Short films on Christ, already our life, and His expression in ordinary moments. Zoe must flow through His members. The care, prayer, and fellowship pictured here are to proceed from that life. Choose a film to watch on its own page, read its transcript, and follow the related writing.
Newest Films · Prayer and Abiding · Care and Belonging · Life Together · Leaving Religion · Life Beyond the Visible
Five New One-Minute Films
Room for a Person
0:57 · Film and transcript
Let the Lord Have This Moment
1:00 · Film and transcript
When Nobody Needs to Win
1:00 · Film and transcript
The Table Before the Meeting
1:00 · Film and transcript
When You Feel Nothing
1:00 · Film and transcript
A Place to Begin
For a first visit, try The Empty Chair (0:50), Loved Beyond Our Usefulness (0:59), or Life Before the Meeting (1:00). Each film has its own page and a readable transcript.
Prayer and Abiding
Room for a Small Prayer
1:00 · Film and transcript
Making room for the tender prayer that remains unspoken, within our communion in Christ.
Nearer Than My Thoughts
1:00 · Film and transcript
Christ is nearer than our thoughts, feelings, and prayers—already our life.
A Gentle Return
1:00 · Film and transcript
When attention wanders, we can return gently within a union that remains.
An Invitation Home
1:00 · Film and transcript
Sharing the Son’s communion with the Father, within the life already given.
Leave a Conversation Unfinished
1:00 · Film and transcript
Christ’s life flowing where our need to explain and prevail has governed us.
The Unfinished Sentence
0:48 · Film and transcript
A small interruption, a thirsty dog, and the communion that continues when our words stop.
Before the First Word
0:45 · Film and transcript
An ordinary morning, lived within the union already ours in Christ. Sleep did not undo our union; waking does not begin it again.
The Empty Chair
0:50 · Film and transcript
A quiet reflection on prayer within the union already ours in Christ—and communion that continues when we rise from the chair.
When Words Give Way to Prayer
0:54 · Film and transcript
Resting in our union with Christ, beyond the need to explain or make something happen.
Receiving What I Cannot Produce
0:53 · Film and transcript
Living from the life already ours in Christ, even in weariness.
Communion in Ordinary Moments
1:00 · Film and transcript
Living our communion with the Father through interruptions and ordinary moments.
The Source
0:54 · Film and transcript
Christ is already our life—the source of love, obedience, and lasting fruit.
Abide in Christ
1:09 · Film and transcript
A simple picture of abiding: the life of the vine is already the life of the branches.
Beyond Trying Not To
0:51 · Film and transcript
Living from Christ within us rather than relying on self-improvement and greater determination.
The True Vine
1:13 · Film and transcript
Selected words from John 15 on abiding, love, and lasting fruit.
Prayer: Another Realm
1:10 · Film and transcript
Prayer within the union already ours: we are in Christ, and He is in us.
Christ Our Reality
0:59 · Film and transcript
Recognizing our abiding union with Christ in everyday life.
Care and Belonging
Loved Beyond Our Usefulness
0:59 · Film and transcript
Our place in Christ rests in His life; His love flows through the members beyond usefulness.
Before Grace Learns Our Accent
1:00 · Film and transcript
Receiving one another in Christ without making familiar language the price of belonging.
This Unfinished Day
1:00 · Film and transcript
Hope and patience in an unfinished life, with Christ already our life today.
When Our Care Is Rejected
1:00 · Film and transcript
Bringing our hurt to Christ when care is rejected, within the union already ours.
We Are Also Among the Hungry
1:00 · Film and transcript
Receiving Christ’s supply in the very place where we have become anxious about supplying everyone else.
Loved Before I Understand
0:52 · Film and transcript
Resting within His love even while a question remains unanswered.
Life Together
Life Before the Meeting
1:00 · Film and transcript
Zoe flowing through His members before a meeting begins; the shared life gives rise to the gathering.
The Life Beneath the Meeting
0:54 · Film and transcript
Remembering shared life in Isla Vista and Santa Barbara, and the life beneath the meetings.
Ekklesia
1:06 · Film and transcript
Explore the difference between religious activity and Christ expressed through His body.
Leaving Religion
Let Us Cross the River
1:00 · Film and transcript
Leaving every competing claim behind and gaining Christ as our life.
The Branch Does Not Pursue Grapes
1:00 · Film and transcript
Fruit is the expression of the vine’s life, without the branch turning it into a project.
The Cross Usually Arrives Disguised
1:06 · Film and transcript
How interruptions can expose our self-reliance and become occasions to live from Christ within.
Shadow and Substance
1:37 · Film and transcript
Look beyond temporary appearances to Christ, the reality behind the shadows.
Life Beyond the Visible
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