David Armstrong looks at how the Gospel of shalom informs and shapes how we think about issues of race, ethnicity, nationality and empire and how the way of Jesus calls us to a different way: the Kingdom of Peace.
Stephanie Wilson considers what the Gospel of shalom means for our families and relationships to those closest to us. However, perhaps more importantly the Gospel of Good News also wants to reshape and broaden our view of what family actually is and call us to create places of belonging and relationships across all societal boundaries — welcoming one and all into the family of God. Stephanie shares what this might mean for our community in Redeemer and the parish we live in, in Donegall Street and beyond.
Stephanie Wilson looks at what the Gospel of shalom and wholeness might mean for living at peace with who we are and who God made us to be. Drawing from the story of Hagar we find the root of our shalom comes from a compassionate and kind God who sees us.
David Armstrong — drawing from the story of Jesus encounter with the Samaritan Woman in the Gospel of John (Chapter 4) — explores the deep human longing in all of us for home and how that leads us to relationship and knowing God - the source of all life.