The Story We Live Into
Podcast – Pasadena Mennonite Church
English - December 15, 2021 18:13 - 71.9 MB - ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsChristianity Religion & Spirituality mennonite anabaptist peace justice community jesus christ pasadena los angeles Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Stories are important because they color the way we view God. In Philippians 1:3-11, Paul is writing from prison to the church in Philippi — a loving letter, full of affection and joy. Hope is important for Paul — both in the way the world is structured and in where it’s going.
The creation story in Genesis 1 is believed to be written while the Jewish people were exiled in Babylon. It is written for an exiled and subjugated people — yet contains none of the violence of other creation stories.
Our God’s creation is an invitation — a call that includes the participation of creation itself. God takes joy in creation. We are created in God’s image, counterparts with the capacity to love, to be compassionate, to have relationship with God — to help birth God's peace. We too are called to live into God's creation story.