Monday, May 11, 2015
Chelsea Leads Foundry House Workday
Tuesday, April 14, 2015
Punch Bowl International
On Sunday nights, in partnership with Metropolitan UMC, Motor City Wesley will be gathering international students for fellowship, bible studies and more. This past Sunday we had a small kickoff event at Punch Bowl Social to welcome new student Emmanuella and to celebrate this new outreach ministry.
If you'd like to follow, support or connect students with Motor City Wesley International, please visit motorcitywesley.org/wsuinternational. Or text "@WSU-INTL" to 23559 for sms updates!
Monday, March 16, 2015
Lenten Devotional American Top 40, Day 23, Shake It Off, Taylor Swift
#ldat40 Day 23, Shake It Off, Taylor Swift
“Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness’ sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
“Blessed are you when people revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account. 12 Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you. - Jesus Mt 5: 10-11
This is a great song to sing out loud on those days when you are feeling reviled and persecuted. Haters are going to hate, players are going to play on us when we walk in the way of the Lord. And we can still rejoice and be glad, our reward is great in heaven. More over when we shake off the negativity of and wholly embrace forgiveness and new life in Christ we can dance and sing like Taylor in this video.
I wonder what you have to shake off today? What do you think?
“Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness’ sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
“Blessed are you when people revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account. 12 Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you. - Jesus Mt 5: 10-11
This is a great song to sing out loud on those days when you are feeling reviled and persecuted. Haters are going to hate, players are going to play on us when we walk in the way of the Lord. And we can still rejoice and be glad, our reward is great in heaven. More over when we shake off the negativity of and wholly embrace forgiveness and new life in Christ we can dance and sing like Taylor in this video.
I wonder what you have to shake off today? What do you think?
Lenten Devotional American Top 40, Day 22, Sledgehammer, Fifth Harmony
#ldat40 Day 22, Sledgehammer, Fifth Harmony
When you encounter God's presence in your life it can be wonderfully startling. God's miraculous love is like a startling surge of adrenaline that gets you heart beating like a sledgehammer.
Job 37 The storm makes my heart beat wildly. Listen all of you to the voice of God, to the thunder that comes from God's mouth.
Sledgehammers are great for a construction site. They build up and destroy in very powerful ways. They make seemingly impossible jobs possible.
I wonder how you have experienced the presence of God that make your heart beat wildly? What do you think?
When you encounter God's presence in your life it can be wonderfully startling. God's miraculous love is like a startling surge of adrenaline that gets you heart beating like a sledgehammer.
Job 37 The storm makes my heart beat wildly. Listen all of you to the voice of God, to the thunder that comes from God's mouth.
Sledgehammers are great for a construction site. They build up and destroy in very powerful ways. They make seemingly impossible jobs possible.
I wonder how you have experienced the presence of God that make your heart beat wildly? What do you think?
Lenten Devotional American Top 40, Day 21, Style, Taylor Swift
#ldat40 Day 21, Style, Taylor Swift
We are at the 21 day mark of Lent which means that we are just over half way to Easter. I pray that your spiritual disciplines have pulled you closer to God and helped you to reflect the image of God.
For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then we will see face to face. Now I know only in part; then I will know fully, even as I have been fully known. 1 Cor 13:14
Today's song reflects on Taylor Swift's song Style. The video is shot in a beautiful smoky haze, and features reflections through shattered mirrors and projections throughout. This got me thinking about the image of God is a sort of style of heaven that we are all created to take on. Ironically this image is unique for each of us. And when we reflect it we give people glimpses of heaven.
How have you reflected God's style? What do you think?
We are at the 21 day mark of Lent which means that we are just over half way to Easter. I pray that your spiritual disciplines have pulled you closer to God and helped you to reflect the image of God.
For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then we will see face to face. Now I know only in part; then I will know fully, even as I have been fully known. 1 Cor 13:14
Today's song reflects on Taylor Swift's song Style. The video is shot in a beautiful smoky haze, and features reflections through shattered mirrors and projections throughout. This got me thinking about the image of God is a sort of style of heaven that we are all created to take on. Ironically this image is unique for each of us. And when we reflect it we give people glimpses of heaven.
How have you reflected God's style? What do you think?
Lenten Devotional American Top 40, Day 20, Don't, Ed Sheeran
#ldat40 Day 20, Don’t, Ed Sheeran
Philippian 4: 6-8
[Don’t] worry about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
Sheeran’s Don’t is a ballad of poor choices and infidelity that left his heart exposed and broken.
“Trust and respect is what we do this for
I never intended to be next”
“And I wasn't looking for a promise or commitment
But it was never just fun and I thought you were different”
Our hearts are designed for optimum performance under the conditions of “trust and respect”. As we entering into relationship without promise or commitment we expose our hearts in ways that can be damaging. Sheeran’s experience inspires him to create an anthem of warning “Don’t fuck with my heart”. He does this out of fear and worry that someone else will repeat this heart attack.
The letter to the Philippians calls us to offer our hearts to God who is the one who will guard our hearts and minds. We don’t have to worry about that, if we pursue God’s love. What do you think?
Philippian 4: 6-8
[Don’t] worry about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
Sheeran’s Don’t is a ballad of poor choices and infidelity that left his heart exposed and broken.
“Trust and respect is what we do this for
I never intended to be next”
“And I wasn't looking for a promise or commitment
But it was never just fun and I thought you were different”
Our hearts are designed for optimum performance under the conditions of “trust and respect”. As we entering into relationship without promise or commitment we expose our hearts in ways that can be damaging. Sheeran’s experience inspires him to create an anthem of warning “Don’t fuck with my heart”. He does this out of fear and worry that someone else will repeat this heart attack.
The letter to the Philippians calls us to offer our hearts to God who is the one who will guard our hearts and minds. We don’t have to worry about that, if we pursue God’s love. What do you think?
Lenten Devotional American Top 40, Day 18, Waves, Mr. Probz
#ldat40 day 18, Waves, Mr. Probz
Psalm 42:7
Deep calls to deep
at the thunder of your cataracts;
all your waves and your billows
have gone over me.
This song reminded me of psalm 42, which begins with an illustration of a deer who longs for water to describe how a soul longs for God. “Waves” like most other songs on the top forty is about relationship specifically someone who longs for a relationship (with a lover). I wonder how we are overwhelmed by waves of despair and grace when we stray away from the one who is the lover of our souls.
What do you think?
Psalm 42:7
Deep calls to deep
at the thunder of your cataracts;
all your waves and your billows
have gone over me.
This song reminded me of psalm 42, which begins with an illustration of a deer who longs for water to describe how a soul longs for God. “Waves” like most other songs on the top forty is about relationship specifically someone who longs for a relationship (with a lover). I wonder how we are overwhelmed by waves of despair and grace when we stray away from the one who is the lover of our souls.
What do you think?
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