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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
Resurrection: Not an Evidence Based Practice
Resurrection faith came slow to most of the disciples. But when it did come it changed everything. They recognized the incredible scope and enormous implications of the biblical witness that when God raised Jesus from the dead God was creating … Continue reading →
Celebrating the Messianic Banquet
Celebrate It was big show biz news this last week — Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher and Mark Hamill are returning for ‘Star Wars: Episode 7’. In how many of our memories resides the fantastic flight of Luke Skywalker, who with … Continue reading →
“For I Am The Servant…”
Psalm 143 When you take the time to study not so much the reign of David but David himself you come to see how, when it came to family relationships he was an abject failure. But it is no wonder … Continue reading →
Getting Beyond Bhat Sheva
Psalm 51 is a much loved Psalm. We especially revere a few specific verses. 10Create in me a clean heart, O God, and put a new and right spirit within me. 7Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be … Continue reading →
Psalm 38
Wouldn’t it be grand to have such a relationship with God that we’d dare be so bold as David: to remind God to be more gentle with us in God’s discipline; to remind God of God’s promise to not … Continue reading →
Psalm 32
As a preface to Paul’s love poem in 1st Corinthians he concludes chapter 12 declaring “I can show you a more excellent way”. Verse 8 of Psalm 32 says something very similar. “I will instruct you and teach you the … Continue reading →
A Prayer in Time of Trouble Psalm 6
A part of us clings to the naïve notion that God’s love for us is tied to our behavior: good behavior earns God’s love and acceptance; bad behavior means divine rejection. That’s a diabolical lie and the psalmist knows it! Finally, with eyes wide open, David readily admits his sin and begs God’s mercy anyway. Sin darkens human vision and alienates the soul from God, from self, and from others. Sin’s greatest danger is its ability to make us doubt God’s love and willingness to forgive. Continue reading →
What a Quaker Might Give Up For Lent…
Thinking about Ash Wednesday Yes, we are dust, but we are earthly dust, springing from a divine creative adventure. Dust is good. It is the place of fecundity, of moist dark soil. We are frail, but we are also … Continue reading →
Free Love From Its Hallmark Captivity!
Paul’s discussion about love isn’t sentimental. But what he says about love sounds a bit lofty, elevated, almost perfect. And that’s odd because he’s talking to a congregation that was arguing about food, about worship, about, well, everything. He stops … Continue reading →
Hometown Boy Does Good
I know. Christmas seems to have been a really long time ago. We’ve long since returned what we didn’t like, exchanged what didn’t fit, put away most of our decorations, discarded the wrapping paper and have gotten on with life. … Continue reading →
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