Wisdom Resources

A daily devotional for the Advent season by Scott Erickson. Find it here or in our church library!

Poems to correspond with each chapter of Luke – by Drew Jackson. Find it here or in our church library.

Reversals, Resistance, and the Ongoing Complexity of Hope – by Kelley Nikondeha. Find it here or in our church library.

Shadow and Light is a guide for the Advent season to help you rediscover childlike wonder and contemplate the sacred gift we celebrate in the Christmas season. Find it here or in our church library.

A six-week Advent and Christmas devotional that takes the reader from the first Sunday of Advent through Epiphany in a collection of daily meditations, by Brian Zahnd. Find it here or in our church library.

A collection of readings for Advent and Christmas. Find it here or in our church library.

Check out our messages from the Year of Wisdom

The Church as Effective Agent of Community Transformation – read it here.

Use this additional resource as you explore and practice Immanuel Prayer this month.

In October, our Formation Practice is Immanuel Prayer. Find a journaling guide here.

By Willie James Jennings. Find it here.

Read this book by our October Exploration Guest – Dominique Gilliard.

Alleluia – A song shared by Christine on 4th Sunday. Listen to it here!

Dominique Gilliard shared this video on Exploration Sunday – Is Justice Worth It? By Micah Bournes.

Check out our messages from the Year of Wisdom

In August our Formation Practice is LIstening Prayer. Find the guide here.

Check out the Contemplative Activism Story Arc from Made For Pax.

As recommended by Mondo Scott – Find it here.

Poems to correspond with each chapter of Luke – by Drew Jackson. Find it here.

By Justo L. González. Find it here.

By Howard Thurman. Find it here.

In July our Formation Practice is Imaginative Prayer. Find the guide here.

Our Formation Practice in June is Lectio Divina. Find the steps here to practice it at home!

Tim Gombis shared a playlist full of songs that represent learning to die in order to live. Find it here: Tim’s Spotify Playlist.

Find Tim Gombis’ Exploration Sunday handout here.

Written by Tim Gombis, our guest exploration speaker. Find it here or in our library.

Written by Jerry Camery-Hoggatt, A Death of Splendid Daring is a novel interpretation of Mark’s Gospel. Find it here, or in our church library!

Check out our messages from the Year of Wisdom

A sermon by Nancy Beach out of Ecclesiastes

Strong Like Water: Finding the Freedom, Safety, and Compassion to Move Through Hard Things--And Experience True Flourishing

By Aundi Kolber

Soong-Chan Rah’s book on Lamentations takes a look at lament as a necessary, but often avoided, component of our Christian faith.

Bill Dogterom recommended the Prayer of Examen as a way to make sense of our lives as we look back. Examen offers us tools to perceive where God has been present. Find the guide here.

In March, our formation practice was Lament. Find the worksheet we used to form our Laments here.

Listen to Jon Foreman’s EP, Winter.

Watch the Bible Project’s summary of the book of Job.

Check out our messages from the Year of Wisdom

A study of Genesis 1-11 by Jen Wilkin, this is one of the books our women’s Bible study went through as they studied Genesis.

A study of Genesis 12-50 by Jen Wilkin, this is one of the books our women’s Bible study went through as they studied Genesis.

Listen to this podcast for more background on the book of Genesis – as recommended by the Women’s Bible Study group.

A weekly devotional by Macrina Wiederkehr. Christine mentioned this book on Formation Sunday in January.

A book by Dallas Willard. We recommend this book to go along with our exploration of wisdom this year. You can also find this book in our Library.

Check out Tim Gombis’ podcast series: The Big Story of the Bible – Pts. 1 - 3 for more background on Genesis 1 and 2.

A 40-day devotional in the book of Genesis by Dr. Gregory Lan Ijiwola (A friend of Christine’s)