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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
Got Chutzpah?
Like snow melt filling the ponds and streams and then the tributaries of mighty rivers, the demands of God’s kingdom continue to grow. And the ice dams, like that that held back the Missoula flood for untold years, will break … Continue reading →
Voices of the Spirit
Today’s texts Ezekiel 2:1-7; 2 Corinthians 12:2-10; Mark 6:1-13 present three examples of individuals called out and then sent out by God to speak to their communities. One thing we learn is that the quality of a gospel proclamation cannot … Continue reading →
Hesed
Lament happens when we experience suffering that seems inconsistent with God’s hesed, when the door to God’s presence seems locked and barred from the inside. When circumstances cause us to question God’s hesed, we invariably reach out through lament. And … Continue reading →
Don’t Just Lie There. Bail!
Of course you heard about Continental’s flight #61 that arrived in Newark Thursday morning from Brussels, a flight on which the pilot died. Can you imagine your stress level had you been that young co-pilot as he took into his … Continue reading →
Seeds, Weeds and the Kingdom
We struggle with the question of how it was that what Jesus had to say was so upsetting to the leadership of the Judaism. It is hard for us to imagine the challenges these people heard in what Jesus shared. … Continue reading →
Being Rather Than Doing
Debra Murphy of the Ekklesia Project in writing to clergy persons trained and able to elucidate the fine distinctions between, say, Augustine and Origen or Moltmann and Marshall suggests that they may not be up on the latest treatise on … Continue reading →
“Oh, No”.
Text: Acts 2: 1-21: Pentecost Kate Huey wrote of our story from the Acts of the Apostles: it must have felt like creation all over again, with wind and fire, and something new bursting forth. Then there was … Continue reading →
“Stay”
Ascension Sunday Title: “Stay!” Text: John 17: 11And now I am no longer in the world,…. Friendswood Lumber and Hardware was the first real job I ever had. Gene Greathouse ran the business, ordering hardware and doing “take … Continue reading →
Disturbed Disciples
Disturb us, Lord, when we are too well-pleased with ourselves, When our dreams have come true because we dreamed too little, When we arrived safely because we sailed too close to the shore. Disturb us Lord, when with … Continue reading →
Good Shepherd
There is a presentation of Jesus found in the longer biblical context of Jesus’ healing the man born blind that has become iconic. The event itself ignited a major confrontation between the man and the religious and political shepherds … Continue reading →
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