Bright City Connected | Jess Connolly | Share Our Lives
Sep 5, 2025
Explore the challenges of vulnerability and the importance of connection with God and others. Hear inspiring stories about overcoming fear and the need for openness in seeking help. Discover how being aware of others' needs can transform community dynamics, urging a shift from passivity to active support. Reflect on the bittersweet nature of nostalgia, linking past experiences to biblical teachings and the complexities of joy and struggle in the community. Join a heartfelt conversation that encourages deeper connections.
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Vacation Photos Hide The Hard Parts
- Jess Connolly recalls vacation photos glossing over the hard parts and forgetting sickness and stress.
- She uses these memories to illustrate how we romanticize past community seasons and forget the difficulties.
Acts 2 Fellowship Grew From Need
- Acts 2's model of radical sharing arose from real need: poverty, displacement, and persecution.
- Jess warns against reading such passages with rose-colored nostalgia and missing their tense context.
A Man Lowered Through The Roof
- Jess reads Mark 2 and describes the dramatic scene of a paralyzed man lowered through a roof to reach Jesus.
- She emphasizes cultural context: paralysis implied poverty and ritual exclusion, making the rescue socially risky.