<description>Nathan Meckley shares a message about the woods he grew up around and how we come to love nature through paying attention and personal connection, and how this invites us to reflect on our relationship with creation and how we should live.</description>

Nathan Meckley shares a message about the woods h…

Nathan Meckley shares a message about the woods he grew up around and how we come to love nature through paying attention and personal connection, and how this invites us to reflect on our relationship with creation and how we should live.

"How then shall we live?" by Nathan Meckley

<description>Mica Coffin shared a message about what tools or doorways have not been helpful or not helpful for her spiritual growth.</description>

Mica Coffin shared a message about what tools or …

Mica Coffin shared a message about what tools or doorways have not been helpful or not helpful for her spiritual growth.

"Tools of kindness," by Mica Coffin

<description>Nathan Meckley shares that “Mark doesn’t give us a classic happy ending, all tied up in a nice Easter bow.” The resurrection story continues to challenge everything we consider an ending. Is there anywhere in the world, is there anywhere in your life, that God’s redeeming work of love still needs to touch?</description>

Nathan Meckley shares that “Mark doesn’t give us …

Nathan Meckley shares that “Mark doesn’t give us a classic happy ending, all tied up in a nice Easter bow.” The resurrection story continues to challenge everything we consider an ending. Is there anywhere in the world, is there anywhere in your life, that God’s redeeming work of love still needs to touch?

"The power to transform anything," by Nathan Meckley

<description>Nathan Meckley shares that when we follow the story of Jesus, we take hold of a different hope, a different revolution that doesn't arrive through power and might, but through the paradox of strength through weakness, through vulnerability, hardship, pain, loss, and yes, the surprise of resurrection — the love which cannot die.</description>

Nathan Meckley shares that when we follow the sto…

Nathan Meckley shares that when we follow the story of Jesus, we take hold of a different hope, a different revolution that doesn't arrive through power and might, but through the paradox of strength through weakness, through vulnerability, hardship, pain, loss, and yes, the surprise of resurrection — the love which cannot die.

"A different hope," by Nathan Meckley

<description>Nathan Meckley shared a message about hunger and the MLK Jr quote: “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice anywhere.” Right now, in the U.S., there is more than enough food to feed everyone. People go hungry not because of scarcity, but because human practices and policies designed and implemented by human beings go unchallenged and unchanged.</description>

Nathan Meckley shared a message about hunger and …

Nathan Meckley shared a message about hunger and the MLK Jr quote: “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice anywhere.” Right now, in the U.S., there is more than enough food to feed everyone. People go hungry not because of scarcity, but because human practices and policies designed and implemented by human beings go unchallenged and unchanged.

"Inescapable Interconnections," by Nathan Meckley

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