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November 25, 2019

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What are you thankful for?
Be intentional, cultivate gratitude.

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AnonymousNovember 26, 2019 at 6:43 PM
Relationships, connections and responsibilities
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Diversity

Acts 2:1-21 Listen, do you hear it. Can you imagine all of the different tongues, the different colors, the different customs and God through the Holy Spirit is bringing them all in to hear about Jesus. This is what the old picture of Isaiah was. To gather all from every tribe language and nation to come together. See the gospel is about a diverse community gathered together in spite of our differences. Right now difference is the target, as if it is a threat and the real threat is not understanding the gospel of love and inclusion. Today I have to be frank because what we see as the good news is under fire. The good news of God in Christ, even just of God has always been inclusion. The most rich experiences in my life have been with people of different faiths, different cultures, different skin color. These have changed me immensely and have fostered this deeper look at the whole arc of our story. Richard Rohr today asks us to look at the whole Biblical arc of story to unde...

Engaged

Pray the prayer, feel the dough, warm, sticky, full of life. Our Father, time passes, it rises, only to be punched down. Give us this day, smell it baking, see it rise, browning to done. Our daily bread, smell, texture, as it comes out, we butter the roughness. Given, broken, rising, smelling, tasting, crumbs, rough shell, all given, all made.

Herald

Luke 2:1-20 A tiny babe, a manger, in a smelly stall. With the animals, mom and papa close by. Only angel sang to shepherds, least likely. Yet they came to find the promise there. Wandering from field and danger Gathered round the babe which Mary treasured. A heart so full, and the only asking is to come. Come and see that God decided to become vulnerable, Dependent on us who try and fail. Who can't ... Yet God calls us once more to come and worship. Come and see the love most precious, wrapped In simple bands and lying there for us. So come and adore, come and know you are invited. Come and know it doesn't matter who or why. Just come and adore him.

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