I am so grateful to have Sheri leading our Social Justice team! We had a great turnout, with over a dozen participants. Thanks to everyone for showing up! I want to share the concerns and ideas that were expressed during the meeting that will help us find a focus as we move forward: There is…

Teach us to look for you By Fr. Austin Fleming This prayer was written to accompany the Advent hymn “People, Look East,” #226 in Singing the Living Tradition. Spirit of the Living God,turn our faces to the East to look for your presence.Turn our faces in any and every directionfrom which you draw near to…

Ernest Hemingway once said: In our darkest moments, we don’t need solutions or advice. What we yearn for is simply human connection—a quiet presence, a gentle touch. These small gestures are the anchors that hold us steady when life feels like too much. Please don’t try to fix me. Don’t take on my pain or…

The practice of repair can look like a lot of things–from learning how to repair our personal relationships to social justice movements that demand the dismantling of oppressive systems. Nick shared with me a news story that he thought spoke to the practice of repair on many levels. It’s about the un-damming of the Klamath…

I often have to leave out many of the inspirational words that I find each week and want to incorporate into a worship service. But isn’t it something to be grateful for, that so many people throughout the ages and throughout the world, have written words that can lure us down the path to healing…

Feeling is revolutionary, a disruption of the status quo. Though it feels personal and happens in our bodies, it doesn’t need to be a solitary action. Feeling and connection bring us into the world and into relationship with one another. Some things seem too big to be felt alone because they are. They require the…