Easter Reflection

We can tell intuitively that the most dominant stories framing our lives everyday are too empty and too unjust to be what life is all about. AND we can also tell intuitively when a story comes along that does capture what life is all about! Vince presents the New Testament's story of The Resurrection as one such story...

1 Corinthians, 2 Corinthians, Acts, Luke, DanielVincent BrackettApril 22, 2025Comment

Give up Nihilism For Lent

In the face of hopelessness, is there only strength and weakness? Are values and virtue not worth standing for? Vince closes our effort to give up “giving up” (for Lent) with some encouragements beyond our modern pulls toward nihilism. (Art by Morgan Sorensen @see_machine)

1 Corinthians, Romans, EcclesiastesVincent BrackettApril 15, 2025Lent 2025Comment

Give up "Pure" Community for Lent

What do we do when we know we need communities and institutions to lean on, but they let us down? Hayley and Vince continue our Lenten tradition of giving up (for Lent) hidden beliefs that cause us to give up. (Art: Ethiopian Icon of Jesus washing disciples' feet)

Ecclesiastes, JohnVincent BrackettApril 8, 2025Lent 2025Comment

Give up "it all comes down to me" for Lent

Continuing our Lenten tradition of giving up hidden beliefs that aren't serving us, Vince explores how basically all working people today end up believing "it all comes down to me", and offers the story of Jesus being tempted in the desert as inspiration to not give up. (Photo by Luis Villasmil on Unsplash)

1 Corinthians, Matthew, EcclesiastesVincent BrackettApril 1, 2025Lent 2025Comment