SERMON Music in our lives. With the development of advanced technology, scientists better understand the incredible impact music has on our lives and apply their knowledge to the use of…
Sermons
READING ~ Poem: The Afterlife of Billy Fingers, by Annie Kagan The same intelligence that grows trees from seeds, that lets birds fly, that waves the ocean and gives birth…
READING - from Rachel Naomi Remen, My Grandfather’s Blessings, Riverhead Books, New York, 2000: My grandfather was a man of many blessings. These blessings were prescribed generations ago by the…
READING - Parker Palmer, Healing the Heart of Democracy, pp. 18, 43-45 READING - 2 Corinthians 4:16-5:1; Mark 3:20-30 SERMON - A House Divided Over twenty years ago, the famed…
READING ~ My Dreams, They Matter by Phoenix Bell-Shelton Biggs Though at times I may forget who I am or who becoming, My dreams: they matter. When I make space…
READING ~ from The Perpetual Calendar of Inspiration by Vera Nazarian Once upon a time there were two countries at war with each other. In order to make peace after…
READING ~ from “The Embers and the Stars” by Czech philosopher Erazim Kohak “...Certainly, humans can become wholly absorbed in the preoccupations of time. As there are humans who are…
READING – from “Introduction: Connections” by Suzanne Simard excerpts from Finding the Mother Tree: Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest Nothing lives on our planet without death and decay. From…
OPENING WORDS: This Is How We Are Called by Kimberly Beyer-Nelson In the hours before the birds stream airborne with chiming voice, a silent breath rests in the pines, and…
OPENING WORDS ~ a poem by Hafiz, a 14th century Persian lyric poet I sometimes forget that I was created for Joy. My mind is too busy My heart is…

