Liturgy Vox, God loves all parts of you. Your inner light and darkness, heaviness and ease, they are all loved and welcome, so allow your whole selves here today. Our shadow-selves are necessary parts of us that reinforce our humanity, connection to our community, and...
Liturgy Lord Christ, we arise this morning and thank you for the privilege to be alive. Knowing what it cost you on the cross, we thank you for the simple gift of life. We give thanks for our breath. Holy Spirit that fills us and connects us, we thank you for...
Liturgy God of healing and provision, You are attuned to us. You hear our voice. You see our face. You feel our feelings. So into this knowing we come this morning whether by the faith of our own or of a friend, we know you receive us into your presence. Soften in us...
Liturgy To look at the outset at times is terrifying. To come to the end of oneself, to see yourself hanging on by mere thread. In our dread, we ask for mercy. We ask for a soft landing. We ask for sure footholds and places to lay our head. Then, somewhere beyond the...
Liturgy Friends, welcome to this sacred place this morning. Let us pause for a moment to be still and breathe. May we be reminded why we gather as a community We seek community, we seek forgiveness, we seek understanding, we seek wholeness. Let us work together in...
Liturgy God, sometimes language feels so constricting As each word, even your name, gets entangled with our experiences of pain, suffering, and shame. May we practice gentleness with ourselves as we search for words to express I am that I am. You do not push, you do...
Liturgy Friends, sisters and brothers, welcome to this sacred place this morning. Let us pause for a moment to be still and breathe. Today, when we are challenged, may we be receptive to the Spirit’s moving. When we are humbled, may we make room for God’s healing and...
Liturgy God of the universe, this morning we bring our defensive and protective strategies. We bring our received messages about our unworthiness. We bring the seemingly broken parts of ourselves before you. We bring the injustices of misused power in our society. We...
Liturgy You, who are participants in the glory of Love, listen. God is here. You, who are renewed to new life with each rain, look. God is here. You, who are given breath of life, breathe deeply. God is here. May we open ourselves to hear the word of God today. May we...
Liturgy As we gather now in community, for some of us, our earliest language was shame. For some of us, we learned to hide ourselves. Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. We pray for courage to live unmasked, to risk being fully seen as we are, to...