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Welcoming Voices to the Table
Welcoming Voices to the Table
Kendall GMay 31, 2021
Are We Listening?
Are We Listening?
Lin SBMay 24, 2021
I Am Because We Are
I Am Because We Are
Daryn StylianopoulosMay 17, 2021
A Mothering Kind of Love
A Mothering Kind of Love
June BunceMay 10, 2021
Radical Vulnerability
Radical Vulnerability
Lin SBMay 3, 2021
Beloved Is Your Name
Beloved Is Your Name
Lin SBApril 26, 2021
Who Am I... Really?
Who Am I... Really?
June BunceApril 19, 2021
A Transformation From Within
A Transformation From Within
Kendall GApril 12, 2021
Easter Sunday: While It Was Still Night
Easter Sunday: While It Was Still Night
Lin Story-BunceApril 4, 2021
Palm Sunday: In Remembrance of Me
Palm Sunday: In Remembrance of Me
Daryn StylianopoulosMarch 28, 2021
Considering the Needs of Others
Considering the Needs of Others
June BunceMarch 22, 2021
One Day at a Time
One Day at a Time
Daryn StylianopoulosMarch 15, 2021
Finding Stillness
Finding Stillness
Lin SBMarch 8, 2021
Learning to Let Go
Learning to Let Go
Kendall GMarch 1, 2021
Relax, Reset, Recharge.
Relax, Reset, Recharge.
June BunceFebruary 22, 2021
Yielding Beautiful Treasures
Yielding Beautiful Treasures
Daryn StylianopoulosFebruary 15, 2021
Hanging Together On This Journey
Hanging Together On This Journey
Lin SBFebruary 8, 2021
Welcome to Table Talk
Welcome to Table Talk
Kendall GrubbFebruary 1, 2021
To Heal, We Must Remember
To Heal, We Must Remember
Lin SBJanuary 20, 2021
New Year’s Traditions
New Year’s Traditions
Lin SBJanuary 1, 2021
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Take a moment to notice the things around you. What do you hear? What do you feel around you? What do you feel within you? ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Choose one thing you would like to remember. Notice the details. Study it with your heart What would you do if you found out you had only one day to live. How would you spend it? ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ If we lived like this, perhaps we would all spend our wild and precious life with more attentiveness and intention toward a Ask a child in your life how they know or recognize they are loved. What helps to remind them of that truth? Then, ask them how they can show others that they love and care about them – could they draw a picture, write a letter, offer a gift? Even when we are not thinking about it or focused on it, even when we don’t expect it – it’s there – the kind of love that catches us off guard, that shows up when we least expect it and doesn’t expect anything in return You matter. You are beloved. God loves you. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ God loves you enough to enter into this world – to come to you with a love that is startling and surprising, that is there for you whether you are looking for it or not, that holds Loving God, 
In the busyness of this season and our lives, open our hearts to the in-breaking of your love. By your love, make room in our hearts for your hope. Make room in our lives for your peace. Make room in our lives for your joy. Teach us not
This Christmas, may love make room again as it did in that Bethlehem stable so long ago. May it find space in the midst of our too-full lives, in the cries of neighbors who are hurting, in the work of healing our communities, and in the yearning for God of Joy, 
Help us to let go of the pressure to make everything perfect. Allow us to embrace the unexpected with open hearts and eyes ready to see your grace. May we recognize your presence in every moment, and may we offer our gratitude for the ho All too often it’s our own expectations for how we believe something should or shouldn’t be or the way we think something should turn out — whether it be our careers, within communities, or just a short holiday trip — that can Sometimes the moments of joy we hope for, or the little bits of magic we seek aren’t always in what we plan, but instead they find us in unexpected ways.​​​​​​​​ During the Christmas season, the pressure to create the "perfect" holid Despite the circumstances and how unlikely it seems – even in the midst of fear, turmoil, and uncertainty – deep loss, estrangement, financial insecurity, shame, loneliness…we can have peace. ​​​​​​​​ ​​​​​​​​ Jesus was born into o
 

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