Imprisoned, Paul would be without food gifts from outside its walls. The Philippian church held him in their hearts and shared God’s grace with him in his imprisonment. Imprisoned, Paul kept focused on sharing the Good News with those around…
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Rejoicing in Prison
Tagged with: Paul, perseverance
Posted in Philippians, Philippians 1, Philippians 1:1-18, Uncategorized
Posted in Philippians, Philippians 1, Philippians 1:1-18, Uncategorized
Miraculous & Mysterious Things
The stone was rolled away. Jesus said to her, “Mary.” She turned and said to him in Aramaic, Rabbouni” (which means Teacher). (John 20:16 CEB) Mary was in the presence of the transforming Jesus. Mary Magdalene left and announced to…
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
The Continuously Creating Love
Creating One, in all your magnificence you are changing and adapting in relationship with us and all of creation. We see this in your great rivers which change courses in response to cliffs. We see this in the chameleon’s adaptive…
Tagged with: cisgender, creating, creation, Genesis, God, Greatest Commandment, image of God, imago dei, transformation, transgender
Posted in Prayers, Uncategorized
Posted in Prayers, Uncategorized
Palm/Passion Sunday Liturgy (Journey)
Prelude Welcome Invocation responsive In this very room, we feel your divine breath that blew across the waters. You move in and out of our lungs. You seek to touch our hearts and minds, awaiting our response to your boundless…
Invocation: Alpha & Omega
Invocation responsive In this very room, we feel your divine breath that blew across the waters. You move in and out of our lungs. You seek to touch our hearts and minds, awaiting our response to your boundless love and…
Palms to Crucifixion
Call to Worship responsive In the beginning, God took dust of the earth, and breathed us to life. Repeatedly, God called to our ancestors, “Return to my ways.” Confident in us, God adapted and created, new ways to reach us.…
Leave & Turn
Leave your homes. Leave your worries. Let go of blame and hostility. Set them down, & focus on the Source of all love & justice. We turn in this hour to the Source of life, the essence of our existence.…
Confession of the Sin of Blaming Pilate, Temple Leaders, & Everyone Else
*Confession of Sins & Assurance of Grace We fear new ways. We fear giving up the status quo. And Pilate has Jesus whipped. Open our eyes, Lord. Open our eyes, Lord. We think we know best. We reinterpret what your…
Tagged with: Holy Week, narrative lectionary, Passion, Trial of Jesus
Posted in Confession of Sin & Assurance, John, John 19, John 19:1-16a, Uncategorized
Posted in Confession of Sin & Assurance, John, John 19, John 19:1-16a, Uncategorized
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