The Welcoming Prayer

CHRIST IS RISEN!
HE IS RISEN, INDEED!
VICTORY OVER SIN AND DEATH HAS BEEN WON.
LOVE WINS!

Poetry for the Lunch Break! "The Song of the Lark" by David Whyte

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Art Meditation with Wendi Bernau

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Poetry for the Lunch Break! "The Invitation" by Mary Oliver

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Generosity

My friend,

You are invited

to go to your

Facebook/ Instagram/ Twitter/ social media whatever

and scroll…

Dispersed Community: Leadership

My mom loves to describe a cartoon she saw once. Imagine a turtle decked out in a sweat band trailing behind a collection of other animals.

Wisdom for the Way, SpotlightAndrea LingleMarch 31, 2020Dispersed Community, Andrea Lingle, Incarnational LevelComment

Non Judgment?

No one tells you about the adjustment phase when you get married—when you’re adjusting to life together and encountering everything that your partner does differently than you.

Wisdom for the Way, DevotionalMissional Wisdom FoundationMarch 31, 2020Theme XXI, Lent Incarnate, Wandering, Kristina RothComment

Art Meditation with Wendi Bernau

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Poetry for the Lunch Break! "For the Interim Time" by John O'Donahue

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Unconventional Spiritual Practices: "The Book of Judith"

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Writing Practice with Andrea Lingle

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Art Meditation with Wendi Bernau

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Dispersed Community: Incarnational

Three years ago I began the Incarnational Study Series. I wanted to create a system of tools that could be used online and in person to develop Christian Community in an accessible way.

Wisdom for the Way, SpotlightAndrea LingleMarch 24, 2020Dispersed Community, Andrea Lingle, Incarnational LevelComment

Where are you?

Where does this newsletter find you?
In the midst of this Coronavirus moment in history,

MWF Isolation Relief

The Missional Wisdom Foundation has been following the unfolding events surrounding the pandemic spread of COVID-19.

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Finding Together Alone

Many people are thinking about community this week. How do we create and maintain it in the age of social distancing? We are collectively learning and relearning that social and physical contact matters.

Wisdom for the Way, DevotionalRobert BishopMarch 24, 2020Theme XXI, Lent Incarnate, Wandering, Robert BishopComment

Dispersed Community: Companion

I sat on the concrete steps to my first house. It wasn't a sitting porch, it wasn't even a rocking chair porch, it was an exaggerated stoop with enough overhang to keep postal boxes and one lonely, new mom dry.

Wisdom for the Way, SpotlightAndrea LingleMarch 24, 2020Dispersed Community, Andrea Lingle, Connection levelComment

The Barrenness of Wilderness

The rock face was wet. Water streamed from above his head down to his feet where it just stopped. There must have been a crack or hole just where the path met the cliff wall, because the dust of the path was only slightly impeded by the waterfall.

Wisdom for the Way, DevotionalAndrea LingleMarch 24, 2020Theme XXI, Lent Incarnate, Wandering, Andrea Lingle, Spiritual ImaginationComment

Dispersed Community: Connection

How do you establish, maintain, and nurture a Dispersed Community?

This is one of the primary questions that pushes my work with the MWF.

Wisdom for the Way, SpotlightAndrea LingleMarch 24, 2020Dispersed Community, Andrea Lingle, Connection levelComment

Reliability

“He is around thirty pounds, with shaggy gray hair, a spotted tongue, his name is Barnaby, and I have had him for about fifteen years,” I say into the phone. “Yep, we definitely have your dog,” says the other person on the other end of the line.

Wisdom for the Way, DevotionalRyan KlinckMarch 24, 2020Theme XXI, Lent Incarnate, Wandering, Ryan KlinckComment