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Clearing the Path
Clearing the Path
Rev. Carlos UrozaJanuary 30, 2023
Embracing Your Inner Child
Embracing Your Inner Child
Millicent FlakeJanuary 23, 2023
Be Kind
Be Kind
James BlayJanuary 16, 2023
Prayer Goes Further with Some Brownies
Prayer Goes Further with Some Brownies
Keith A. MenhinickJanuary 9, 2023
Expect A Miracle
Expect A Miracle
TWT TeamDecember 26, 2022
A Simple Message of Love
A Simple Message of Love
TWT TeamDecember 19, 2022
O Come, O Come, Emmanuel
O Come, O Come, Emmanuel
TWT TeamDecember 12, 2022
Follow The Star
Follow The Star
TWT TeamDecember 5, 2022
Your Light Has Come
Your Light Has Come
TWT TeamNovember 28, 2022
Scrambled Eggs and Fish Tacos
Scrambled Eggs and Fish Tacos
TWT TeamNovember 21, 2022
Gratitude Is Always In Season
Gratitude Is Always In Season
Pam HarveyNovember 14, 2022
When Gratitude is Hard to Find
When Gratitude is Hard to Find
Khette CoxNovember 7, 2022
To All That Will Be
To All That Will Be
Daryn StylianopoulosOctober 31, 2022
Stronger Together
Stronger Together
Kendall GrubbOctober 24, 2022
Mending The Foundation
Mending The Foundation
June BunceOctober 17, 2022
Look Up and Pay Attention
Look Up and Pay Attention
Lin Story-BunceOctober 10, 2022
Where Charity and Love Are, God is There
Where Charity and Love Are, God is There
Daryn StylianopoulosOctober 3, 2022
A Beautiful Day For A Neighbor
A Beautiful Day For A Neighbor
Emily TurnerSeptember 26, 2022
Not in Kansas Anymore
Not in Kansas Anymore
Kim CrowderSeptember 19, 2022
Generations and Generations
Generations and Generations
Rev. Winnie VargheseSeptember 12, 2022
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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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