Finding Your Footing in Life’s Transitions + A Theological Exhale | Shawnee Community Christian Church

We’ve all been there—waiting for the baby to arrive, the test results to come back, or the moving truck to pull up. These “liminal spaces” are weird, unsettling, and often deeply uncomfortable.

The disciples only had 40 days with Jesus after the resurrection before he was gone again. Honestly, they were a bit clueless, just standing there staring up at the sky until some angels had to basically shoo them away and tell them it was time to get to work.

Reflecting on the Messy Middle: We often try to plow through these “in-between” times as fast as possible to get back to the stuff we know. But as Kate Bowler reminds us, being “exposed” in these moments makes us open to something new. We may not be in control of a “gosh darn thing,” but we can trust that God—acting like a midwife—is with us through the labor pains of what comes next.

YouTube Chapters

• 00:00 Defining Liminal Spaces
• 01:30 Scripture Reading: Acts 1:1-11
• 03:45 40 Days: What the Disciples Wanted
• 06:15 Standing and Staring: Uncharted Territory
• 08:30 Kate Bowler: Learning to be Unsettled
• 11:15 Releasing Expectations for Transformation
• 13:45 Susan Beaumont: The Loss of the “Not Yet”
• 16:00 The Pretense of Human Control
• 17:45 Hanging Curtains: A Mother’s Lesson in Control
• 20:30 God in the Ambiguity and Weirdness
• 22:15 Closing Prayer & Mother’s Day Celebration