In the early church a complaint arose as it does when human beings worship together.With the Holy Spirit’s guidance the people came to an agreement. Striving to be one people, they chose participation in God’s expanding love in the world.…
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Lead Us and Give Us Patience
Come, Holy Spirit. Empower us. Show us the way. Lead us out of this time of uncertainty, anxiety, and fear. Be with us as we worship. Move us to patience. Move us forward in our sense of call as followers…
Waiting to Be Empowered
After the drama, we wait.We wait in a time of uncertainty. Is this the time when the vaccination for the coronavirus will come?Wait, the scientists are working. When is the time when we can get back to normal?Wait, it will…
Sharing the Alighted Flame
Confession of Sin When we receive the flames of love and fail to share it. God, have mercy. When we share our gifts with those like us forgetting the poor and oppressed and imprisoned. God, have mercy. When we let…
The Fast We Have Chosen
Suddenly a sound from heaven like the howling of a fierce wind filled the entire house… (Acts 2:2 CEB) A flame…
Posted in Acts, Acts 2, Acts 2:1-4, Acts 2:42-44, 47a, Call to Worship, Isaiah, Isaiah 58, Isaiah 58:6, Luke, Luke 10, Luke 10, Luke 10:37, New Testament, Old Testament
Listen! Do You Perceive It?
Listen! Do you perceive it? That’s God calling to us. Let us choose to respond together in true community. We are just ordinary people filled with flaws and imperfections. Yet we are God’s chosen instruments. In worship and our actions,…
Journey to Damascus
Wherever we are in along the road… God sojourns alongside us. In our confusion and our distress, in our joy and excitement… God feels our emotions with us. In our fragmented world, so desperately in need of hope and healing……
Tagged with: Calling of Paul, change, expansive love, narrative lectionary, Saul, transformation
Posted in Acts, Acts 9, Acts 9:1-19, Call to Worship, Uncategorized
Posted in Acts, Acts 9, Acts 9:1-19, Call to Worship, Uncategorized
Lustrous & Worthy
Call to Worship Acts 2:1-4 When Pentecost Day arrived, they were all together in one place. Suddenly a sound from heaven like the howling of a fierce wind filled the entire house where they were sitting. They saw what…
Posted in Acts, Acts 2, Acts 2:1-4, Call to Worship, Hildegard of Bingen, Invocation, New Testament, Words of Wisdom
Loving Hour to Hour
Call to Worship Acts 2:42-44, 47a The believers devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching, to the community, to their shared meals, and to their prayers. A sense of awe came over everyone. God…
Tagged with: community
Posted in Acts, Acts 2, Acts 2:42-44, 47a, Call to Worship, Invocation, New Testament
Posted in Acts, Acts 2, Acts 2:42-44, 47a, Call to Worship, Invocation, New Testament
The Wind at Our Backs
The wind at our backs, we entered Jerusalem. Only to watch him die on the cross. It spiraled so quickly. Trial. Torture. Crucifixion. Death. But on the third day the breath of God blew new life into our futures. Forty…
Tagged with: Eastertide
Posted in Acts, Acts 2, Acts 2:1-15, Acts 2:1-4, Call to Worship, Eastertide, Invocation, New Testament, Pentecost
Posted in Acts, Acts 2, Acts 2:1-15, Acts 2:1-4, Call to Worship, Eastertide, Invocation, New Testament, Pentecost
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