Gracepointe Church - Franklin, Tn

The Genesis story of the binding of Isaac can hard to comprehend. What does it mean, and how do we appreciate it in its context? To promote the safety of our community and neighbors, GracePointe is gathering online at gracepointe.net. Follow @gracepointetn on every social media platform for regular updates and Progressive Christian content, and text "GracePointe" to 77977 to become a sustaining supporter of the community.

We’re diving into the Hebrew Bible story of Noah and the flood. What do we do with it? How might Progressive Christians make sense of it? To promote the safety of our community and neighbors, GracePointe is gathering online at gracepointe.net. Follow @gracepointetn on every social media platform for regular updates and Progressive Christian content, and text "GracePointe" to 77977 to become a sustaining supporter of the community.

As children, so many of us were taught ways of understanding Bible stories that may have lacked context and substance. Let's dive into these narratives with a fresh Progressive Christian perspective in pursuit of a "grown-up" faith. To promote the safety of our community and neighbors, GracePointe is gathering online at gracepointe.net. Follow @gracepointetn on every social media platform for regular updates and Progressive Christian content, and text "GracePointe" to 77977 to become a sustaining supporter of the community.

We're wrapping up our RE: Series by discussing the meaning of "end times". What does Scripture actually say about it, and how might Progressive Christians reframe and reimagine this fraught concept? To promote the safety of our community and neighbors, GracePointe is gathering online at gracepointe.net. Follow @gracepointetn on every social media platform for regular updates and Progressive Christian content, and text "GracePointe" to 77977 to become a sustaining supporter of the community.

Last week, we talked about the difference between judgmental (control through fear and shame) and judgment, that judgment is a good thing, because it locates God in the place where our spiritual ancestors discovered her: with the poor, marginalized, and oppressed, willing their liberation. This week, we’ll be picking up that idea of judgment because it’s connected to the manner in which justice works. To promote the safety of our community and neighbors, GracePointe is gathering online at gracepointe.net. Follow @gracepointetn on every social media platform for regular updates and Progressive Christian content, and text "GracePointe" to 77977 to become a sustaining supporter of the community.

When you dig through the data, you discover that one of the major reasons people leave church is that “Christians are hypocritical and judgmental.” We can all probably relate to that feeling in one way or another. How might Progressive Christians reimagine and reframe the meaning of judgment? What even does it mean? Special thanks to poet and Vanderbilt librarian Kashif Andrew Graham, @kagwrites on Instagram, for his contribution to our gathering! Be sure to follow him and support his work. To promote the safety of our community and neighbors, GracePointe is gathering online at gracepointe.net. Follow @gracepointetn on every social media platform for regular updates and Progressive Christian content, and text "GracePointe" to 77977 to become a sustaining supporter of the community.

What are some things that come to mind when you hear the word humility? What does it mean to be humble? Humility is defined as “a modest or low view of one's own importance.” After all, the starting place that many, if not most, of us were given was that we, as human beings, are totally depraved. How might a Progressive Christian lens reimagine the meaning of humility? This week, you'll also hear from some of our long-distance members! Thank you to those who participated. To promote the safety of our community and neighbors, GracePointe is gathering online at gracepointe.net. Follow @gracepointetn on every social media platform for regular updates and Progressive Christian content, and text "GracePointe" to 77977 to become a sustaining supporter of the community.

What comes to mind when you hear the phrase Word of God? For most people, first association that pops into mind is the Bible. Many of us were raised with the lens that taught us that the Bible was the inerrant, infallible Word of God, that contains no errors or issues (in the original autographs). That’s quite the expectation, which is one of the problems when it comes to the way we approach the Bible: We place expectations on the Bible that it isn’t equipped to bear. This week, we're excited to share our Creative Arts Team's rendition of "You Alone" performed by Dr. Shelley Kofahl-Kihn, Adam Budnick, Jasmin Bridgeforth, and Josh Collins. To promote the safety of our community and neighbors, GracePointe is gathering online at gracepointe.net. Follow @gracepointetn on every social media platform for regular updates and Progressive Christian content, and text "GracePointe" to 77977 to become a sustaining supporter of the community.

Miracles are very much a part of the scriptural narrative, and for many Christians, miracles are just as common and real now as they were believe to have been for the writers of the canon. Progressive Christians may have an altogether different perspective–how might we reframe and apply the meaning and history of miracles? To promote the safety of our community and neighbors, GracePointe is gathering online at gracepointe.net. Follow @gracepointetn on every social media platform for regular updates and Progressive Christian content, and text "GracePointe" to 77977 to become a sustaining supporter of the community.

Much has been made of faith in the lives and experiences of Christians. Just have faith. Trust and believe. What did faith mean for Jesus and the Early Church, and how might Progressive Christians reframe and reimagine its application today? To promote the safety of our community and neighbors, GracePointe is gathering online at gracepointe.net. Follow @gracepointetn on every social media platform for regular updates and Progressive Christian content, and text "GracePointe" to 77977 to become a sustaining supporter of the community.

Many of us associate this term with fraught altar calls and shame-filled church experiences–how might Progressive Christians find meaning and substance in it, instead? Particularly for this moment as a community and society, what does repentance have to say about the manner in which we live? We were grateful to be joined by community member Jasmin Bridgeforth for a spoken word in today's gathering! To promote the safety of our community and neighbors, GracePointe is gathering online at gracepointe.net. Follow @gracepointetn on every social media platform for regular updates and Progressive Christian content, and text "GracePointe" to 77977 to become a sustaining supporter of the community.

We’re jumping back into our RE: Series with a look at the meaning of “Church”. We describe ourselves as a Progressive Christian church–what can that word mean for us, and how might a Progressive Christian lens inform our reframing of “church”? We were grateful to be joined by Ben Grace for a special performance in today's gathering! To promote the safety of our community and neighbors, GracePointe is gathering online at gracepointe.net. Follow @gracepointetn on every social media platform for regular updates and Progressive Christian content, and text "GracePointe" to 77977 to become a sustaining supporter of the community.

In these uncertain and challenging times, finding and sustaining community can be especially difficult. Dr. Robyn Henderson-Espinoza and Pastor Josh Scott host a conversation about creating and participating in meaningful community during a pandemic. To promote the safety of our community and neighbors, GracePointe is gathering online at gracepointe.net. Follow @gracepointetn on every social media platform for regular updates and Progressive Christian content, and text "GracePointe" to 77977 to become a sustaining supporter of the community.

At some point, we’ll be given the green light to return to our lives and routines. However, that won’t immediately flip a switch; many of us will feel a real and valid anxiety around emerging from lockdown. How do we know it’s really safe? How do love others and ourselves in this transition? We were grateful to be joined by the band HuDost for a special performance in today's gathering! To promote the safety of our community and neighbors, GracePointe is gathering online at gracepointe.net. Follow @gracepointetn on every social media platform for regular updates and Progressive Christian content, and text "GracePointe" to 77977 to become a sustaining supporter of the community.

Many people have experienced an identity loss during this period of lockdown and physical distancing: a job, or perhaps a role they play in the world. How do we find and embrace our identity when it feels like it’s been stolen from us? To promote the safety of our community and neighbors, GracePointe is gathering online at gracepointe.net. Follow @gracepointetn on every social media platform for regular updates and Progressive Christian content, and text "GracePointe" to 77977 to partner with us.

Prayer is one of the toughest concepts to reimagine through a progressive lens. When God ceases to be a being above the clouds, what happens to prayer? Does God intervene, or worse, choose not to intervene? How does prayer work in the context of a global pandemic? To promote the safety of our community and neighbors, GracePointe is gathering online at gracepointe.net. Follow @gracepointetn on every social media platform for regular updates and Progressive Christian content, and text "GracePointe" to 77977 to partner with us.

How do we make sense of God’s love and presence in the midst of a global health crisis? Where is God during a pandemic? Pastor Josh Scott dives into week 2 of our Meaning-Making Series. To promote the safety of our community and neighbors, GracePointe is gathering online at gracepointe.net. Follow @gracepointetn on every social media platform for regular updates and Progressive Christian content, and text "GracePointe" to 77977 to partner with us.

How might a Progressive Christian lens inform our experiences and the ways we find meaning in such challenging and uncertain times? Pastor Josh introduces our brand new series, “Meaning-Making.” To promote the safety of our community and neighbors, GracePointe is gathering online at gracepointe.net. Follow @gracepointetn on every social media platform for regular updates and Progressive Christian content, and text "GracePointe" to 77977 to partner with us.

What do we do with Easter and the story of Jesus’ resurrection, especially in a time of such uncertainty, grief, and hopelessness? Pastor Josh Scott explores how we can experience Easter anew. To promote the safety of our community and neighbors, GracePointe is gathering online at gracepointe.net. Follow @gracepointetn on every social media platform for regular updates and Progressive Christian content, and text "GracePointe" to 77977 to partner with us.

Atonement assumes that our relationship with God is broken and that God requires restitution. But, we believe we are inherently united with God, that nothing can separate us from that union, even when we aren’t aware of it. How can Progressive Christians talk about the death of Jesus, a central event in the Christian tradition, in meaningful ways? To promote the safety of our community and neighbors, GracePointe is gathering online at gracepointe.net. Follow @gracepointetn on every social media platform for regular updates and Progressive Christian content, and text "GracePointe" to 77977 to partner with us.