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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
Tests and Temptations
The Devil once came dejected before God and wailed, “Almighty God – I want you to know that I am bored – bored to tears! I go around doing nothing all day long. There isn’t a stitch of work for … Continue reading →
I Promise
Wow – Elder’s Retreat, President’s Day, Chinese New Year, the beginning of Lent and Valentines Day – all coming together. It is mind boggling and particularly difficult to find a place to wade in for our time of worship this … Continue reading →
Lavish Beyond Measure
“Prayers are helpful,” A. J. Jacobs offers. “They remind me that the food didn’t spontaneously generate in my fridge. They make me feel more connected, more grateful, more grounded, more aware of my place in this complicated hummus cycle. They … Continue reading →
What Makes God Happy
The Westminster Shorter Catechism asks “What is the chief end of man?” The answer: “Man’s chief end is to glorify God, and to enjoy him forever.” Something about that is unsatisfying to my mind. Our chief end is to glorify … Continue reading →
2010 Week of Prayer for Christian Unity
Connecting the missionary enterprise and the desire for Christian unity is not an easy one for everyone to make. It was for practical reasons that the need for Christian unity was first raised by missionaries. Often it was simply the … Continue reading →
Shalom
There is probably no better place to begin looking at the meaning of peace than the great Aaronic blessing found in Numbers 6:24-26: The Lord bless you and keep you. The Lord make His face shine upon you and be … Continue reading →
Do we need a clock in the Meeting Room?
In Quaker tradition, especially among unprogrammed Friends, bringing a meeting for worship to a close falls to the Clerk of Meeting who wordlessly turns, when it seems appropriate, to shake the hand of one sitting near them. In some Meetings … Continue reading →
Family Life
This passage was never intended to be a morality tale to teach children how to behave. Nor was it a hand book for child raising. This Jesus whose parentage was unusual to say the least and the circumstances of whose … Continue reading →
Advent 2009 Week Four Day Four
Advent hope arises and becomes strong not by abstract discussions of the meaning of justice or even by clear visions of the type of reforms that are needed but by solidarity with the victims of the injustice by which some … Continue reading →
Week Four Day Three
The Magnificat is a song of joy for being chosen to bear the Messiah. But it also expresses another sort of joy: ‘He Has Brought down the Powerful from their Thrones, and Lifted up the Lowly’. The hopes of the … Continue reading →
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