As we move through Lent toward Easter Sunday, we will be holding space at Vesper for community each Wednesday evening (6:30-9pm) during the Lenten season. Recognizing the variety of needs that exist in our community right now, we will be offering space in the: Prayer room for quiet prayer, meditation and journaling Library and courtyard for socializing & games Main hall for coordinated […]
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Solidarity with the Powerless
During this season of Lent, Weylin Lee reflects on how we are invited to embody Jesus’ solidarity with the powerless [Luke 4:1-11]. Reflection What is our relationship with power and powerlessness in our lives? How are we invited to embody powerlessness or be in solidarity with those without power? Practice Solidarity with the hungry. Find ways to use our surplus […]
Sunday Contemplative Prayer and Lectio [Mar 6 – Apr 17]
During the season of Lent, we’re invited to adopt a reflective posture of humility as we consider the sacrifice and suffering that Jesus experienced here on earth. Join us Sunday mornings online throughout the season of Lent from 8-9am as we offer a virtual time of contemplative prayer and Lectio Divina. We will offer Centering Prayer for the first 20 […]
Ash Wednesday Liturgy [Mar 2]
Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent. We will be holding a liturgy service at Vesper on Wednesday, March 2 at 7pm to begin this season of reflection on the sacrifice that Christ experienced and embraced for us. We will be offering a time of contemplation and and the imposition of ashes. We are asking for everyone to wear masks […]
The God Who Groans
Rachael Clinton Chen reflects on the groaning work of God as we enter Holy Week and how we’re invited to look for Jesus in our story of ache [Mark 15:25-39]. Reflection Will you let Jesus, the Messiah, enter your ache this Holy Week? Where hope feels weary or foolish, will you let God (and others) groan with you and for […]
New Covenant
Sarah Berson reflects on what a new Covenant means for us and how the love of God is available for all of us even in the midst of the challenging year we have been collectively navigating [Jeremiah 31:31-34]. Reflection What grounds you? What are you moving from? What are you moving toward? Practice Think about the mile markers from this […]
Poison and Its Remedy
James Alison reflects on how Jesus’ death undoes the world of sacrifice from within [John 3:14-21]. Reflection Is Jesus’ death really a sacrifice? How did Jesus’ death undo our whole world of judgment and condemnation built on sacrifice? The little word “so” in the most famous verse in the Bible has two possible meanings. “For God loved the world so […]