Pastor's Letter
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Dear Friends,
As we build the Beloved Community, we pray for you every day that you might continue to bring it about in your little corner of the world.
Today's Meditation presents Elizabeth Johnson channelled by Richard Rohr on how God's Spirit shows up in the world.
Read more: Richard Rohr's Daily Meditation From the Center for Action and Contemplation (6/15/2023)
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Dear Friends,
As we build the Beloved Community, we pray for you every day that you might continue to bring it about in your little corner of the world.
Today's Meditation presents a reflection "Small as a Grain of Sand" which talks about simple acts of kindness. Today is also the anniversary of the death of Martin Buber who talked about treating people as subjects and not as objects. The two seem to dovetail.
Read more: MEDITATION: Reflection: "Small as a Grain of Sand" (6/13/2023)
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Dear Friends,
As we build the Beloved Community, we pray for you every day that you might continue to bring it about in your little corner of the world.
Today's Meditation is a prayer by Howard Thurman, "O God I Need Thee" as we build the Beloved Community. It was send to us by Vince Maraventano.
Read more: MEDITATION: Howard Thurman: "O God I Need Thee" (6/8/2023)
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Dear Friends,
As we build the Beloved Community, we pray for you every day that you might continue to bring it about in your little corner of the world.
Today's Meditation features Mary Oliver's poem "I Happened to be Standing" and Eloise's application of it to her life.
Read more: MEDITATION: Mary Oliver: "I Happened to be Standing" (5/31/2023)
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Dear Friends,
As we build the Beloved Community, we pray for you every day that you might continue to bring it about in your little corner of the world.
Elizabeth Johnson is one of our favorite theologians. Today's Meditation parses out what it means "to believe in an ecological God: we are kin with all other living beings in a beloved community of creation."