We have been on a trajectory, grasping what it means to be a people connected to land, history, and people in a decolonized way. We have journeyed through Advent noticing the incarnation as particularity - Christ made flesh in the person of Jesus comes to a particular time, place, people, and story, as the way of love. Into the new year, we continue our tradition these last few years of walking through one of the Gospels as we grow in our identity as followers of Jesus. This year, we focus on the gospel of Luke, paying attention to what it means to follow Jesus, under colonizer rule, on the Good Road. To open our imaginations to new ways forward together, pressing into the Kin(g)dom through the particulars of our faith and what it means to be disciples, we will be utilizing the First Nations Version of the New Testament. Through the second part of this series, we continue on the Good Road to the cross and ultimately to the resurrection, at Easter.
Week by Week:
Following Jesus Under Colonizer Rule
January 2 - Brunch Gathering - CANCELED, NO GATHERING
January 9 - Luke 2.21-52: Intro/Following Jesus Under Colonizer Rule
January 16 - Luke 3.21; 4.1-13: Creator Sets Free Comes Forward & Vision Quest
January 23 - Luke 4.14-30: His Own Village Rejects Him
January 30 - Luke 5.12-16, 27-32: “I do Choose” & Eating with Outcasts
February 6 - Luke 6.27-36: The Way to Treat Your Enemies
February 13 - Luke 8:1-3,19-21: Women of Honor & All My Relatives
February 20 - Luke 10.38-42: Choosing the Best Part
February 27 - Luke 11.1-11: Wisdom about Praying
Lent: Creator’s Good Road
Ash Wednesday - March 2nd
March 6th - Luke 12.49-59: My Message Will Bring Division
March 13th - Luke 14.25-35: Counting the Cost
March 20th - Luke 16.1-15: Possessions and the Good Road
March 27th - Luke 17.1-6: Trouble Will Come
April 3rd - Luke 23.1-6 (8-25): Questioned by the People of Iron
April 10th/Palm Sunday - Luke 19.28-40: Grand Entry
April 15th Good Friday
April 17th/Easter Sunday - Luke 24.1-12: Death Defeated
Discussion Prompts:
-As you read the book of Luke and hear the text anew, what is capturing your attention?
-Wonder together. What is the Spirit revealing to you about identifying as a follower of the brown, colonized Jesus?
-What are you learning on the Good Road and how it stands in contrast to colonizer culture? Where might you need to grow in trust and humility?
-In what ways do you sense Jesus extending the invitation to you to walk the Good Road?
-What patterns do you notice emerging in your faith journey? What do you need from Creator right now?
-As Jesus shares about the Good Road, what ways of thinking need to be put to death (where do we need to repent, and turn) and where do you need to allow room for the resurrection?
-Discuss Trinity’s practices. Where do you sense Creator inviting you to lean in? Pick one practice to cultivate more deeply.
-As you read the text, imagine being with Jesus. Take your time in Lent to linger in the story. What do you experience? What do you feel in your body?
Resources:
First Nations Version: An Indigenous Translation of the New Testament
Subversive Witness: Scripture’s Call to Leverage Privilege by Dominque Gilliard (also being used for Trinity Seasonal Small Groups)
The Land is Not Empty: Following Jesus in Dismantling the Doctrine of Discovery by Sarah Augustine
Spotify Playlists:
Seasonal Small Groups:
In conjunction with the sermon series, seasonal small groups around Subversive Witness by Dominique Dubois Gilliard are forming!
If you’re interested in joining, pick up (or download) the book and begin reading/listening. Send an email to contact@indytrinity.org if you'd like to participate in one of these groups and we'll connect you to the appropriate group leader.
Fishers/Zoom group is starting on January 25th over the lunch hour (12-1pm) on Tuesdays for six weeks.
Midtown/Downtown parish will meet Wednesday nights in person at 7pm starting February 2nd.
Broad Ripple group will meet Friday nights in person at 7pm starting January 28th.
(image credit Hasan Almasi)