The Rhythms of Mosaic - 2022
Learning to Be Jesus & Be The Church
Our Rhythm of Study - Read the WORD
November 6, 2022
Growing up, there was one big reason why any church was to be preferred over another. They had to preach the Bible. Can I get an amen? Above everything else, the pinnacle of all things Christian, was this idea of preaching the word, and the way the word was to be preached was expository teaching. It couldn’t come out of a lectionary. It couldn’t be selected passages related to the church calendar. It couldn’t be topical. It had to verse by verse study of the Bible.
Our Rhythm of Study
October 30, 2022
When Mosaic was first started, we adopted five rhythms; Beautify, Listen, Eat, Study, & Sent. If you really think about these five "ways of life" you will see that they form the process of being and becoming a disciple of Jesus. As a result, our study is not random, it is focused. Focused on becoming more like the one we follow, ie. Jesus.
Our Rhythm of Eating Part 2
October 23, 2022
A number of years ago now, we took some time to discuss the things in Jesus’ life that were good news to those around him. We called it “The Lost Gospel” because it represents the things that were good news then, but are often not talked about now. One of those things seems to have been his willingness to welcome people into his life. Whether it was the children or the outcast, Jesus made room for all of them in his life and particularly demonstrates this during meal times.
Our Rhythm of Eating
October 16, 2022 • John 12:44—13:26
Take a few minutes to stop and think about what meals were like in your home as you were growing up. If you are still a young person, what it is like now? If you have your own kids, what is it like in your home? If you are an adult, whether single or married with no kids, what is it like for you now? It would be interesting to go through the entire Bible and find out how many direct references there are about important events taking place (whether past, present or future) during what we would now call a “church service”. Maybe it would have been while they were in the temple, or tabernacle, or synagogue, but you get the point. Then, to compare that with how many important events take place while at a meal. My guess is that there would be no comparison.
Our Rhythm of Listening
October 2, 2022
When Mosaic was first a dream of a few people who were tired of the way we had been doing church, we envisioned something that was less chaotic and more ordered. Less programmed and more organic. Less Sunday and more daily. Less in a building and more in our community. This is why we organized around 5 rhythms; Beautify, Listen, Eat, Study, Send (BLESS). These five things were meant to organize our lives Monday - Saturday, not just Sunday. Each rhythm is meant to reflect part of how we believe the community of Christ (the Church) should reflect the kingdom of God. In other words, we believe that if God is king of our lives, then our lives, individually and collectively, should at least attempt to reflect what we know about who God, the king is. And we believe this is most accurately seen by looking at the life and teaching of Jesus because it was him who said, “I and the Father are one” and “if you’ve seen me, you’ve seen the Father.” So, ultimately, if we want to know what God is like, we look at Jesus to find out.