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We are exploring fresh expressions of a Jesus-shaped life. We tell stories, craft liturgies, write songs, and listen to diverse voices. Aware of the spiritual trauma many carry, we offer these resources humbly, not as truth with a capital “T”, but as reflections of our own journeys.
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We follow the liturgical calendar–Advent, Christmas, Epiphany, Lent, Easter, Eastertide, Pentecost, Ordinary Time, and within Ordinary Time, the Season of Creation. As we make this annual journey, the scriptures and themes interface with what is unfolding both within our community and the world around us. Invariably, the Spirit shows up. Our sermon series, blogs, and home grown liturgies are designed around these seasons yet are also infused with the presence of a God who faithfully feeds us and loves us.
Curiosity, wondering, questions, and storytelling are vehicles for our growth. We find our way, together.
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Belonging emerges out of Grief
Richard Rohr compares the flow of love within the Trinity to the rise and fall of tides on a shore — the outflow of love generates an eternal infolding. I like that. In fact, the German word for Trinity, Dreifaltigkeit, literally means “the three infoldings.” I also...
Out of Uncertainty Emerges Comfort
As I sit with Sunday’s passage, John 14:1–14, I notice these poignant lines that speak to the existential ache and beauty of being human: “Don’t let your hearts be troubled.” “I go and prepare a place for you.” “I will come back and take you to be with me.” “How can...
Letting our Creatureliness Emerge
This past Sunday was Good Seed Sunday. Those of us who made it gathered at A Rocha and made our way down to the lower fields with farmer Carly, who led us in transplanting tomato plants out of pots and into the soil. We all worked together: some of us laid out the...
Deep Knowing Emerges out of Listening
This week, our text is Luke 24:13–35. The disciples are on their way to Emmaus—on a physical journey, in process, not having arrived. They are emotionally on the way as well, downcast and troubled after watching Jesus crucified while hearing rumours of his...
Consolation Emerges Within Fear
Verbs have been our wise guides this year. “Stop, Look, and Listen” grew our awareness of God’s manifestation in Epiphany. “Ground” helped us sink our roots into Jesus so we could tell each other something good. Now, in Eastertide, the verb “emerge” keeps us on our...