July 14-27, 2021
Last week I attended my first ever virtual MennoCon (Mennonite Church USA Convention). I’ve been going regularly to MennoCon since 2001, and while it was sad not to be in person, I was really grateful to be able to join virtually this year. Events began last Tuesday evening with worship and I enjoyed tuning into […]
Read postJuly 7-13, 2021
Sowing seeds of hope amid despair. This is where the Saint Francis Peace Prayer invites us next, after sowing seeds of faith amid doubt. HOPE was my 2020 ‘star word,’ given to me before COVID-19 changed us. You might remember Paul writing at the very end of his ‘love poem’ in I Corinthians 13: “But […]
Read postJune 30-July 6, 2021
O Lord and Divine Master, make me an instrument of your peace … where there is doubt, [let me sow] faith. This line of the St Francis Peace Prayer is our focus this week, leading us into worship this coming Sunday (July 4). As we cultivate life with God for the world, we practice sowing […]
Read postJune 15-29, 2021
“Lead us in the way of surrender” was our prayer this past Sunday in response to Jesus’ beatitude: “Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.” Mark Scandrette (https://ninefoldpath.org/ ) is the author I’ve been resourcing for these prayers and accompanying body postures. The posture accompanying this […]
Read postJune 2-15, 2021
Talking about trust in God is a tricky thing, and it feels especially fraught in these days. This prompts me to follow up my sermon from Sunday with a ‘few!’ more clarifying thoughts… 😊 We’re still reeling from a global pandemic that has not ended. As Heidi Unruh noted before leading us in reading Psalm […]
Read postMay 26 – June 1, 2021
What are you willing to change so that you and/or your church can better embody and share the love of Jesus? What are you not willing to change? How can we better disciple and invite others to join with us in orienting all of life toward the radical love of Jesus? These are some of […]
Read postMay 19-25, 2021
Often when I arrive at the church and walk through the parking lot I remember with gratitude the beautiful Easter worship service many of us shared together at the beginning of April. For some, it was your first time back to the physical church building. It brought joy to my heart to see many of […]
Read postMay 11-18, 2021
“With God for the world.” This is one way M. Robert Muholland, Jr. describes the spiritual journey in his book The Deeper Journey: The Spirituality of Discovering Your True Self. This is a book I read during Lent, and I keep quoting it because it really had an impact on me!! “With God for the […]
Read postMay 5-11, 2021
The good news of God is a simple message but it is also complex. Our journeys through Luke this Lenten season have highlighted this truth. As we get closer to Pentecost, we are reminded that we are empowered by the Spirit of God to be the sharers of God’s good news. My favorite way of […]
Read postApril 27 – May 4, 2021
This past Sunday I shared a lament, a blog post written by Cyneatha Millsaps (pastor at Prairie Street Mennonite Church and Executive Director of Mennonite Women USA). She speaks vividly from her heart about her conflicted feelings about Derek Chauvin’s guilty verdict because of her experience as an African American woman with our criminal justice […]
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