JUSTIN’s FRIDAY CONTEMPLATIONS

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Light in the Perfect Spot

By Justin LaRosa | May 6, 2022

Beam of Light: I returned yesterday from a pilgrimage to the Holy Land. Words are insufficient to describe the majesty and power of the experience. The above image was taken…

Wave the White Flag!

By Justin LaRosa | April 22, 2022

EASTER: Wow, what a morning! The Sunrise Service at Water Works Park was beautiful and powerful. Over 450 people gathered in a beautiful space to remember and respond to the…

Rise!

By Justin LaRosa | April 8, 2022

Friday ContemplationI am super pumped for all of the things going on at The Portico. Sunday is The Gathering at 10:30 and The Community Meal. We are building Mindi’s house.…

Give Grace!

By Justin LaRosa | March 26, 2022

Friday Contemplation: Forgiveness is complicated! Everyone wants it, but not everyone offers it (especially when others aren’t remorseful). Rembrandt’s masterpiece tells one of my favorite stories in the Bible from…

Find Your Piece

By Justin LaRosa | March 17, 2022

Friday Contemplation: Find your part! Each piece of the above wall/mosaic makes up the whole. The Apostle Paul (aka Saul) flushes this “every part matters” idea out in a few…

Spring Forward

By Justin LaRosa | March 11, 2022

Friday Contemplation: Spring Forward! Sunday the clocks move up at 2 a.m. to 3. Join The Gathering on Sunday at 10:30 a.m. and the Community Meal at noon. Usually I…

Change your mind!

By Justin LaRosa | March 3, 2022

Friday Contemplation: REPENT. We are in Lent. Wednesday we smudged ashes on our head to remember that everyone is going to die. In a word, Lent is fundamentally about repentance.…

Just Passing Through

By Justin LaRosa | February 24, 2022

Friday Contemplation: You’re going to die. Every Friday night in 7th and 8th grade, I’d put on my “Just Passing Through” t-shirt. I loved the shirt, no idea why. And…

Let’s discover the new normal together.

By Justin LaRosa | February 18, 2022

Friday Contemplation: Resilient Reorientation. For almost 2 years, the pandemic has created uncertainty, fear, death, division, distrust, and skepticism for the whole world. It has changed everything. Everything we know…

Do you do everything in love?

By Justin LaRosa | February 11, 2022

Friday Contemplation: LOVE Let all that you do be done in love.” This was Paul’s message to the church in Corinth–a tall order. What does that even mean? What does…

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