If we really understood our oneness with the earth, we might care for the planet better. If we really understood our oneness, we might treat each other differently. On World Communion Sunday, we remember we are one. We are so grateful to Joseph Helfrich for

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Our Larger Community of Faith

Stories, folk music, hymns, or our scriptures: these are all formational pieces for us. This is how stories work in our lives. We tell and retell the stories we were told and retold. They become kind of like our own folks

The Folk Process Continues

How far will you go for peace? Sunday’s sermon tells the inspirational story of a woman who walked many miles for peace then leaves contemplative space for us consider how our  own journeys will further peace. We are so grateful to

Peace Is Every Step

And now we turn to Matthew, chapter 5. As we enter into Peace Week, let us consider these calls to non-violent resistance and live more generously tomorrow than we lived yesterday. We are so grateful to Joseph Helfrich for kindly

Moving the Goal Posts

Those who help us feel at home on this planet of shifting sands are Godsends to us. Be that for others. Pass it on. Let no place be exempt from where we offer belonging to others. We are so grateful

Hearing Our Stories

Our souls may sing for many reasons. Let us respond to God’s great gifts by coming to God with a sense of awe. Listen to Sunday’s sermon including a contemplative meditation on II Corinthians 9:6-15. We are so grateful to Joseph Helfrich

How Great Thou Art

The Good News to a hungry person is bread. So, let us translate the pages of the Bible into our lives, that others may hear the words in a new way, and for some, that in our lives they may

For the Glory of God and Our Neighbor’s Good

After that long week of tough and tiring conversations, we still found joy in meeting together. I wonder if my table experience could have been a momentary glimpse into what might be possible in the Church of the Brethren. Are we

Stories from the Pastor’s Table

The woman who touched Jesus amidst the crowd—seeking healing—didn’t have the privilege of an audience like the family to which Jesus was traveling to heal. Some of us can’t wait and must reach out. Some of us must make time to listen to

The Stories of the Other

If we are three dimensional people—whose souls run as deep as the ocean—ever changing, growing, hurting and healing, are we willing to see others in the same way? We are so grateful to Joseph Helfrich for kindly allowing us to

The Deeper Conversation

By being faithful, a friend and a servant, comes the weaving of the Spirit’s story in our lives. We are so grateful to Joseph Helfrich for kindly allowing us to play his beautiful song, “Teresa’s Prayer” with our sermon podcast.

But Is It Kosher?

In this story, it is eunuchs and gentiles and people from another country. Who is it for us? Listen here and then, continue the story. #Acts8 #wideningthecircle #poeticgeography #believersbaptism #toallthenations #hereiamlord We are so grateful to Joseph Helfrich for kindly

Living into the Story

Peter went from the guy who couldn’t figure out how to let Jesus wash his feet to the guy who could preach to a large crowd and have 3,000 people convert. And the Holy Spirit is still here on earth,

Did Peter Get a Haircut?

Don’t just listen to this week’s message. Participate! We join with the disciples in the Upper Room, in prayer and contemplation. Together, we read Scripture in the Lectio Davina style, savoring the Words of God that catch our attention. Spirit of God, move

Surrender to the Creator of the Forest

We are so grateful to Joseph Helfrich for kindly allowing us to play his beautiful song, “Teresa’s Prayer” with our sermon podcast.  Listen as it wraps the story of the Road to Emmaus: a story about the journey from confusion

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