Restorying Our Lives

Restorying Our Lives

2/5/17

Acts 17:16-34

Chris Breslin

 

“Be missionaries cleverly disguised as good neighbors.” –J.R. Briggs

 

“Christ plays in ten thousand places

lovely in limbs and lovely in eyes not his

to the Father through the feature of men’s faces.” –Gerard Manley Hopkins

 

“Instructions for living a life. Pay attention. Be astonished. Tell about it.” –Mary Oliver

 

Scripture:

Isaiah 61

Luke 4:18-19

Luke 2:10-12

 

Songs for Today’s Worship Gathering:

Take to the World by Tate/Webb

How Firm a Foundation by Rippon/Funk

They Will Know We Are Christians by Scholtes

Be Thou My Vision by Forgaill

Beautiful Things by Gungor

How Can I Keep From Singing? by Lowry

Doxology

 

Go further:

True Story: A Christianity Worth Believing In by James Choung

Telling the Gospel Though Story: Evangelism that Keeps Hearers Wanting More by Christine Dillon

Faithful Presence: Seven Disciplines That Shape the Church for Mission by David Fitch

The Mystic Way of Evangelism: A Contemplative Vision for Christian Outreach by Elaine Heath

The Sacrament of Evangelism by Jerry Root & Stan Guthrie

A Credible Witness: Reflections on Power, Evangelism and Race by Brenda Salter McNeil

Sticky Faith: Everyday Ideas to Build Lasting Faith in Your Kids by Kara Powell & Chap Clark

Unapologetic: Why, Despite Everything, Christianity Can Still Make Surprising Emotional Sense by Francis Spufford

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