The Source

The Source is a community of people in downtown Houston who gather to deepen our relationships with God and with each other.

[First Methodist Houston @fmhoustondt]

Plans continue for our church coming together on March 9th! In preparation, we've been ironing out details about Sunday School, worship, transportation, and much more.

Lance detailed the current plans in his most recent newsletter: https://t.co/EPb9dKLVZ6

[The Source @TheSourceHou]

Righteousness is one of those words where we’ve lost its significance. It’s so far out of reach we put it out of our minds.

But Paul is telling us there is no difference between righteousness and love. To live justly is to love steadfastly.

https://t.co/AVzqSjswbV

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As we journey to hope, sometimes that can be complicated. Hope is one of those things that feels good to say, but when we look for it, can be hard to find.

Plus, Ken tells the story of getting ripped off at The Alamo.

https://t.co/PDF1KdmvSp

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Today’s message is from the Book of James, and that means that Ken is continuing his lifelong goal to get the church to love the Book of James as much as he does.

https://t.co/vE8YWy53JQ

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Nothing can stop the story of the love of God. Not even a fire alarm.

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As we hit the crest of this political season, it’s easy to just pick a bad guy, or to not care about what happens.

Unfortunately, our faith, whether you want to believe it or not, is super political.

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[The Source @TheSourceHou]

What does it mean for us to be grounded in God through Christ?

The writer of today’s scripture highlights this three different times, to let us know that being grounded is not just important, it is intrinsic, it is the foundation of all things

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We are on a long journey. But as we seek God and his purpose, our roots get deeper.

It is never too late to experience God’s grace, to sprout and deepen and flourish. We simply must dwell at the riverside.

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We have spent the summer walking line-by-line through the Apostles’ Creed, trying to learn and understand our faith. And now, that we’ve come to the place to live it.

If this is where we have rooted our entire lives, are we proclaiming it?

https://t.co/Fe0fn9FPM4

[The Source @TheSourceHou]

Today’s sermon is about the resurrection of the body, and that’s a tricky subject to answer questions about.

Because we can understand what the resurrection of the body meant then - but what does it mean to us today?

https://t.co/45SVjmeRNI

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Kathrin Meier, the director of Neighbors In Action, explains what it is like to partner with a community in need.

“We think we take Jesus to the poor, but we really find him there.”

https://t.co/O6S94sS2KA

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When we talk about forgiveness, it stirs us up, right at the very the heart of things. It reminds us of the forgiveness we need, and the forgiveness we need to give.

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When we study the Holy Spirit, we often we try to narrow it down and make it so simple, that we miss out on the best parts.

But the truth is so much more robust than we can imagine.

https://t.co/r8QjTYDgPx

[The Source @TheSourceHou]

As we recover from the damage of the Hurricane, Amanda explains that while we know what it means NOT to have power, the same power that raised Jesus from the grave is the power that’s in us.

https://t.co/r4B8RKETYr

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“What makes a bad thing become a good thing?”

Have you ever looked back at something terrible that happened to them, and seen the way it turned out to have become a good thing in the end?

https://t.co/tGKrz62nVb

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“If you are going to participate in the life of Jesus, it is impossible to separate from a call of being a family. You cannot do it.

There is no taking hold of the grace of God and rejecting your brother and sister.”

https://t.co/6UpIxNpvWX

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Ken’s sitting down. That means he’s gonna get serious.

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A lot of times we float right past Advent and go to Easter. But not today. Today we focus on the divine intersection of God and man, of the eternal and the temporary.

https://t.co/oyijLm2XX2

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Ken remembers the playground teeter-totter from being a childhood - the use it was designed for, and the way it was used for chaos instead.

But it captures how many times unity feels so close to us - we can almost touch it, and yet we can’t.

https://t.co/7vWqeqCpbG