Suffering - Thomas Manton

“The child is not to be governed by his own fancy, but his father’s discretion, nor the sick man by his own appetite, but the skill of the physician. It is expedient God should displease his people, for their advantage.” - Thomas Manton, Sermons 1:379

Prayer upon beginning work

“My good God, Father, and Savior, grant me aid by your Holy Spirit to now work fruitfully in my vocation, which is from you, all in order to love you and the people around me rather than for my own gain and glory. Give me wisdom, judgment, and prudence, and freedom from my besetting sins. Bring me under the rule of true humanity. Let me accept with patience whatever amount of fruitfulness or difficulty in my work that you give me this day. And in all I do, help me to rest in my Lord Jesus Christ and in his grace alone for my salvation and life. Hear me, merciful Father, by our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.” -

Tim Keller, Prayer, 265

(Based on the Prayers of John Calvin)

The Need for Embodied Spirituality

We want to encourage you to join us in person rather than online. The importance of meeting in person gets support in Genesis 1 & 2, and is consistent with the Bible’s view of the body. See how Tish Harrison Warren puts it in her New York Times op-ed piece.:

“offering church online implicitly makes embodiment elective. It presents in-person gatherings as something we can opt in or out of with little consequence. It assumes that embodiment is more of a consumer preference, like whether or not you buy hardwood floors, than a necessity, like whether or not you have shelter.”