Liturgy Loving God, we come to this sacred time and space today carrying hard and heavy burdens. Burdens of grief and loneliness, of depression and anxiety. Burdens of exhaustion, stress, and overwork. But we have good news! Your ways are not the ways of this world, and what we assume are weaknesses are actually the places where we find strength, […]
Author Archives: claudia
Place
Jason Minnix talks about how we reflect and engage the place we find ourselves and the vulnerability that it requires [Mark 9:30-37]. Reflection What or who am I struggling to accept in my journey now? How can I welcome vulnerability, both mine and those around me, this week? Resources Video: Pink Surprised MWG: Discussion Guide Spiritual Practice Disillusionment Prayer – […]
Community Prayers 2018.09.16
As a community, we can support and celebrate with each other through prayer. Join us in praying for those both spoken and unspoken during Sunday liturgy. Prayers of Thanksgiving. For … My cousin Dirk who is doing well after a bone marrow transplant. (Liz) Gratitude during this difficult time. (Jack) The friends and families who are safe in coastal North […]
Liturgy, Reflection and Benediction 2018.09.16
Liturgy God, good beyond all that is good, fair beyond all that is fair, in you is calmness, peace, and concord. Heal the dissensions that divide us from one another, and bring us back to a unity of love, bearing some likeness to your divine nature. Through the embrace of love and the bonds of Godly affection, make us one […]
Transforming Problems
Chris Morton reflects on how we navigate problems in our lives and how it is connected with our worship and community [John 4:1-26, 39-42]. Reflection Do I know what I have and don’t have to give to God? Does my worship bring life or death to myself and others?
Liturgy, Reflection and Benediction 2018.09.09
Liturgy With what breath, oh what breath, we will praise the Lord? We will praise the Lord with our breath, our life. We will praise the Lord with our hope, our trust. Ours is a God that keeps faith. Ours is a God that loves those known. Ours is a God that watches over strangers. With what breath, oh with […]
Community Prayers 2018.09.09
As a community, we can support and celebrate with each other through prayer. Join us in praying for those both spoken and unspoken during Sunday liturgy. Prayers of Thanksgiving. For … The life giving rain we’ve received. (Kelly) My cousin who will be traveling to Australia. (Noah) My friend Kasi who’s scan came back clear of cancer. (Claudia) … let […]