Strange Graces

Strange Graces

“I can tell you that you will know “the strange graces that come to our aid… that fly to meet us bearing…

Kinship and Restorative Action

Kinship and Restorative Action

Grateful thanks to Donelda Seymour, for Sunday’s meditation. Do not repay anyone evil for evil. Carefully consider what is right in the eyes of…

Kinship and Boundaries

Kinship and Boundaries

When do our boundaries around personal things (property, time, space, investments) become a dividing wall to kinship? When do they become barriers…

In the Face of Dividing Walls of Hostility

In the Face of Dividing Walls of Hostility

In Ephesians 2:14-18, Paul wrote how Jesus destroyed the dividing wall of hostility between Jews and Gentiles, reconciling them in his body. Later, in Ephesians 3,…

Kinship Through Pentecost

Kinship Through Pentecost

On Pentecost Sunday, Diane Butler Bass published a beautiful article on her blog, “The Cottage”, which captures the essence of Kinship. I was so…

Practising Kinship

Practising Kinship

Last week’s blog began this way:In Christ we, though many,form one body, and each memberbelongs to all the others. “This is Southpoint”—this is the name…

Practising Kinship: “We Are Southpoint”

Practising Kinship: “We Are Southpoint”

In Christ we, though many, form one body, and each member belongs to all the others.Romans 12:5 “This is Southpoint”—this is the…

Practising Kinship—”All-In” Style

Practising Kinship—”All-In” Style

I love the rhythms of worship that we’ve developed over the years, particularly our All IN / All OUT Sundays, which provide a…

Practising Kinship: Generations

Practising Kinship: Generations

“In Iroquois society, leaders are encouraged to remember seven generations in the past and consider seven generations in the future when making decisions…

Practising Kinship With Our “Youngers”

Practising Kinship With Our “Youngers”

Can you remember yourself at 15? At 25?  Which years were toughest for you? What helped you keep going? Who came alongside…