Making Space Through Fasting

“Let every heart prepare him room!” As we draw near to the Feast of the Incarnation, the songs we sing in this season stir up our longing to experience the peaceful presence of God-with-us. This Advent, we will be exploring four ancient practices which help us awaken to the Divine, who is pleased to dwell among us. By reconsidering rest, prayer, fasting and forgiveness, this series aims to hold up wise ways of making space for Christ in the goodness of our ordinary days.

You can also download our Advent Devotional, which connects to this sermon series and to our kids’ Sunday programs.

Inward Practices

Interest in engaging some of the practices we discussed this morning? You can download these one-page guides to introduce some simple versions of the Inward disciplines:

MEDITATION:
Breath Prayer
Lectio Divina

PRAYER:
Walking a Labryinth

FASTING:
Fast from Criticism

STUDY:
Attention to Nature

The mystery of Resurrection is first announced in a garden. From barren, stone-sealed shadowy tomb, into loamy, breeze-breathed, sun-dappled soil bursting with life, Easter interrupts deathly endings with new-day budding potential. This mysterious way of Jesus is meant to open us to new-creation stories, habits and belonging that bring our truest, God-breathed selves into fully- formed being.

This sermon series will explore the way of Jesus through the lens of formation. After building a foundations of how narratives, practices, and community rhythms deepen us into new ways of being, we’ll turn to explore the classical disciplines that have opened Eastertide living throughout the ages, bringing these ancient tools into our modern setting. Each week will invite us into practical ways of inhabiting the Resurrection mystery and finding new creation already blooming among us.