Pastor's Letter
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Dear Friends,
We hope that you are safe and well.
Today's Meditation features a reflection written by Joe Burke from our Spirit of Life Community.
We invite you to join us as we commit ourselves to working tirelessly to end systemic and structural racism in our society, in the church, in healthcare, in the workplace--wherever it shows up so that everyone may come to have more abundant life. May this meditation nourish our contemplative-active hearts and sustain all of us in action.
Read more: MEDITATION 715: Interdependence Day: O Say Can You See (7/4/22)
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Dear Friends,
We hope that you are safe and well.
In today's Meditation Joyce Rupp listens to the messages that she hears all of life speaking to her.
We invite you to join us as we commit ourselves to working tirelessly to end systemic and structural racism in our society, in the church, in healthcare, in the workplace--wherever it shows up so that everyone may come to have more abundant life. May this meditation nourish our contemplative-active hearts and sustain all of us in action.
Read more: MEDITATION 712: Joyce Rupp muses: All of Life Speaks a Message to Us (7/1/22)
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Dear Friends,
We hope that you are safe and well.
Today's Meditation features a poem by Ellen Bass: "Pray for Peace" narration and photos by Mary Reed UNWITTINGMYSTIC.COM This meditation was sent to us by Rebecca Hecht.
We invite you to join us as we commit ourselves to working tirelessly to end systemic and structural racism in our society, in the church, in healthcare, in the workplace--wherever it shows up so that everyone may come to have more abundant life. May this meditation nourish our contemplative-active hearts and sustain all of us in action.
Read more: MEDITATION 711: Ellen Bass: Pray for Peace (6/30/22)
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Dear Friends,
We hope that you are safe and well.
Today's Meditation features a reflection by Ilia Delio which I have adapted for this space. It celebrates seeing with the eyes of the heart, becoming a new creation in love.
We invite you to join us as we commit ourselves to working tirelessly to end systemic and structural racism in our society, in the church, in healthcare, in the workplace--wherever it shows up so that everyone may come to have more abundant life. May this meditation nourish our contemplative-active hearts and sustain all of us in action.
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Dear Friends,
We hope that you are safe and well.
Today is Helen Keller’s birthday, the woman who triumphed over the childhood loss of sight, hearing, and speech to become an author and lecturer. She said once, “The world is full of suffering. It is also full of the overcoming of it.” And because of the way that she herself dealt with those losses, millions of disabled people have lived fuller lives.Today's Meditation recounts some of her story.