This is holy ground. Remove your shoes, bare your soul. Simply “be” before your God. The vulnerability frightens us. We want to cover ourselves. We want to hide. You are worthy. You are lovable and loved. You are capable and…
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Holy Vulnerability
Tagged with: God, vulnerability
Posted in 3:1-15, Call to Worship, Exodus, Exodus 2:23-25; 3:10-15; 4:10-17, Exodus 3, narrative lectionary, Old Testament, Uncategorized
Posted in 3:1-15, Call to Worship, Exodus, Exodus 2:23-25; 3:10-15; 4:10-17, Exodus 3, narrative lectionary, Old Testament, Uncategorized
Call to Worship: When God Imagined Me
In the midst of darkness & chaos… God imagined. In the fury & darkness… God imagined a world filled with trees, and blue skies and fluffy white clouds. In the meadow, God stood and… imagined foxes, bluebirds, and slithering snakes.…
Posted in Call to Worship, Genesis, Genesis 1, Genesis 1-2, Genesis 1-2:1, Old Testament, Uncategorized
An Ash Wednesday Liturgy
Prelude *Call to Worship …
Offering Invitation: Eye on the Sparrow
Keep your eye on the sparrow! Keep your focus on God’s unfolding realm on earth. Keep your heart open allowing it to spill all over everyone you meet. If you have a financial offering, place it in the plate but…
Tagged with: eye on the sparrow, realm of God
Posted in Invitation to Offering, Offering, Uncategorized
Posted in Invitation to Offering, Offering, Uncategorized
Spirit of the Ages
Come and worship! We will praise the One between, within, and over. Trust in the One who co-creates the was, the now, and the will-be. Our hope is in the One who creates expansive love calling us to do the…
A Prayer for the Snowbound
When the troubles come, and we struggle just to connect… When we yearn for movement, and we are snowed in so deep… When the simple, has become a chore… We rightly cry out to you, “Enough! Stop it! Why me?”…
Tagged with: overwhelmed, snow, snowbound
Posted in for homebound, Homebound, Prayers, Uncategorized
Posted in for homebound, Homebound, Prayers, Uncategorized
“Return!”
*Call to Worship/Lighting of Wreath (Peace) Long ago, when the people had turned to idols and demagogues for answers… God sent a prophet. “Return!” calls the Lord. When evil and sin ruled the day, when the people had forgotten God’s covenant…
Tagged with: Advent Peace, narrative lectionary, peace
Posted in Advent, Advent Candle of Peace, Call to Worship, Joel, Joel 2:12-13, 28-29, Old Testament, Seasons of the Church, Uncategorized
Posted in Advent, Advent Candle of Peace, Call to Worship, Joel, Joel 2:12-13, 28-29, Old Testament, Seasons of the Church, Uncategorized
Open Your Eyes
*Call to Worship Open your eyes to, the shadows and substance. Open yourselves to, the hope and promise. Open our eyes to the wonder and mystery that is God. ___ Suggested opening…
And we run.
*Prayer of Confession responsive You call, God. And we run. You point, God. And we go the other way. We hide from you, God. And you seek us out. We get angry at you, God. And you wait patiently. We…
Tagged with: Jonah & the Big Fish, Jonah & the Whale, narrative lectionary
Posted in Confession of Sin & Assurance, Jonah, Jonah 3:10-4:11, Old Testament, Uncategorized
Posted in Confession of Sin & Assurance, Jonah, Jonah 3:10-4:11, Old Testament, Uncategorized
Run! Run as Fast As You Can!
“Run! Run as fast as you can, you can’t catch me I’m the gingerbread man!” When I was a kid that was the taunt we’d use while playing tag. I thought about that while reading Jonah this week. God asks him…
Tagged with: Jonah & the Big Fish, Jonah & the Whale, narrative lectionary, whale
Posted in 1 Corinthians, 1 Corinthians 12, 1 Corinthians 12:4-10, Jonah, Old Testament, Uncategorized
Posted in 1 Corinthians, 1 Corinthians 12, 1 Corinthians 12:4-10, Jonah, Old Testament, Uncategorized
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