Grassroots’ Newsletter – My Inciting Incident

An Antidote to Loneliness

January 25, 2024 Steven Bill Comments 0 Comment

Adapted from the Weekly Grassroots Newsletter January 23-28 Here’s a not so fun fact: last year the World Health Organization designated loneliness as a “global public health concern.” Research has shown that loneliness is as bad for people’s health as smoking 15 cigarettes a day. Loneliness is literally killing us. I tuned into a podcast the other day and one of the guests, a pastor, had observed that a lot of folks have been duped into thinking that coming to a church service with countless…

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Grace is the Glue that Keeps us Centred

October 19, 2023 Steven Bill Comments 0 Comment

I’ve been talking a lot about boundedness lately on Sundays because, frankly, I’m tired of the division that’s ensued over the past few years within the Church and, even, within our church. My hope is for us to arrive at a way that can see past our positions, wherever they may lie, and be joined in our conviction that Jesus matters over everything. It’s no small task, I’m aware, and certainly even naive to think it can be done at all,…

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Are you an Atheistic Christian?

September 27, 2023 Steven Bill Comments 0 Comment

This past Sunday I shared the last 4 of the 5 pillars of Jesus Collective. The 4th pillar, “The Holy Spirit empowers us to partner with God’s work of reconciling all things” implies that in the task of restoring, healing and redeeming our broken world that we are called to, we are not able to do so on our own and, thankfully, are invited into partnership with the “Helper” (Holy Spirit) to work together in this. This is a beautiful concept that…

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What’s My One Sermon?

August 31, 2023 Steven Bill Comments 0 Comment

I have a buddy. He’s an old ministry vet with years on the battlefield, having seen the good, the bad and the ugly that being knee deep in church life brings. As a result, he’s learned some key lessons from his time in ministry that has ended up serving him pretty well in life, regardless of the context. One such lesson he shared with me the other night was this idea that people have a pretty limited capacity to take in information…

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Embracing Naiveté with Purpose

August 23, 2023 Steven Bill Comments 0 Comment

The following has been adapted from the pastoral blurb in the Grassroots’ weekly newsletter. Well, I’ve started in this new role as your full time pastor. This past Sunday (Aug 20th) was my first official day on the job and then throughout this week I’ve been knee deep in the good work that all this role entails. It’s been good – like “pinch me, this can’t be real” kind of good. I’m so grateful for the opportunity to use my…

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