I’m thinking about our values of love, connection, and transformation this week ahead of our missioning workshop. How do we connect these values to our theologies? How will we align our theologies, values, and mission statement? Let me offer you two theological perspectives that I’ve been pondering recently. First, we create God (the holy, the…

Of ancient dreams we are the sum; our bones link stone to star, and bind our future worlds to come with worlds that were and are. — Hymn #175 “We Celebrate the Web of Life”, words by Alicia S. Carpenter I wondered a couple weeks ago about what it is all of you hold in…

Have you ever read something and wondered “where has this been my whole life and why is this hidden in the depths of the internet?”. I just did. I have long revered the mysterious workings of the universe and have tried to understand it from a scientific perspective so I can embrace and articulate a…

What Do You Revere? I need your help! I want to know what you think and how you feel! This month’s worship theme is “Reverence”. And I’m wondering: What do you revere? How do you show reverence? I love to hear thoughts from all of you. I often have much reverence for the stories and…

Balance: Holding the Discomfort Sometimes, we learn truths that are uncomfortable. And often, we don’t know what to do with those truths. Denial seems to be the most comfortable place to go. Denial means not having to change our frame of reference and make changes. But those truths can still live on in our hearts…

Balance: Autumn Equinox We are approaching the Autumn Equinox, that time of year when our day is divided into equal parts light and dark. It’s a balance, so to speak (and the reason I chose this for our Monthly Worship Theme), and it offers a time for us to reflect on how we’re doing in…