Join Me In a Time of Rest
Link to Service I want to begin by expression my gratitude to this community for affording me the opportunity to take time off over the coming weeks as Sabbatical time. I know it is a great privilege and I truly appreciate it. Some ministers have elaborate plans about how they will spend their times, but […]
Be With Us When We are Fearful
Link to Service “Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil” I lift up my eyes to the hills—from where will my help come? My help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth. God will not let your foot be moved; God who keeps you will not slumber… The Lord will […]
For Whom Shall We Pray?
Link to Service “Give us this day our daily bread” Are any among you suffering? They should pray. Are any cheerful? They should sing songs of praise. Are any among you sick? They should call for the elders of the church and have them pray over them, anointing them with oil in the name of […]
Jesus and the Kingdom
Link to Service “Thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven” For if a person with gold rings and in fine clothes comes into your assembly, and if a poor person in dirty clothes also comes in, and if you take notice of the one wearing the fine clothes […]
Just Be
Link to Service Welcome: “Jesus had a rich prayer life. Whether it was public prayers and blessings or private prayers on the mountain or in the garden, praying was an important part of his ministry and life. Sometimes prayer can be a bit abstract for us. We may not be sure about how best to […]
Where is the Spirit?
Link to Service How many of you enjoy celebrating your birthday these days? I think we can all appreciate what a privilege it is to continue to have birthdays to celebrate. We can complain about our lack of sleep (me!) or aches and pains, but we do realize how very lucky we are. Birthdays […]
Mother’s Day
Link to Service Most, if not all of us, have been raised in churches that spoke exclusively about God as father. This is the language that has been passed to us through from centuries of tradition that named God in this way. While Jesus taught us to pray to God as father, we remember that […]
Reflections on Joy
Link to Service The Easter Season is meant to be a joyful time for us as Christians and springtime also brings many joys to be savored that echo the beauty of new life as we watch the play of colors begin to emerge in our gardens and flowering trees as well as listen to […]
Let My Love Open the Door
Link to Service Today, our readings evoke the beautiful imagery of the Good Shepherd, both through our Call to Worship which echoes the language of Psalm 23 and from our reading in the passage from 1 John. We know that this idea of a Good Shepherd was one that would have truly resonated with […]
The Emmaus Moment
Link to Service Luke 24:13-35 We Had Hoped… “And their eyes were opened and they recognized him in the breaking of the bread.” Luke’s reading today is a favorite among the Resurrection Stories of Jesus. There were about ten encounters with Jesus after the Resurrection. Of course, they became important over time to believers. […]