As the story of St. Peter being freed from prison demonstrates, the invitation to trust in God is not an invitation to live in a fantasy world where life always works out. It's an invitation to experience hope, care, love, and justice in the midst of the hard reality we all know: that life is in fact pretty unfair.
Read MoreBrown Line is lucky to have a number of inter-racial and inter-cultural couples making up our community. Their experiences can help us understand the story of Peter & Cornelius in the book of Acts and why Jesus loves setting up cross-cultural interactions.
Read MoreThe story of the conversion of Saul of Tarsus (later, St. Paul) gives us pause to reflect on the many conversions and turning points that a full life includes... and also on what must come after conversion experiences in order to truly experience lifelong change.
Read MoreThe encouraging stories of the earliest Jewish followers of Jesus beginning to connect with non-Jewish peoples in their region -- like Philip the Jew and a Eunuch from Northeast Africa -- feel like models for the kinds of interactions our church today experiences all the time.
Read MoreAccording to the book of Acts, collective spiritual experiences (like what we hope for anytime we gather on Sunday) are meant to build bridges beyond us and connect us to others.
Read MoreCould experimenting for a set amount of time as though you have high faith in God's ability to be actually (not just theoretically) good be an awesome experience for you? Could it be an awesome experience for our whole church as we hope to grow to a level of long-term sustainability? We think so! Join us for our 40 day prayer experiment...
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