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“The voice of the LORD is upon the waters; the God of glory thunders; the LORD is upon the mighty waters.” – Psalm 29:3 Beloved of God, Chilly weather companions our passage from 2016 to 2017.  Mini-snow people have spouted on our back lawn, and Kai and Naomi, inspired by the properties of snow and […]

“If you continue in my word, you are truly my disciples; and you will know the truth, and the truth will make you free.” John 8:31-32 Beloved of God, One of the events that informs our life together and the life of the larger church this year and next is the 500th Anniversary of the […]

Have you not known? Have you not heard?  The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth; who does not faint or grow weary; whose understanding is unsearchable. God gives power to the faint, and strengthens the powerless. Even youths will faint and be weary, and the young will fall […]

Every generous act of giving, with every perfect gift, is from above, coming down from the Father of lights. If a brother or sister is naked and lacks daily food, and one of you says to then, “Go in peace; keep warm and eat your fill,” and yet you do not supply their bodily needs, […]

I’m going on a journey, and I’m starting today. My head is wet, and I’m on my way. Christ’s mark is on me, it’s on you, too; It says he loves me, and he loves you, too. – Kenneth Larkin, ELW #446 Beloved of God, Our crew is heading south to Los Angeles this month, […]

“In his beautiful canticle, Saint Francis of Assisi reminds us that our common home is like a sister with whom we share our life and a beautiful mother who opens her arms to embrace us. This sister now cries out to us because of the harm we have inflicted on her by our irre­sponsible use […]

Lord, send out your Spirit– and renew the face of the Earth! Psalm 104 Children of the Spirit, May is packed with meaningful events within our life together – the blessing of the quilts (5/1); the photo shoot for our first pictorial directory in 7 years (5/3-5); the Peace/Calvary Women’s Retreat (5/6-7); the Rite of […]

If I speak in the tongues of mortals and of angels, but do not have love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. 1 Corinthians 13:1 Beloved of God, What a gift these days of light at the beginning of 2016 have been!  After December’s record rains and weeks on end of gray […]