Mary and Martha

Mary and Martha

Set your burdens down.  Set your expectations down, and center.  Hear these words from Mary Oliver: I don’t want you just to sit down at the table. I don’t want you just to eat, and be content. I want you to walk out into the fields where the water is...
Preparing Our Hearts: Sabbath

Preparing Our Hearts: Sabbath

This week in worship, we have two stories of Jesus in conflict with religious leaders about the meaning of the Sabbath. We’re exploring Luke 6:1-11, which you can read here on Bible Gateway. Sabbath is an unfamiliar concept for many of us. It’s associated...
Poetry Corner: Abraham and Isaac

Poetry Corner: Abraham and Isaac

God said, “Take, pray, your son, your only one, whom you love, Isaac, and go forth to the land of Moriah and offer him up as a burnt offering on one of the mountains which I shall say to you.” And Abraham rose early in the morning and saddled his donkey...