PRESENCE and GUIDANCE
Through the ages, especially in times of difficulty, people have sought after God’s presence and guidance. Each week in this series, we will be reflecting on a different Bible passage, as we seek a deeper understanding of God’s presence and guidance in our lives during this time. We invite you to join us.
January 25, 2021
In today’s message, we reflect on the ways that the two sections of the 10 Commandments – to attend lovingly to God and to attend lovingly to our neighbors, combined with a regular day of Sabbath rest, every seven days – provide us with a much-needed point of focus, and sense of balance, in our times.
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January 18, 2021
On this Martin Luther King, Jr., holiday, today’s message reflects on “the beloved community,” a concept that was important in Dr. King’s witness and ministry. We reflect on its importance in our own lives, and on the central role that nonviolence plays in our shared work towards the beloved community.
January 11, 2021
January 4, 2021
December 21, 2020
December 14, 2020
December 7, 2020
November 30, 2020
November 23, 2020
November 16, 2020
November 9, 2020
November 2, 2020
October 26, 2020
October 19, 2020 – All the Roots Grow Deeper When It’s Dry
October 12, 2020 – The Indwelling of the Holy Spirit
October 5, 2020 – Calm in the Storm
September 28, 2020
September 21, 2020
September 14, 2020
September 7, 2020
August 24, 2020
August 17, 2020
August 10, 2020
August 3, 2020
July 27, 2020
July 20, 2020
July 13, 2020
July 6, 2020
June 29, 2020
June 22, 2020
June 15, 2020
Spirituality and social justice are connected. Spirituality is never disconnected from our relationships with other people. Jesus teaches us that how we love God is intimately related to how we love our neighbors. It’s all connected.
June 8, 2020
June 1, 2020
Healthy spirituality is always honest spirituality – honest about what’s going on in our lives. When it feels as though the losses are piling up around us, we need to grieve those losses. But many of us don’t really know how to do that, and we may even think that we’re not supposed to get sad. The Bible can help us with this, with the biblical practice of lamentation.
May 25, 2020
May 18, 2020
Separated, But Still the Church – 1 Thessalonians 2:17
One of the really tough things about this time is being separated and distant from those we care about. In today’s Monday Message, we’ll take a look at one of the passages from the New Testament when the Apostle Paul was separated from people in the churches he helped to start, but that didn’t keep them from being the church. The same holds true for us today. We are separated, but we are still engaged in the mission of the church.
May 11, 2020
Today we’re looking at a little text that can sometimes get overlooked – Mark 3:13-16. It teaches us how the simple act of ‘being with Jesus’ makes the rest of our work and ministry possible. Being with Jesus may be ‘simple,’ but it can be so easy to skip over!”
May 4, 2020
April 27, 2020
When You Walk Through Fire – Isaiah 43:1-3
Today we are looking at Isaiah 43:1-3, where God addresses people living through a time of exile with words of redemption.
April 20, 2020
April 13, 2020
April 6, 2020
March 30, 2020