Post Script Archive
Posted by Laura Buffington on February 06, 2012 at 09:56 AM
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This weekend, we finished our series on our Five S's but we're all just at the beginning of living them. We hope you'll commit to experiencing the presence of God in some new (but very old) ways this year.
– Make space for Solitude. Start your day with some noise-less moments. Steal away some quiet in the middle of the day. Meditate for a...
Posted by Laura Buffington on January 29, 2012 at 07:55 PM
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If you've been to church this weekend, you know we honored some people who have put their lives into play. We also helped Charlie mark 20 years of service here at SouthBrook. We had people write some letters about what it's meant to them to be served by someone else. We hope you were encouraged to think about serving. We also hope you...
Posted by Laura Buffington on January 22, 2012 at 04:55 PM
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"Visible community is grace." — Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Life Together
We were reminded this week in our series on the 5 S's and Romans 12 how important it is for us to live in community and to treat each other well. We want to honor God in the way we treat our family, our friends, our neighbors, strangers and even enemies.
But sometimes, in...
Posted by Laura Buffington on January 15, 2012 at 11:10 AM
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Let Scripture form you this week. Do an inventory of the Ideas, Images, Information and Integrated Thinking that are part of your life. See what happens when you spend 5 minutes over the next 5 days taking in the words of the Bible.
Monday: Start at the very beginning. (A very good place to start.) Read Genesis 1-3. Pay attention to the...
Posted by Laura Buffington on January 08, 2012 at 11:18 AM
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"Whoever cannot be alone should beware of community. Whoever cannot stand being in community should beware of being alone."-- Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Whether or not we spend time in Solitude can drastically affect our relationships with others and with God. Solitude can be as simple as starting your day or a moment with a word of thanks towards...
Posted by Laura Buffington on January 01, 2012 at 06:36 PM
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Like most holidays, a New Year really is what you make of it. You can think of it as just an arbitrary, meaningless turn of a calendar page. You can think of it as the solution to everything that ailed you in the year before. You can think of it as the beginning of the end if you believe what the Mayans said about the end of the world and...
Posted by Laura Buffington on December 24, 2011 at 10:24 AM
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"'Do not be afraid. I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people.
Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is the Messiah, the Lord.
This will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger.'"
Suddenly a great company of the heavenly host appeared with the angel, praising...
Posted by Laura Buffington on December 18, 2011 at 04:26 PM
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We were reminded this weekend that the actual backdrop for the birth of Jesus was not nearly as tame and serene as our bathrobe Christmas productions or our front lawn nativity sets.
Jesus was born in occupied territory after all. It was a place full of some of the same political and social turmoil we see in the Middle East today. There...
Posted by Laura Buffington on December 11, 2011 at 05:57 PM
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The other night I went to listen to some friends play music in a crowded, noisy restaurant. I'm sure you know the situation: there's earnest musicians playing in the corner, fighting to be seen and heard as more than "background noise," while a crowd of people carry on multiple conversations at the top of their lungs. It can be chaotic,...
Posted by Laura Buffington on December 04, 2011 at 04:59 PM
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As we started our Christmas series this weekend, The Present, we looked at Mary's willingness to surrender to the hand of God in what would have been an incredibly difficult moment. We talked about how she must have practiced surrender over a whole lifetime in order to play the special role she plays in the birth and life of Jesus. We talked...
