The River of Grace, with Jeff Chu
The Evolving Faith Podcast
Sarah Bessey
4.9 • 939 Ratings
🗓️ 18 May 2022
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
Jeff takes us to Ezekiel 47, where the prophet Ezekiel was exiled from all that he has known. As a divinely appointed tour guide gives Ezekiel a vision of renewal and reconstruction, he sees a river flowing out from the restored sanctuary. Jeff asks listeners to consider the same question posed by the tour guide to Ezekiel, “Human one, what do you see?” Jeff explains that this is the invitation still given to us, to see what’s possible and to discern our own role in bringing life and flourishing all around us. Jeff encourages us to remember that it’s not true flourishing if only some of us are flourishing and ends by reminding listeners, “Your reconstruction is not just for you.” Afterward, Jeff and Sarah discuss the communal call of Scripture that defies the individualism of the Western church, and they challenge us to breathe life into each other as the family of God. Evolving Faith Conference
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| 0:00.0 | We are all looking for belonging. |
| 0:02.0 | Some of you are listening to this podcast because you've deconstructed your beliefs, |
| 0:06.0 | maybe you've endured some pain and trauma, |
| 0:09.0 | stood bewildered before a community that once felt so much like family. |
| 0:13.2 | Perhaps what you used to call home isn't really home anymore for one big reason or a thousand |
| 0:18.3 | reasons. |
| 0:19.7 | Maybe you've landed somewhere completely different. Maybe like most of us you're still landing. |
| 0:24.9 | Many of us have found our way here to evolving faith because we are looking for |
| 0:29.0 | healing spaces. We are longing for fellow sojourners and needing room to exhale all of our questions and doubts. |
| 0:36.9 | We yearn to be more connected and less alone and we're reaching out for others who feel the same |
| 0:42.3 | to know that it's not just us out here, |
| 0:44.8 | to know that it's possible to resurrect and reimagine, even maybe rebuild. |
| 0:50.0 | So this is why we exist, to cultivate hope and love in that wilderness. We know we're not alone and neither are you and we are so ready to welcome you to our little outpost so that you can rest, laugh, grieve, create hope, and know that you are loved through and through. |
| 1:08.0 | You're invited to join us, a bunch of folks from all over the world who are making our own beautiful, diverse, and messy table in the wilderness. |
| 1:16.0 | Tickets are now on sale for Evolving Faith 2023. |
| 1:20.0 | We're gathering both online and in person this year on October 14th and 15th in Minneapolis, Minnesota. |
| 1:27.0 | We're so excited to welcome all of you and speakers such as Krista Tippett, Dante Stewart, Nautia Bolts Weber, Dr. Will Gaffney, Barbara Brown |
| 1:35.7 | Taylor, and so, so many more. |
| 1:38.6 | I would absolutely love to see you in Minneapolis or online for that Sacred Weekend and I hope that you will find |
| 1:44.1 | belonging in this little Motley crew too. |
| 1:46.5 | You know, bring a friend or 10, you can come by yourself, you'll probably make a new friend |
| 1:50.4 | there. |
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