Conversation

During Lent, we’re reflecting on the ways that life often calls us to let go, which can sometimes feel a bit like loss or dying. We’re on our way to Good Friday and Easter, remembering Jesus’ death and resurrection, knowing that he walks with us in those small deaths.

This weekend we heard from a couple in our community who has been with us since they beginning. They shared their stories of love, loss, and faith over the course of a lifetime.

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In our most recent Sunday teaching, we explored gender as a theological category and a personal experience. One part of that teaching included a consideration of transgender identity. In this episode, we wanted to have a conversation with a transgender person who could speak from their own experience. Miche van Essen is a Trans, AAPI, Jewish woman that is thinking & writing about inclusive leadership in faith organizations.

You can learn more about Miche and her work at:
Website: jointheresonance.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/michevanessen/
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@michevanessen
Podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-models-we-live-by

To listen to this weekend’s teaching, “male and female God created them…,” head to our website or to your preferred listening platform.

As we honor Black history this month, join Zach Gillis and Jason Miller for an honest conversation about Black experience in spaces like SBCC and the importance of understanding the complex realities of people who are marginalized.

You can join our community in local learning opportunities or access further resources HERE.

As we work our way through the Apostles’ Creed, we’ve been reminded that the story it tells is a story we carry together as a church. This weekend, we’re continuing to hear stories from the people who put the “We” in “We believe…”

As we work our way through the Apostles’ Creed, we’ve been reminded that the story it tells is a story we carry together as a church. This week and next, we’re hearing stories from the people who put the “We” in “We believe…”

Before we get to that, Jason gives an update on The Tribune Project and what we’ve been able to accomplish over the last few weeks. For more information on the project, to revise a commitment, or to make a new one, head to thetribuneproject.com.

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Last week we asked the question, “What difference does ‘Everyone an Icon’ make?” This week we learn through a practical interview about the Christian tradition of nonviolence through with David Cramer, the Pastor of Keller Park Church in South Bend and co-author of “A Field Guide to Christian Nonviolence: Key Thinkers, Activists, and Movements for the Gospel of Peace”.