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Our purpose is encouraging, loving, and supporting a diverse group of people who gather to deepen their experience of the inner light of God. We direct this inner light outward in service to others to share the love of Christ.
**Following the teachings of the Living Christ, we are an open, loving, and affirming community.
We believe that God’s Light is inherent within all people. There are no exceptions.**
Author Archives: maggiemax15
Waiting
Paul Tillich wrote: “I think of the theologian who does not wait for God, because he believes that he possesses God, enclosed within a doctrine. I think of the Biblical student who does not wait for God, because he believes … Continue reading →
Mose’s Do Over
A picture recently posted on Facebook was a proverbial thousand word illustration that only included three words – twice the word true was used and once the word truth. It was a picture of a cylinder suspended between two bright … Continue reading →
Certain Individuals
I find it fascinating that the translation of Luke’s words into English identifies those who made up the group to check out the rumor were ‘certain individuals’. Certainty seems to have the effect of closing the door to consideration of … Continue reading →
The Fear of the Lord
There’s a fascinating concept in traditional Quaker lore that described the work of the Holy Spirit. It speaks of the Spirits ‘Terror and Power’. When, as Jesus promised, Christ’s Spirit invades a person’s life the first thing to happen is … Continue reading →
Psalm 146 What God Cares About
You’d think you were reading Amos or Jeremiah. According to Abraham Heschel, Israel’s prophets are those whose ‘life and soul are at stake in what they say about the mystery of God’s relation to humanity. We think of them as … Continue reading →
Psalm 40 A New Song
…we wait in traffic, wait for things to get better, or wait in the waiting room. We are no good at waiting. We want to get moving, we can’t bear wasting time, and the clock is ticking while we just … Continue reading →
Psalm 27 A Psalm of Trust
Worship on Sunday, June 21st, Father’s Day, became focused the attack by a young, self proclaimed, white supremacist on the participants of a Bible Study in an African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, S.C. The message from Psalm 27, which follows, … Continue reading →
I’m Drowning Here…and you’re describing the water.
This Psalm and its’ prayers help us give voice to the deepest expressions of human pain, crisis and doubt. But it does so in a way that claims the promise of God’s presence in the middle of our suffering … Continue reading →
Paying Close Attention to that of which God Pays Close Attention
“We need to pay close attention to the things to which God pays close attention.” Psalm 113 1Praise the Lord! Praise, O servants of the Lord; praise the name of the Lord. 2Blessed be the name of the Lord from this time on and … Continue reading →
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Owning One Another’s Ministries and Passions Psalm One
Sharing Our Ministries and Our Passions Lois Kieffaber and Linda Tuinstra Spokane Community Mental Health Chaplaincy “People with mental illness are just like us, only more so.” There are three parts to the program: To organize a congregational mental health … Continue reading →
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