounter so-called benefactors with eloquent words about their suffering and occasionally a Good Samaritan who actually does something about it.

Join us this week as we begin this journey together, and reflect on how we are invited to be with those who are hurting in our world today.

Podcast Intro recorded by Ariana Sefa

"God does not make the mountains to be inhabited. We ascend to the heights to gain a broader vision of the world below. But we do not stay there. We do not tarry there. The streams begin in the uplands, but they descend quickly to gladden the valleys below" (Henry Drummond, Scottish theologian)

As we descend the mountain into the dark valley of the Lenten season and journey with Jesus toward the cross, we must not leave behind the vision of God’s glory. Instead, we are called to carry that light with us — to embody God’s love in the valleys of pain and suffering along the way.

For further reflections on the transfiguration, listen to this week’s sermon here.

Podcast Intro recorded by Ariana Sefa

The Reconciliation and Liberation Story is an
alternative seventh story embodied by Jesus. It
contrasts sharply with the six dominant narratives of the first century and all of human history. In Luke 19, Jesus weeps over Jerusalem. He laments her refusal to
embrace the way of peace and foresees the inevitable destruction caused by these other stories.

This week in worship we shared in table conversations around how we are tempted into the six stories of domination, revenge, isolation, victimization, purification and accumulation and what steps we can take to live into the seventh story marked by the unconditional love of Christ for all.

Join us as we finish the seventh story and take some time to reflect on these questions for yourself. How are the six stories of the world impacting your life and how will you live into the Seventh Story this week?

Series is based on the book, Corey & the Seventh Story, by Brian McLaren.

Podcast Intro recorded by Ariana Sefa