Pastor's Letter
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Dear Friends,
We hope that you are safe and well!
Today's Meditation is a reflection by Matt Laney: "God, rid me of God." It reminds me of a book "Your God is too small" and how life teaches us to expand our concept of and conversations with God.
Read more: MEDITATION 416: "God, rid me of God" by Matt Laney (7/21/21)
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Dear Friends,
We hope that you are safe and well!
Today's Meditation is a poem by Robert Browning: "Andrea del Sarto." I woke up this morning with the line from this poem resounding in my heart: "human reach must exceed our grasp, or what's a heaven for." The poem also reminded me of a high school English Literature teacher who whet my appetite for poetry.
Read more: MEDITATION 415: Robert Browning: "Andrea del Sarto" (7/20/21)
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Dear Friends,
We hope that you are safe and well!
Today's Meditation is a poem by Alberto Rios: "When Giving is All We Have."
We invite you to join us as we commit ourselves to working tirelessly to end systemic and structural racism in our society, in healthcare, in the workplace, in the Church--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 414: "When Giving is All We Have" by Alberto Rios (7/19/2021)
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Dear Friends,
We hope that you are safe and well!
Today's Meditation features Matthew Fox talking about the vibrancy of creation giving birth every day, everything that is alive is related; reminding us that "a microscopic part of us all is three and a half billion years old." Meister Eckhart asking what does God do all day: God is on a maternity bed all day giving birth. How awesome life is!
Read more: MEDITATION 412: Matthew Fox: Creation Giving Birth (7/16/21)
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Dear Friends,
We hope that you are safe and well!
Today's Meditation features The Thrive East Bay Choir performing "We Shall be Known by the company we keep...in this great turning, we shall learn to lead in love."