Seek, Heal, Restore

"I no longer call you servant, I call you friend." Jesus

-John 15:15

Key: Throughout this website, you may notice the spaces between the characters in God(F,S,S) and with&in are intentionally omitted for theological emphasis. We recognize that our English teachers may frown upon such creative license. The omissions of the spaces render symbolic expressions of there being no separation and the mystery of God as ONE and Jesus making us ONE with&in the relationship of God(F,S,S). For simplicity's sake, for any given section of text it may be shortened to F,S,S.

Additionally, per the same line of thought, you will see the term, Oneship, as representative of the relational sense of what Jesus presented to us in John 17:20-23. This term is helpful as we learn to see how we as individuals fit with&in the community (ecclesia) of all believers, regardless of 100% agreement on all doctrinal beleifs. While acknowledging that many of us have some form of Protestant lineage, we embrace and honor our Orthodox brothers and sisters in their capacity to allow for the mistery of this Oneship in Jesus.

The last new term for this key is One Anothering, the lived practice of reciprocal love that builds community. While we are learning what it is, we know that it is not a fluffy, fake, permissive perspective of understanding the relationship of God(F,S,S) as Agapē. Agapē love is a selfless, unconditional, other and outward-oriented love that transcends and persists regardless of circumstance. It is seeing ourselves and others as God(F,S,S) sees us.

"Western" & "Eastern" Christianity
Western (Roman Catholic, Protestant)
Eastern (Orthodox)

The primary languages are Latin in the West and Greek in the East. There are more geographical versions of Orthodoxy (Russian, Serbian, Bulgarian, Romanian, etc), with Oriental and Syrian Orthodoxy as a separate branch, but still very similar.

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You are invited to join us in experiencing God(F,S,S)'s presence as we grow in the faith of Jesus and his invitation for us to embrace that we are created to be ONE with&in the relationship of God(F,S,S).

John 17:20-23

“And I do not pray concerning these only, but also concerning those who will believe in Me through their word; that all may be one, as You, Father, are in Me, and I in You, that they also may be one in Us, that the world may believe that You sent Me.
And I have given them the glory which You have given Me, that they may be one, as We are One: I in them, and You in Me, that they may be perfected into one, and that the world may know that You sent Me and have loved them as You loved Me.”

-Literal Translation Version (LITV)

“My prayer is not limited to them; I am also including every single person who will believe in me through their message. My prayer is that they will all be one, even as you, Father, are in me and I am in you; may they also be one in us, so that the world may believe that you sent me.

I have given them the same glory that you gave me, so that they may be one, just as we are one. I am in them and you are in me, so that they may be perfectly united; this will be the proof to the world that you sent me, and that you love them as much as you love me.”

-The Mirror Bible (Francois Du Toit)

“And not for these only am I requesting, but also for those who are believing in me through their word, that all of them may be one—just as you, Father, are in me and I am in you—so that they also may be in us, so that the world may believe that you sent me.

And I have given them the glory that you have given to me, so that they may be one, just as we are one: I in them, and you in me, that they may be perfected into one—so that the world may know that you sent me, and that you loved them just as you loved me.”

-Literal rendering from the Aramaic (Syriac Peshitta)

Invitation is followed by Participation

Family

Fellowship

At Restore The Way, we invite everyone to connect through Jesus' invitation to be loved in the environment of community and spiritual growth.

Prayer

Hope in Him

Participate in prayer as a recognition of God(F,S,S)'s prescence and a dialogue with the author of our faith, and in the sharing of our burdens and joys.

Come join us at Common Ground, a gathering of people to embrace and experience the value of One Anothering, which is encouraging each other to recognize and embrace who God(F,S,S) has created us to be with&in the relationship of God (F,S,S). We believe Jesus is where we are invited to meet each other.

(at various homes and locations from week to week, and sometimes by remote webinar meeting - to be announced)

One Anothering

Building each other up as God designed us to be human. Share sorrows. Share Joy!

Learn to engage in worship as daily life and prayer as an ongoing dialogue with the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

It's where we encourage each other to see ourselves as God sees us and to see each other as God sees us.

We are defining "worship" as a way of life, a spiritual posture that allows you to stop experiencing yourself as someone separate from God(F,S,S). You instead start experiencing yourself in alignment with the Relationship of the F,S,S. God's presence lives in the inner room of your being. Otherwise known as the temple of God. It's also called the Kingdom of Heaven (Kingdom of God). This is the place where God's will is expressed. It is your moment by moment invitation and opertunity to see, hear and speak what God sees, hears and speaks!

This does not happen because you do something special, not because you've achieved some elevated spiritual status, but because you've simply stopped being in the way. The personality, the ego, the version of you that's constantly afraid and wanting and needing, is the source of all the noise that blocks the recognition and embrace of God(F,S,S)'s present with&in you.