What is Divine goodness inviting us into? On the fourth Sunday of Easter, giving his last homily as a pastor at Vox, Weylin Lee recalls moments of Divine goodness through the restoration of contemplation, comfort through solidarity, and mercy through nonviolence. ...
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...
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...
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...
Liturgy We come to you LordArms outstretched in praiseHands clenched in frustrationJesus you were always an outsider, isolatedFor those that feel disconnected,We pray a sense of home and belongingFor those that are lonely,Who feel like they haven’t found their kinThe...
How might we put our nonviolent resistance into words? On Palm Sunday, Gena St. David draws inspiration from both the nonviolent example of Jesus and the nonviolent practice during the civil rights era on how we might resist dehumanizing evil and injustice. [Luke...
Liturgy Smoke from past lives hangs heavy about the city,Blown in from the West, ash covers up the sun.Where can we look to the future if we cannot see Heaven?How can we discern our next step when our past clouds the path before us?Pull us closer to our future, Oh...
How might some of our unquestioned core beliefs keep us from growing in the Life of Christ? On the fifth Sunday of Lent, Christopher Mack wonders how we might jump off the treadmill of unfulfilled dreams and imagine what arrival at purpose and belonging in the Life of...
Liturgy God of Sarah and Rebekah, Rachel and Leah,you are the God of our ancestors in the faith.But you are Lordof both the old and the new.While we sleep, you refill your merciesso we wake to fresh stores in the morning:our wrongdoing washed clean,the possibilitythat...
How does being made new connect with peacemaking? On the fourth Sunday of Lent, Vanessa Maleare considers what is required for healthy new growth in our lives and community. [2 Corinthians 5] How am I still being made new (i.e. growing)? How can I be my unique self...