Weekly Habits

ONE HOUR OF CONVERSATION WITH A FRIEND

We were made for each other, and we can't become lovers of God and neighbor without intimate relationships where vulnerability is sustained across time.  In habitual, face-to-face conversation with each other, we find a gospel practice; we are laid bare to each other and loved anyway.

CURATE MEDIA

Stories matter so much that we must handle them with utmost care.  Resisting the constant stream of addictive media with an hour limit means we are forced to curate what we watch.  Curating stories means that we seek stories that uphold beauty, that teach us to love justice, and that turn us to community.

FAST FROM SOMETHING FOR TWENTY-FOUR HOURS

We constantly seek to fill our emptiness with food and other comforts.  We ignore our soul and our neighbor's need by medicating with food and drink.  Regular fasting exposes who we really are, reminds us how broken we the world is, and draws our eyes to how Jesus is redeeming all things.

SABBATH

The weekly practice of sabbath teaches us that God sustains the world and that we don't.  To make a countercultural embrace of our limitations, we stop our usual work for one day of rest.  Sabbath is a gospel practice because it reminds us that the world doesn't hang on what we can accomplish, but rather on what God has accomplished for us.