O come, O Wisdom from on high, embracing all things far and nigh: in strength and beauty come and stay; teach us your will and guide our way. – O Antiphons To Those Who Wait for Immanuel, From the moment we entered the Sherlock Holmes Exhibit at the Seattle Science Center, we were hooked! Picking […]
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Finally, beloved, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is pleasing, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence and if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things. Keep on doing the things that you have learned and received and heard and seen in me, and […]
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“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 […]
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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 […]
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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, […]
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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, […]
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“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 […]
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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 […]
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Stay with us, till night has come: our praise to you this day be sung, Bless our bread, open our eyes: Jesus be our great surprise Walk with us, our spirits sigh: hear when our weary spirits cry, feel again our loss, our pain: Jesus take us to your side. Walk with us, the road […]
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Marvelous Truth, confront us at every turn, in every guise… dwell in our crowded hearts, our steaming bathrooms, kitchens full of things to be done, the ordinary streets. Thrust close your smile that we know you, terrible joy. – Denise Levertov, Matins Beloved of God, The table is set for the final weeks of Lent, […]
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