In this sermon, Pastor T. C. explores the problematic concept of “missions” and reframes it as God’s dream for the world to restore Shalom. God tells Israel to “seek the peace of the city” in Jeremiah 29—and that city was Babylon. What if the mission Jesus sends his disciples on was never about “conversion” but about…
In this sermon, Pastor Osheta combines her reflections on a famous Spiritual entitled “There’s a Balm in Gilead” with concluding thoughts on being a Healing Community for our series, Journey Together. She teaches us that in the same way that Jesus is our healing balm, we as a community become a healing balm for one…
“Purposefully seeking the renewal of our city,” Roots’ third mission priority, requires us to have a unified vision of justice. Justice, as we have learned from Dr. Cornel West, is “what love looks like in public.” So, this week, we are looking at the big picture of justice in the biblical narrative. Like the picture…