St. John’s members: consider joining our reading group, alternate Sunday evenings, on Esau McCaulley’s Reading While Black: African American Biblical Interpretation as an Exercise in Hope.
Category: New Church
“Way maker” Hit Song, its Nigerian Female author, and Justice
Reposted from Christianity Today, online (June 12, 2020) The American church’s quarantine anthem made its way to the States from Nigeria, where songwriter and Pentecostal
Lament: Capitol Riots and False Gospel
By Jennifer Brown–(presented during coffee hour sharing time on Jan. 10, 2021) CHALLENGE: The most disturbing part of Wednesday’s insurrection (Jan. 6, 2021) for me
The Leadership of Girls and Women
From Michele Sigg—A friend shared this music video with me a few days ago. I find it a delightful piece sung by a Black musician,
A Conversation: Resting in Christ
By Bill Rowley– Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Matt 11.28 ESV Resting in 2020
Acts 9 and the Importance of Redemption
Don’t miss the online lecture TODAY at 12 PM by Vince Bantu of Fuller Seminary on “What Hope Christian History in Africa offers to Race
On Hope
–By Rick Schneider [Shared, with Rick’s permission, from a letter to Rivendell Institute colleagues] July 26, 2020 …suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and
Working and Keeping the Earthly Temple
By Lize B.– Have you ever experienced feeling existentially flat, one dimensional, disconnected and estranged from the physical world around you? There’s something quite hellish
Racial Justice Series: Week 2
By Abbie S. Last Saturday evening, a group of St. John’s members and affiliates gathered together over Zoom for the second session of our
In God’s Image
Compiled by Michele S.
Prayer and Lament (July 4)
Litany for Social Justice Brothers and Sisters: God commands us through Jesus Christ to love one another. In baptism, we promise to “seek and serve
At the Core: From Cosmic Despair to Cosmic Hope
–By Lize B. When on May 9th we watched as a church Let the Sea Resound – about how repentance, forgiveness, revival, and ecological renewal
Signs of the Time
“Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father
Weekly Meditation: Hope (Romans 5)
Listen to Meghan’s meditation here: http://www.stjohnsnewhaven.org/resources/ By Meghan B. Lord Jesus, thank you for this time of reflection. May your Spirit guide these words and
World Christianity: Fiji
****Join us tomorrow, Saturday, May 16 at 6:30 over Zoom for Part 2 of the series. We will view and discuss Jesus in Athens on
A Case for the Psalms
–By Bill R.In The Case for the Psalms, N. T. Wright writes, “For me to think about the Psalms is like thinking about breathing. I
