In our Holiday Multigenerational Worship Service, we recreate the ancient story of the birth of Jesus through the lens of our own understanding. It’s an old and powerful story with resonance for the new world in which we find ourselves. It’s a no-rehearsal Christmas pageant. Members of the audience get to play the parts (or […]
Our minds and schedules get so full in December that we often find it difficult to be present. Some of us may be ready for the month to be over before it ever begins. Yet the underlying power of December is presence, with ourselves, our family, our spirituality; who we are and how we love. […]
This will be the shortest day of the year. The sun begins its return, slowly and gradually, seconds at a time. Christmas comes and hope shows itself again. We celebrate and re-establish life and light and the joy and work of Christmas to lengthen our patience, and strengthen our commitment and courage for the days […]
This Sunday marks the first Sunday of the Christian season of Advent, the time of preparation which leads up to Christmas. Advent is a season of anticipation and expectation. It carries with it a sense of tradition from the past and anticipation of the future, as well as the tension between living in the “already” […]