What does it mean to become People of the Way—not just in what we believe, but in how we inhabit our bodies, our communities and with the presence of God?
In this final conversation in our People of the Way series, David Ruis sits down with Krista Heide, an artist, pastor, spiritual director and Doctor of Ministry student whose work explores the intersection of creativity, trauma-informed care and spiritual formation. Krista has become a thoughtful voice within the Vineyard around the ways our experiences shape how we encounter God, worship together and become formed in the way of Jesus.
Together, David and Krista explore what it means to follow Jesus as embodied people—to recognize that formation happens not only through what we believe and understand, but through our bodies, our stories, our wounds, our creativity and our practices. Drawing on her experience as both an artist and pastor and on her deep theological work around trauma-informed worship and spiritual formation, Krista invites us to consider how the Church can become a place where people are genuinely able to encounter God, heal, and be formed into the likeness of Christ.
This conversation offers a fitting conclusion to this Wineskins series: following Jesus is not simply a set of ideas we agree with, but a way of life we learn to inhabit—together, with our whole selves.