I John 4:7-8, 11-12, 17-21 I just got back from a two-week “staycation,” and… it was wonderful. Every morning, I woke up and said: “Soul, what do you want to do today?” And then, I mostly did that. So, I gardened and I read and I cooked. One day, my soul even wanted to do…
By Stefan Baumgartner John 2:13-22 Spirit who connects every being, move in our midst this day. Welcome to Pride Sunday! I’m so happy to be with you today. My name is Stefan Baumgartner. My pronouns are he/him. I want to begin my reflection with a quote by Marsha P. Johnson, “No pride for some of…
By Joanna Lawrence Shenk These words were prepared for Faith in Action Bay Area’s Latinx-led Juneteenth solidarity action, “Black Lives Matter: Praying and Working to Create Healthy and Stable Communities,” held in Daly City, CA on June 19, 2020. We are living through a long overdue nationwide awakening to the reality of state sponsored white…
By Helen Stoltzfus I am sitting in a Direct Action training with 12 other Extinction Rebellion members. Pre-COVID. Extinction Rebellion – or XR – as it is called, is a climate activist group that uses nonviolent civil disobedience to raise awareness about the climate crisis and halt our march toward extinction of life. We are…
By Joanna Lawrence Shenk We now come to a time of sharing communion together. Communion is about affirming our connection to the body, within the Christian tradition, we talk about the body of Christ and being that body together. We recognize that our collective body is in pain. We want to lift up that prayer…
Acts 2:1-21 & the children’s story book Wild by Emily Hughes At the end of our story from last week, we left Yeshua’s disciples in an Upper Room, praying together. Yeshua — the Hebrew name for Jesus — had just left them — again. After being with his community for 40 days after his Resurrection,…
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