Discernment – May 22, 2023
“We carry the treasure in earthenware vessels. The Word we say we heard is always subject to questioning, always to tested within the fellowship and confirmed or denied by those among us who have the gift of distinguishing true spirits from false. When we become serious about prayer, we learn how important this gift is, […]
Between the Lines – Mar. 9, 2023
“But remembering is not our final task, for there are stories we will never find, no matter how many times we search the sacred texts. I think it was Marcia Falk who wrote, “What we cannot remember, we must imagine.” And so we read between the lines, listening beneath the layers of suppression and neglect […]
This Kind Moment – Dec. 22, 2022
The way the light falls through the windows. The sounds our silence makes when we come together like this. The sense we have of each other’s presence. The feeling in the air that one way or another we are all of us here to give each other our love, and to give God our […]
A Risen Life
In this Sunday’s gospel Jesus is posed a question about resurrection and the afterlife.* As he so often does with his answers, Jesus steers us to a much bigger understanding of God and our lives than we can ever comprehend. God is a Living God transcending all space and time, and we are forever marvelously […]
