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Shh… 2: Body - 10.18.2015

“Shh…” Quieting Yourself to Give Life a Hearing – BodyDon't just listen to this podcast, practice along with it! Many things need changing in our world, but all of it will start with us quieting ourselves enough to give life a hearing. Today Laska Nygaard and Greg Meyer will help you listen to life through the gift of your body. Yes, this is a little different than usual, but that’s good, right!? So, stretch your body, stretch your comfort zone toward your growth zone, and let that stretch your mind. Everybody needs a body. Let’s celebrate them! Glad you’re listening! The outline from the Sunday Paper and other resources, including the GroupLife discussion guide, can be found at www.jacobs-well.net/leftovers LINK The original composition in the message by Chris Tripolino for Quieting Yourself, based on Psalm 139, is here. LINK.

Shh... 1: Wait - 10.11.2015

“Shh…” Quieting Yourself to Give Life a Hearing – Wait You probably don’t feel very spiritual when you are waiting in line, waiting for someone, waiting for the results of that test. But while waiting is so often frustrating, it is also how you experience the future unfolding. Some things take time and hurrying only makes them take longer. What if you quieted yourself so that your time wasn’t a precious commodity slipping between your fingers, but an investment in a tomorrow worth waiting for? Let’s not just talk about it, let’s practice it! Welcome.Find the outline from this message on page two of the "Sunday Paper" at www.jacobs-well.net/leftoversThe traffic light video can be found here. Find Chris Tripolino's "We Wait" composition from Psalm 130 to help you practice quieting yourself on SoundCloud.

Because It Hurts 4: Race - 09.27.2015

Because it Hurts: Race  Issues of race are as old as humanity. There may have been some good old days when they didn’t seem so ‘troublesome’ but probably only because there was enough geographic isolation or physical suppression to make it seem that way. Today there is great pain in our inter-racial, inter-ethnic relationships and that’s not all bad, in fact it’s about time. Let’s dare to dig into this pain and figure out how we can move out of our comfort and danger zones and create a growth zone together. With Greg Meyer & Tracy Byrd. 
More resources, like the outline, relating to this message can be found at www.jacobs-well.net/leftovers
 The video of the Aspen Ideas Festival conversation with Ta-Nehisi Coates and Mayor Mitch Landrieu can be found at https://youtu.be/Ytt1j_7TImU

Because it Hurts 3: Money - 09.20.2015

Because it Hurts: Money How is it that the paper and metal with the dead presidents on them or the small plastic cards and the 1s and 0s they represent in some computer bank account can be the source of so many problems and pain in our lives? Money, whether you have none or a ton, can hurt – it can control us, disrupt us, and destruct us, but it doesn’t have to… Jesus talked about money all the time, not because he needed it for a jet, but because he knew that the people around him needed help with how they have a healthy relationship with it. Makes sense that we’d do the same as church together.

Because It Hurts 2: Love - 09.13.2015

Because It Hurts: Love Yes, love hurts, but that’s no reason to run from it. In fact, the power of love that can make it so painful is what gives it so much potential too. Let’s take a look at what’s so hard about love, how we react that doesn’t help, and what we can do that will never take all the hurt out of love, but helps us be healthy and grow despite and because of it. Pastors Stephanie Vos and Greg Meyer lead the discussion with texts from the community helping guide the way.The message outline from the Sunday Paper can be found at www.jacobs-well.net/leftoversTo learn more about the Comfort > Growth > Danger Zones see Greg's blog at PrecariousPastor.net.Stephanie's blog about being single and ok can be found at the Salt Collective.

Because It Hurts 1: Work - 09.06.2015

Because It Hurts - Work   There are people who will tell you that the only thing separating you from a life of joy and fulfillment is to turn your life over to God.  Don't believe them.  We aren't Jacob's Well to get the secret sauce so life will be all roses and rainbows, but because we know thorns and thunderstorms are part of the real deal.  And we are people living for the real deal.  Thanks for venturing into some tough AND life giving conversations these four weeks.  It's a You and God and Us journey.You can find the outline to this message at jacobs-well.net/leftovers. It is on page two of the "Sunday Paper."

Godflix 4: Into the Woods - 08.30.2015

Into the Woods - Like it or not, life is going to take you there… into the woods, that is. Much of life happens there, much of who you are is created there; in that place of fascination, fear and definitely out of your control. This Sondheim musical, adapted for the screen and chock full of stars, mashes four of your favorite childhood fairy tales into one story that reveals a lot of truth about life. It also sounds a lot like what God is trying to show us. So take a walk into the woods with us. It’s okay. You’re never alone!The outline from the "Sunday Paper" and other helpful resources can be found at www.jacobs-well.net/leftovers.

Godflix 3: The Book of Life - 08.23.2015

Everyone’s story is written in The Book of Life.  Or so the voice of Ice Cube tells us in this visually stunning animated film set against the backdrop of the Mexican celebration of the Day of the Dead.  When this funny, yet endearing tale of love and friendship dips down into the underworld, it brings up tricky questions about how to remember our past without letting it enslave our future, and how to write our own stories while helping other people write theirs.   See the trailer here!