In this Sunday’s teaching, Leah starts off with a light-hearted anecdote involving a text message mix-up during an airport pick-up, highlighting the generational differences in communication. This sets the stage for a deeper exploration of the New Testament Epistles, a collection of letters that hold significant value in the Christian tradition. We delve into the context in which these letters were written, their intended audience, and the practice of pseudepigraphy, which sometimes complicates authorship. The message encourages us to discern which teachings in these ancient texts are relevant to our modern faith journey, particularly as we examine the universally accepted Pauline Epistle to the Philippians. Through this, we aim to find timeless lessons that continue to inspire and guide us today.
Community Evolving; An Introduction
In this new series, Leah invites Haven into an exploration of how growth and change can be an important part of our spiritual and communal life, considering the ways in which we are individually evolving, as well as the evolving we are doing communally. This first teaching introduces the topic and considers how our tradition points to a faith that grows and shifts over time, using the Apostle Paul as one example.
Review Leah’s notes here and listen to or watch the teaching below.
Remembering the Collective: An Introduction
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In this teaching, Leah begins a new series, called “Remembering the Collective”. Throughout this series, we’ll be considering how we hold on to a sense of collective identity, even in the midst of the physical distance the pandemic has required. This series will draw from Pauls’s first letter to the Corinthians. In this teaching, she anchors the series in an analogy Paul references about the collective centered on Christ being like parts of a body working together.
Review Leah’s notes here and listen to or view the teaching below.