Liturgy Advent nears its end.The promise of Your blessings to come are around the cornerBut they have yet to arrive.The expectation for things not yet realized still rumbles within usIt makes us lose sleep.We toss and turn waiting for what we are promised.The world we...
How can we create a shared world where God’s love is experienced? On the fourth week of Advent, Vanessa Beltran highlights how moments of shared vulnerability–like Mary’s journey to Elizabeth–are essential to becoming who God created us to be, so we can truly...
Liturgy We are grateful for the awareness of suffering forIt saves us from complacency.So whether it is the illness of a family member,The eviction of a neighbor,Or the sadness of a friend,We know that all is not as it should be.So we are here to be shaken up.Break us...
Is there a part of your life that feels exiled or stuck in a rut? On this third week of Advent, Christopher Mack hears in the message of John the Baptizer, an invitation for our lives to be joyfully undone in the wilderness of waiting. [Luke 3:7-17] Reflection When...
Liturgy Let us begin our liturgy in prayer as a community.Our response will be highlighted in yellow.Today,let us add our voices to the chorusof voices in the wilderness –Mary, Simeon, Elizabeth, John the Baptist –who called before themto prepare us for the...
Liturgy Standing together at the precipice of Advent,we ready ourselves to step out intoa season of waitingfor the world’s salvation to arrive. Lord, quiet our mindsin these next forty days.In a world of notifications, blue light,never-ending feeds of breaking...
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Please join us as we celebrate Christmas as a community on Friday, December 22nd for an evening liturgy beginning at 6:30 pm. Because Christmas Eve falls on a Sunday this year, we will be gathering for liturgy on Friday evening to allow us to be with family and...
Liturgy Beloved church family,let this morning be a time of slowing.Let us find a moment to pause and rest,to practice patience and experience peace.May our liturgy today be a healing balmfor the busyness of this season. Advent is a time of waiting and anticipation.We...
How do we move from our reasonable resolutions to dreaming in league with the Divine? On the fourth week of advent, Christopher Mack opens up about how experience and encounter get us unstuck and in step with God’s Radical Love [Matthew 1:18-25] Reflection How...
Liturgy Today is the third Sunday of Advent, andwe light the third candle of Advent for Joy. Welcome to this shared space of awarenessand anticipation of how divine joy has come and is coming. As you feel safe and comfortable,you are invited to pause for a moment....