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Community Prayers 2018.07.01

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 …   … let us bless the Lord. Thanks be to God. Prayers of Petition. For … Bethany who is waiting to adopt a child. (Gena) The families being separated and […]

Liturgy, Reflection and Benediction 2018.06.24

Liturgy Faithful God, we come into your presence with thanksgiving, deeply grateful for the unfailing love and faithfulness you have shown toward us, your people. When we call out to you, you answer. When we are exhausted, you give us the strength to go on. When we find ourselves in trouble, you are there, standing beside us. And so we […]

The Goodness of Being

Pamela Begeman reflects on the goodness of our being and what it means to consent to our basic goodness [Psalm 139]. Reflection Do you know and feel that you are essentially and deeply good, before you do or say anything? How are you being healed, transformed and awakened to the experience of your goodness and God’s unconditional love for you? […]

Community Prayers 2018.06.24

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 Vox community. (Courtney) Our upcoming time in Seattle and the Vox community. (Michael) Time spent with my father who is suffering from dementia. (Errol) … let us bless […]

How We See

Jason Minnix reflects on how parables provide a way to change the way we see God and ourselves [Mark 4:26-34]. Reflection How am I being invited to play with and in metaphor this week? Where can I plant scrappy seeds and let go of the outcomes to God? Spiritual Practice Play with a metaphor this week.  Find a parable in […]

Liturgy, Reflection and Benediction 2018.06.17

Liturgy Holy Mystery, we know it takes little faith to see the sacred in the extraordinary. Yet you constantly remind us that sacred faith is in the ordinary, and it takes courage to believe the mundane can be enough. As we gather, teach us that grace can emerge even through the dull, the slightly disappointing, the not quite right, not […]

Community Prayers 2018.06.17

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 … Loving fathers. (Liz) Another day of life. (Terry) My sister and her girlfriend getting married. (Emilie) … let us bless the Lord. Thanks be to God. Prayers of Petition. For […]