As part of The Big Deal Weekend, our weekend built around anti-racist education focused on the intersection of faith and identity, Bishop David Alan Bard will preach his sermon, Willingly Haunted, for our Sunday worship. Bishop Bard is the presiding bishop of the Michigan Conference of The United Methodist Church. Bishop Bard also shepherds the […]

Come and listen to the sacred text that connects our own aliveness with the breath of God. Together let us “pray without ceasing” as we pay attention to our breathing and believe that breathing is prayer. God blew breath into us at creation, and we continue to breathe all of creation in and out of […]

Sometimes we just need to get away in order to hear from that “still small voice” within. This quiet voice is an attribute of the Holy Living God, as Elijah found out when he retreated to a cave where he expected to experience God in big wind and earthquake and fire. What is your “cave?” […]

As we prepare for our 40-day journey of Lent, we “turn around” (the root meaning of the word “repent”) from the distractions of daily noise and focus our attention on listening in a deeper way. Writer Parker Palmer suggests we must listen “to what our life is telling us”–in other words, to listen to the […]

On this Sunday we climb the mountain with the disciples, Peter, James and John, to see the glory of Christ revealed and the truth affirmed that Jesus is the Son of God. Transfiguration Sunday plays an important and pivotal role in our journey of discipleship just as it did for the disciples then. On this […]

Be still before God. Wait patiently. Are these passive words? Or reserved actions? The Hebrew of God’s command to “be still” is similar to stop what you are doing and know me. Be still, so that you may be emptied and then filled with God. Stop praying and be prayer, allow God to pray through […]

This week in worship, we continue to find comfort in the wisdom and hope of the Psalms, looking to Psalm 1. Central to this ancient poem is the image of a healthy fruit-bearing tree, planted by the water; an image likened to those whose lives are grounded not in the messaging of popular consumer culture, […]

This Sunday we receive a song of thanksgiving that brings comfort to our soul as our spirit finds union with the Divine. God offers a steadfast love that is consistent and constant, and we find ourselves turning to receive with hearts of gratitude. It is a practice that needs to be cultivated in our lives. […]

"I will look back in days to come and realize your faithfulness has led me home. Within your house I'll find my peace, trusting that in your mercy you have sheltered me." From "Shelter Me" by Father Michael Joncas This Sunday we are beginning a spinoff of sorts of our traditional New Year Rhythms of […]

“For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ.”  - 1 Corinthians 12:12 Relationships form us. As we gather for worship, we celebrate our relationship with the Holy and with one another. We remember and experience […]