Ferguson Johnson, Sue and Wes Howard-Brook

Sue Ferguson Johnson is a spiritual director of individuals and couples, retreat leader and Scripture teacher of many years’ experience. Formerly a psychologist, Sue left her practice to engage in full-time ministry in 2001. Sue was raised in the United Methodist Church, but with Wes is now at home in the Mennonite Church, where she has been instrumental in reshaping the local church from a committee model to a prayer-Scripture-discernment model.
Wes Howard-Brook has been teaching, writing and living at the intersection of church, academy and the world since 1988. After a career as an attorney for the US federal government and Washington state governments, Wes left law practice in 1985 to earn a Master of Divinity degree at Seattle University. He has been teaching Bible and theology at Seattle University since 2003.
Together, they share the ministry “Abide in Me,” grounded in the imagery from the Gospel of John that calls disciples to integrate the inner and outer, the mystical and prophetic, the private and public journeys.

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Ferguson Johnson, Sue and Wes Howard-Brook

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Vespers August 29, 2011

Eucharist September 2, 2018

God of Love or God of Violence?

"In the Beginning": Genesis vs. the Babylonian Enuma Elish

Babylonian Empire vs. Tower of Babel

Monarch vs. Exodus – Part 1: Where is "Home" for God and God's People?

Monarchy vs. Exodus – Part 2: Place and Means of Worship

Gospel of Luke, Religion of Empire and Creation – Part 1

Gospel of Luke, Religion of Empire and Creation – Part 2

Gospel of Luke, Religion of Empire and Creation – Part 3

Gospel of Luke, Religion of Empire and Creation – Part 4

Lifting the Veil on Empire: The Mystical Prophetic Nature of Apocalyptic Literature

“Write…what you see and send it to the seven churches” (Rev 1.11): The Messages to the Churches (Rev 2-3), Then and Now

Seals, Trumpets and Bowls: The “Plot” of Revelation (Rev 6-16)

“Fallen, fallen, is Babylon the Great!” (Rev 18.2): The Vision of the Collapse of Empire

“I saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down…” (Rev 21.2): The Vision of the Emergence of God’s Reign, on Earth as in Heaven

"And God saw that it was good!": Creation Stories in Genesis 1-2

The “Curse”: The Tragic Narrative of Relationships Broken by Human Willfulness Apart from God

“Your love is better than wine”: Song of Songs as Imaginative Healing of Broken Relationships Among God, People and Creation

Wine, Weddings and Demolished Temples: John 2 as Jesus’ Call to Embody Abundant Joy While Calling out Those Who Restrict Joy in God’s Name

“Woman, why are you weeping?”: The Garden of Resurrection in John 20

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