Summit, Spirit, Sky: connect to Creator, community and creation!
Summit, Spirit, Sky: connect to Creator, community and creation!
As announced on Sunday, the windows of the church have candles glowing tonight and tomorrow night. This is in remembrance of the precursor to the Holocaust, called the Night of Broken Glass, which occurred in Germany and Austria and other places. Jewish businesses, homes, and places of worship were wrecked by civilian and military Nazi-aligned[…]
Pay attention to your feet. Stand. Walk. Ground yourself. Know you are connected to the place where you set foot. Land there. Pace yourself. Remain still. Or move. Know that your presence, motionless or on the go, offers a form of prayer. Recognize lives — self or others — wherein standing or walking becomes a[…]
BRAVE the song prepared and performed by our youth band & choir under direction of Billy Carleton: Full worship service with Veterans Day liturgy, special music by youth, and reflection on Veterans Day and Kristallnacht: Reflection by Rev Gail on BRAVE including themes from Veterans Day & Kristallnacht: JCC 110820 BRAVE from architect on Vimeo.
Give thanks for mountains. We are often called to ‘high places.’ In some cultures, we discuss ‘thin places’ that are close to heaven. In the Celtic tradition, heaven is only six feet away in memorable geographic locations such as certain islands or mountains, which hold sacred significance in multiple faith traditions. Walk out[…]
Today, give thanks for trees. Trees, rooted in the earth, rise up to reach for the heavens. They embrace the movement of the wind, become bridges between the land and sky, earth and heaven. Trees of different species signal the changing seasons. Many of them blaze with color, and grow bare as the world[…]
