Pastor's Letter
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Dear Friends,
We hope that you are safe and well.
Today's Meditation presents Breathing the Name of God by Sandra Thurman Caporale. It was sent to us by Ginny Allen.
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 642: Breathing the Name of God (4/11/2022)
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Dear Friends,
We hope that you are safe and well.
Today's Meditation presents Children from Around the World singing "What a Wonderful World."
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.
In the spirit of our philosophy of co-creating community and our awareness that the Spirit speaks through each of us, we invite you to share your meditations with us as well. We truly believe that it is God's economy of abundance: when we share our blessings, our thoughts, our feelings, we are all made richer.
Read more: MEDITATION 640: Children from around the world sing: "What a Wonderful World" (4/8/2022)
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Dear Friends,
We hope that you are safe and well.
Today's Meditation presents Carrie Newcomer reflecting on the Quaker Practice: "As Way Opens--The Power of the Pause."
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 639: Carrie Newcomer: "As Way Opens: The Power of the Pause" (4/7/2022)
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Dear Friends,
We hope that you are safe and well.
April is Arab American Heritage month. Today's Meditation comes from Andrea Sanderson, "Nigra Sum." Other Arab American poets you may be familiar with are below, including Kahlil Gibran and Naomi Shihab Nye.
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 638: Celebrating Arab-American Andrea Sanderson "Nigra Sum" (4/6/2022)
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Dear Friends,
We hope that you are safe and well.
Today's Meditation presents Joyce Rupp reflecting on feeling "powerless, helpless, sadness...we can choose not to fall asleep."
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.