Glimpses of renewal are bits of the Kingdom of Heaven glimmering here and now. It’s just a matter of paying attention to what’s happening around you, in creation, in and between people. In the Gospel of Matthew, Jesus uses metaphor and parable to tell us what the Kingdom of heaven looks like. “The kingdom of […]
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Jesus invites us to come to Him & take a real rest. In his presence we’ll learn the unforced rhythms of grace.* Together, Alone is a guided group retreat into solitude and silence. This retreat is designed to be an extended time for being with and listening to God in a space where you are […]
redefining women’s retreat
Ten women spent last weekend together in a backwoods bnb rental with the most rusty well water ever. Why? We shared a desire for soul-level renewal, for laughter and light-hearted shenanigans, for a time to be fully honest about how we’re really doing. There was very little structure in order to make space for real […]
On The Way
Sermon preached Sunday, August 8, 2021 at Ypsilanti Free Methodist ChurchAudio recording available here We are in the middle of a fantastic series called The Table, where we’ve been exploring how to follow in the way of Jesus by practicing hospitality. This is one of my absolute favorite topics to learn and read about, to […]
A Service of Shadows
Good Friday 2021 Download the free Zoom app and click this link on Friday a little before 7pm: http://bit.ly/3tdDqpt OR you can call in from your phone (even a landline! Remember those?) Dial this number 646-558-8656 and enter this Meeting ID: Meeting ID: 816 9025 417 Passcode: 923188 If you dial in and need to un-mute […]
Not my will
On this final week of Advent, we are invited to be a silent participant in the annunciation, the story of Gabriel’s visit to Mary announcing that she would conceive and bear the Son of God. I want us to pay close attention to Mary’s response to this life-altering news and invite us to consider how […]
Creation Care
Rev. Barbara Brown Taylor writes, This land that gives us our food, our water; these trees that clean the air for us to breathe; all these green and growing things that bless our bodies with their beauty – these are not resources. They are fellow creatures, with their own rights and responsibilities before God. They […]
Blessing when you want to Curse
The refrains of our community right now are filled with sounds of sadness and loss, anger and disappointment. These melodies are dark and deep, aren’t they? The reasons for the heaviness of our hearts are many, not the least of which are an unbelievably stressful election season, the seventh month of isolation in a pandemic, […]
How fasting can dismantle our fear
Can I suggest one of the reasons humanity is so prone to perpetuating systems of injustice is due to our fear? It is fear keeping us from prioritizing someone else’s needs above our own, concerned about having our needs neglected. It is fear that keeps us hoarding our resources – our money, our food, our […]
How your vote can help build God’s Kingdom
Our spiritual formation – our being transformed into the image of Jesus – has three essential spheres: personal, corporate, and social. How painfully challenging is this word from the late Robert Mulholland? “Corporate spirituality will wither on the vine if it does not reach out into the world.” So here we are talking a lot […]