So here's a follow up to last week: if prayer really, truly makes space for God's action in the world, what's up with healing prayer?
Does God heal? How does God heal? Do you need faith? How much faith? Why doesn't God just heal everyone right away? All good questions. Jill and Kevin share some reflections from scripture and their own stories.
2014.10.26 - Kevin Makins - The Sign of Jonah
ACT IV: The Chapter We Don’t Talk About
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When you hear the story of Jonah it’s often told as a Three Act Play: Jonah hears God’s calling and flees, he’s swallowed up by a sea monster and changes his mind, he goes to Nineveh and BAM! they repent.
But there’s a fourth act in Jonah, a chapter we don’t talk about, and it’s probably the strangest part in the story!
And ultimately it asks the question: what do we do when we’re #blessed?
Note: At 41 minutes there is a brief financial update from Matt Willard!
2014.02.23 - Brian Walsh & Sylvia Keesmaat
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Brian and Sylvia, authors of “Colossians Remixed”, happened to be preaching at Eucharist Church on our last week at St Paul’s Presbyterian, a church building we have been meeting in for a year and a half. They took the opportunity to present us with the grandest, most epic “wilderness” sermon you can imagine!
Moving through the entire biblical narrative, Brian and Sylvia told over a dozen stories, and gave us Spirit-filled reflections on community, wilderness, home, and God.
We followed our gathering with a huge potluck under a big tent in the back hall.
At the end of the podcast there is a recording of Hannah Essex, who gave us a closing reflection and led us in a blessing for St Pauls.
We also sang a massive medley that we used to say “goodbye” to the building. It can be found at soundcloud.com/eucharistchurch
