Root + Branch Church

From Dinner Church on 6/28/14

Patrick Derdall is a Master of Divinity student at the University of Chicago, and a Master of Guitar Feedback at Root and Branch Church.

Readings:

Psalm 104:1-17, 24

Poem By Pessoa:

To think about God is to disobey God,

Since God wanted us not to know him,

Which is why he didn't reveal himself to us...

Let's be simple and calm,

Like the trees and streams,

And God will love us, making us

Us even as the trees are trees

And the streams are streams,

And will give us greenness in the spring, which is its season,

And a river to go when end...

And he will give us nothing more,

since to give us more would make us even less

Jesus' last words on Earth were to go make disciples of all nations. Andrew reflects on the ways Christians have historically distorted this idea and offers an alternative vision.

Text from Matthew 28:16-20

The Bible tells of a story where the early Christians are filled with the Spirit and mistaken for a bunch of drunks. Here, Andrew talk about why that's something worth striving for. 

Texts from Acts 2:1-13 and The Little Vagabond by William Blake

Callie shares her thoughts on what it means to make a home, built community, and wrestle with uncertainty.

Texts from Jeremiah 29:1-8 and Rilke's Letters to a Young Poet.

Here is Neil’s sermon from a dinner church gathering on April 26th where he talks about Doubting Thomas, Carl Sagan, and what it means to see and believe.