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Sep 25, 2022

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Along the Way with Jonas Ellison

Daily Pastoral #20

Reconstructed Christians have so much to share with the world about faith. God has broken down our false idols. This means we can relate to a ton (!) of people who are sitting in the scorched rubble of their own faith right now (or have never been given a specific faith tradition). We’ve been there…

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Along the Way with Jonas Ellison

Daily Pastoral #21

If you feel like you’re wandering through the wilderness (c’mon now from the back pew), I have a couple of thoughts for you... First of all, you’re not alone. If you manage to avoid the wilderness, methinks you’re really not living (or you’re avoiding the wilderness that surrounds you…

2 years ago · 3 likes · 1 comment · Jonas Ellison

Along the Way with Jonas Ellison

Daily Pastoral #22

It’s helpful to think of prayer more as a download than an upload. In Jesus, God shows us that heaven moves downward to earth. When we try to go against this earthward flow, things don’t work well. Our heavenward push usually shows up as religious/moral self-rightness, otherworldly holiness, and toxic purity…

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Along the Way with Jonas Ellison

Daily Pastoral #23

Autumn has begun. My favorite season. The equinox was yesterday, so there is now no shame in partaking in all the shameful fall rituals. PSL’s. Sweaters. Cider donuts. Frolicking around apple orchards in LL Bean duck boots. I’ve pulled out all the stops, and I’m not slowing down until spring…

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Along the Way with Jonas Ellison

Daily Pastoral #24

Watch now (3 min) | Today’s pastoral is more advisory than proclamational… BE CAREFUL WITH CANDLES! I don’t know if you read yesterday’s daily pastoral that encouraged the flagrant and gratuitous lighting of the candles in your home as a sort of revolutionary spiritual practice. Well, there are risks involved. In today’s pastoral (video edition!), I’ll share a quick look a…

2 years ago · 3 likes · Jonas Ellison

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