This past Sunday we had a really good conversation about household finances and how our faith informs that area of our life. Our question for the week was: “what one monthly expense would you change if you could?” The answers were varied and interesting. Some talked about internet/cable bills, the cost of eating out, the sadness of unused groceries, and housing issues (among other topics). What would your answer...
Read MoreIn this video, Katie is at the table to chat with Pastor Bo about the chapter in “Practicing Faith” Honoring the Body is the topic and this 14 minutes is packed with thoughtful depth.
Read Moreby John Espy This week at VHUMC we began a series on the book, Practicing our Faith edited by Dorothy C. Bass. What does it mean to practice our faith? If we consider “practice” as a customary activity, it is (generally speaking) our practice to eat three meals a day; it is a practice for (most?, some?, a few?) Christians to go to church on Sunday. If we consider “practice” as a means of learning and developing a skill, one must...
Read MoreThis past week, we started into a new series about Practicing Faith. The first week’s topic is “Times of Yearning” and I took the opportunity to have some fun talking about different ways of talking about desire. Here are 4 ways that I have heard desire talked about: God Shaped Vacuum You may be familiar with the famous quote by Pascal: “There is a God-shaped vacuum in the heart of each man which cannot be satisfied...
Read MoreStarting this Sunday we are going to turn our attention to ‘Practicing Faith’. So many times, the conversation is about great ideas or theories. They can be heady and inspiring – but sometimes they can seem like a list of ‘beliefs’ or doctrines. What we are hoping to do in our Sunday gatherings is turn the corner to where the rubber meets the road in real life. What does faith look like in practice? We...
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