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Mission Statement:
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.**
Category Archives: Messages
The Perfect Vineyard and the Sucker
As disciples of Jesus we start to include the disenfranchised, to raise up those who have been beaten down and seek justice for all who have been treated inhumanly or unfairly. At the same time, we strive for equity where … Continue reading →
Hosea 11 a remarkable passage
. . . these recent events present us with what someone called “a molten moment”, an opportunity to make faith relevant when the world feels off its chain. Hosea 11 is a remarkable passage in the Hebrew Bible, actually … Continue reading →
Hedging Spiritual Bets
Ahab holds the reputation of being the worst king of Israel, ever, primarily because of his choice in women. He married that Jezebel, Jezebel. Jezebel’s marriage to Ahab was a political alliance. Her father is king of the Phoenicians. The … Continue reading →
“When God Is My King”
What do you think? Are Thoreau, John Stuart Mill and Immanuel Kant right. Do persons need to be left free to make their own choices, even if these choices are considered reckless, stupid or otherwise ‘bad’ choices by others? Do … Continue reading →
The Conclusion of the Book of Ruth
God needs people like Boaz who can see beyond the requirements of the law and grasps the importance of grace. Some people need human redeemers, who see their worth and importance in God’s great scheme of things. And we too … Continue reading →
The Beginning of the Book of Ruth
…every so often, when the Judge God raises up actually does their job justice can be found for those in the worst situation imaginable, even the wife of a skin flint like Elimelech who had no charity in his heart. … Continue reading →
The Ten Commandments
The Family Research Council reported that only 14% of Americans ‘can accurately name all ten yet 78% of Americans are in favor of public displays of the Commandments but cannot name them. Consequently, the greatest tragedy is not that the … Continue reading →
Change in Administration
“Now a new king arose over Egypt, who did not know Joseph.” Anxiety from the top levels of government about immigrant labor foments fear and results in oppression… We recall how the sons of Jacob and Rachel migrated to Egypt. Their eleventh … Continue reading →
Wrestling Match
No longer the supplanter, the heel grabber, reborn with a new sense of being and a new name to go with it, Israel… He is the one who struggles with God and prevails, the father a great nation. Imagine, struggling … Continue reading →
Gideon
Something about that story intrigues me. The ranks of the available personnel was whittled away. Twenty-two thousand warriors are released from duty leaving only a relatively small remnant. And interestingly enough that was God’s will. Ferreting out what God has … Continue reading →
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