Liturgy As we gather from our week,we hold true to your promise thatwhen two or three – or two hundred –of us gather, you are there.Be among us and within us. Yet we admit that we do not always actas one body, and we let interpretationscome before community. Show us another way to live as the church.Teach us how to […]
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Tragic Gap
Weylin Lee reflects on how we are invited to live in the gap between what is and what could be, especially in a divisive season and political landscape [Psalm 70]. Reflection What is our lament in this current moment and season? How are we moving away from or toward God’s active presence as we live in this gap? Resources Book: […]
Community Prayers 2020.11.01
Prayers of Thanksgiving. For … This community’s presence and love for me and my family these last few weeks. Virginia An old dream fulfilled when I least expected it. Syd Jesus seeing us in the midst of our yearning to be close to Him despite our sinful nature. Anslee … let us bless the Lord. Thanks be to God. Prayers of […]
Liturgy, Reflection and Benediction 2020.11.01
Liturgy Oh sinners, held together by the barest threads,are you acquainted with our old friend death? So many scars,so many stories. All around us the leaves fall,the earth cools, and creationsheds off another layer of time. Here are my scars.Here are my stories. Oh saints of the earth, have we enoughtears to fill the gaps and holes?Behold this old body, […]
All Saints
On All Saints Day, Scott Erickson reflects on how we connect to God through our vulnerabilities and the shame we house in our bodies [Luke 7:36-39, 44-50]. Reflection In what ways do you feel on the outside of a religious gathering? In what ways are you “seen” by Jesus? Resources Book: Honest Advent
Liturgy, Reflection and Benediction 2020.10. 25
Liturgy Hear, Vox Veniae, Voice of Grace,the ancient prayer that speaks from centuries before us. Lord God, you are matchless.You show us the ways of your love,with all your Heart,with all your Spirit,with all your strength. Among the clamor and discord of our world,We confess that we are slow to hear your wisdom.Within the perpetual march of our habits and […]
Invitation to Love
Weylin Lee reflects on how Jesus reminds us to center ourselves and our lives around love especially in these divisive and heavy times [Matthew 22:34-40]. Reflection In this current season, what would it look like to shift from being right to being more loving? How might you practice fully loving both your neighbors and yourself? Spiritual Practice Put on a […]