Liturgy We are beloved fools, all of us, for believing the airbrushed lies and shrink-wrapped promises of the voices that whisper you are not enough. This morning, Vox family, may we attune ourselves to the stern voice of compassion proclaiming in our midst: Relent....
Liturgy As we enter into this time and space, let’s invite our bodies and minds to settle in. Let’s feel our feet grounding, and our breath inviting life. Welcome here what is present now. Gather your brokenness, gather your longing, and welcome what is present now....
Liturgy Pay attention to your breathing for a moment. How it rises and falls, rises and falls, the breath is like love, persevering, enduring, giving, and trusting in it there is no pretending, pretense, or posturing. As we effortlessly receive the nourishment of the...
Liturgy Open your eyes, friends, and see all that is around you. Close your eyes, friends, and see that which is inside you. Open your ears, friends, and hear the message of love. Close your ears, friends, and hear what you say to yourself. Open your hearts, friends,...
Liturgy This morning, let us begin our liturgy with a contemplative meditation. For families, we invite your children to participate as well. Close your eyes, and notice your breath. Bring your shoulders up to your ears, and release them down to your back. Take a deep...
Liturgy Lord God, we come to this place, our church, to receive your healing word, Surround ourselves in your tangible love, and relax in your never-ending grace. We come here knowing that you accept us wholly and without question, just as we are. Whether with open or...
Liturgy Breath of Life, wake us up. Open our eyes to you, andpull us out of the darkness. We feel our bodies shake against the discomfort. Birth is painful, and waking up feels like reliving the cold push into this world. Hold us fast, hold us close, pull us through....
Liturgy Welcome, Vox family, to this sacred space and time. Let’s take a moment to pause, take a deep breath, and welcome the Spirit. If you entered with shame today, release it, for God does not define you by shame. If you entered with pain today, acknowledge it, for...
Liturgy Beloved family of God: our lives are carried like leaves on the current of our weeks. We arrive in this place burdened by so much that saturates us to the verge of sinking. Surround us, God of compassion. Reach into the waves, Son of Man, Fill us, Spirit of...
Liturgy Loving God, we gather as one people, yet we all come with different stories and lives this week. Some of us are struggling, some of us are thriving, yet we are all here to listen to you and to one another. Help us let go of our past, that we may turn toward...