When a Thai boy’s soccer team was trapped deep in a cave for an unbelievable 18 days, meditation and their coach’s steady presence helped them survive. Lent is an invitation to focus on building that kind of resilience—not just for crisis, but for every day. How can we practice faith, grace, and connection in our…
What do you do by rote? What practices — spiritual or otherwise — have you flying largely on auto-pilot? Lent is the time to take a look of these, and maybe try doing them in a new way. Here’s Rev. Whitney’s sermon from Ash Wednesday.
The beauty and transformation that can happen in a so-called “mountain-top” experience is wonderful and needed, but we can’t stay there. How will we carry it forward? Listen to Rev. Whitney’s sermon from Transfiguration Sunday here.
These days, plenty of what Jesus asks of us feels like a pretty tall order… like loving our enemies, for example. In the midst of such division and vitriol, where do we start? One way might be by remembering that Christianity is a team sport, and we are not in this on our own. Listen…
When do blessings come? Where might we look for them, and how would we recognize them when the arrive? Here’s a hint: they often show up in the last places we might expect and also when we most need them — like in the middle of riptides. Listen to Rev. Whitney’s sermon from the 6th…
As the fishermen will soon learn, if they haven’t already, following Jesus is rarely about generalities, and almost always about specifics. They will follow him to particular houses, to distinct regions, to specific people in need, to real halls of power and the rulers who govern in them. The same is true of us. We…
What’s on your bucket list? Has it changed over time? What is on it — or what would you like to add to it — that might help you grow closer to God? Join Shannon for a wonderful tour through some of her more memorable bucket list items and a reflection on what the practice…
What type are you — leaving space for rainbows and unicorns or keeping careful calendars? It takes all of us, Rev. Whitney reminded us in her sermon this week.
Join Rev. Martha as she helps us begin to imagine the lavish, abundant generosity of our God — more than we can measure or ask for. Here’s her sermon from the 2nd Sunday after the Epiphany, remembering Jesus’ over-the-top grace shared at the Wedding at Cana (and instigated by his smart, bold mother!!).
In the Dead Sea, no matter how hard you try, you cannot sink. What would shift if we could trust that this is always true, that we are always held? Here is Rev. Liz’s sermon from this past Sunday, when we celebrated both the baptism of Christ, and also the baptisms of sweet Barrett and…