Liturgy Life-giving God, we give you thanks for Jesus has risen. He comes to us with words of peace Come to us today. In government rooms where politicians meet, in city board rooms where executives plan, in court rooms where lawyers debate, come with words of peace. In hospital rooms where people are waiting, in prison cells where people are […]

Liturgy In the nervous silence of our doubts, we are aware of nothing but your absence, Jesus, and we begin to wonder whether the rumors of your death are true; Then, suddenly, you are among us, your presence so real we can almost touch you…your life flowing out into the world unconstrained; And we realize that there is nothing to […]

Liturgy It is relatively easy for us to roster someone to go and gather palm leaves to spread in the church today. And we can easily find music and a few good words to help us to remember and re-enact Palm Sunday. But what if Jesus arrived inviting us to really lay down something important to us to acknowledge his […]

Liturgy We gather today, O Lord of Life, seeking fullness. Not the fullness our world offers, but fullness that comes from you. We spend so much of our lives on things that do not count. Things that promise much and give little. Help us now…today, to find fulfillment in your love, may we discover all you have to give, and […]

Liturgy We believe in God whose essence is love: seeking, holding, challenging, creating in us. We see God in the gentle touch of a friend, in the hospitality of strangers, on streets and shopping centers, tenements and parks; We believe that God holds our world in love. We believe in Jesus whose essence is life: living, laughing, loving, winning our […]

Liturgy The table of Jesus is our place of gathering. Here, you are welcomed, wanted, loved. Here, there is a place set for you. So come all you who are hungry, all you who hunger for the bread of life, all you whose souls cry out for healing. Come all you who are weary, all you who are bowed down […]

Liturgy Christ Jesus, may we follow you on the pilgrim way of Lent. May we journey with you into the wilderness, willing to move beyond the ordinary, so that we can discover your unexpected sacred places in our world. Christ Jesus, may we wash our hands and purify our hearts, learning to thirst after righteousness and hunger after justice. May […]