Purpose
“To increasingly experience and embrace the truth of Jesus Christ and to encourage the same in others.”
We believe that grace comes, De Profundis -- out of the depths. This striking phrase is the first line of Psalm 130, "Out of the depths I cry to you, O Lord! O Lord, hear my voice! Let your ears be attentive to the voice to my pleas for mercy." This Psalm has long been a favorite because it is proof, in black and white, that our depths are not too deep for Jesus. More than that, our depths are the very place we meet Christ and come to know His love and peace most profoundly.
To be sure, the Word of God is the center of who we are everything we do. As Paul says, “We long to see Christ formed in you…” We desire to understand the movements of the Spirit in our own lives so that the truth that is Jesus, is not only seen but loved. As St. Freddie of Rupert once said, "What good is it if the Spirit of God hovered over the deeps unless He has hovered over my own deeps."
There is an incredible intimacy in being with someone and witnessing their madness without horror or repulsion[1]. It is one thing to articulate gospel truth – it is quite another to love the truth and to know freedom.
[1] Thanks to Paulo Cohelo for phrasing of this line.
Photo by JM Johnson
We believe that grace comes, De Profundis -- out of the depths. This striking phrase is the first line of Psalm 130, "Out of the depths I cry to you, O Lord! O Lord, hear my voice! Let your ears be attentive to the voice to my pleas for mercy." This Psalm has long been a favorite because it is proof, in black and white, that our depths are not too deep for Jesus. More than that, our depths are the very place we meet Christ and come to know His love and peace most profoundly.
To be sure, the Word of God is the center of who we are everything we do. As Paul says, “We long to see Christ formed in you…” We desire to understand the movements of the Spirit in our own lives so that the truth that is Jesus, is not only seen but loved. As St. Freddie of Rupert once said, "What good is it if the Spirit of God hovered over the deeps unless He has hovered over my own deeps."
There is an incredible intimacy in being with someone and witnessing their madness without horror or repulsion[1]. It is one thing to articulate gospel truth – it is quite another to love the truth and to know freedom.
[1] Thanks to Paulo Cohelo for phrasing of this line.
Photo by JM Johnson