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Liturgy, Reflection, & Benediction 2025.04.27

Liturgy, Reflection, & Benediction 2025.04.27

Liturgy Lord, we come to you saturated with suffering.Be thou our vision.Both our own and that of others.Be thou our vision.Parents are losing their homes.Children are going hungry.The systems we have trusted inare being stripped to their wobbly stilts.Be thou our...

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Giving Up Politics for Lent

How might we be tempted to over identify with our politics in unsettling times? On the second Sunday of Easter, Nic Acosta fasts from being “that guy” in regards to seeing everything solely through a political identity and challenges us to question how a purity...

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Liturgy, Reflection & Benediction 2025.04.20

Liturgy, Reflection & Benediction 2025.04.20

Liturgy The shadows grow longer with each stepThe sun makes her grand entranceWhy do you look for the living among the dead?Dazzling reflections in a pool of waterCircle joining circle joining circleWhy do you look for the living among the dead?We look for you...

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Unexpected Rebirth

How does Easter invite us to live into the unexpected experiences of rebirth? On Easter Sunday, Weylin Lee beckons us to the Risen Christ through unexpected loss, listening to unexpected voices, and reimagining unexpected hope.  [Luke 24:1-12] How might the places of...

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Liturgy, Reflection & Benediction 2024.03.31

Liturgy, Reflection & Benediction 2024.03.31

Liturgy On this Easter Sunday, how are you showing up?Whether in grief or joy, recently betrayed or reconnected,we are invited to awaken to what is here and now.O, infinite One of radical acceptance,help us have the faith to welcome ourselvesand each other, as we...

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Being at Home

What does it mean to be at home? On this Easter Sunday, Gena St. David centers our resurrection hope in our embodied experiences. Allowing the good news to be something that shows up in our bodies, emotions, and relationships. [Mark 16:1-6] Reflection What would be...

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Holy Week 2024

Holy Week 2024

As the global Church has journeyed through this season of Lent, we find ourselves stepping into the heart of what defines the word Christian.  During the final week of Lent, we embark on what the Church has called ‘Holy Week’ where we remember, mourn, and...

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Holy Week Events 2024

Holy Week Events 2024

Holy Week this year falls at the end of March, and we have several opportunities coming up to participate. Palm Sunday is on March 24th, and Vox will be marking the start of Holy Week with a Greenhouse Parade at the beginning of liturgy followed by a liturgy and...

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Behold and Beheld

What step of hope might we take together? Christopher Mack retraces the steps of Mary Magdalene through trauma and isolation to renewal and belonging. [John 20:1-18] Reflection What part of your human experience do you need to know God, in Jesus, experiences alongside...

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LITURGY, REFLECTION, BENEDICTION 2023.4.09

LITURGY, REFLECTION, BENEDICTION 2023.4.09

Liturgy It is early on the first day of the week, oh GodAnd it is dark.We arrive at the tombOf all our hopes and dreams.Our lives have not unfolded as we expected.You have not spared us from the hard end.We stand alone, grieving. We lift up our eyesAnd see the...

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