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Hospitality Corner: Autumn

by Melissa Taft
written by Melissa Taft

Editor’s Note: The following reflection is excerpted from the posts Embracing The Wild Hospitality of God and Meditation Monday – Planning to Store. The accompanying recipes are from the posts Curried Pumpkin and Blackbean Soup and My Favourite Apple/Blackberry Crisp. We hope you enjoy this series of seasonal hospitality reflections and recipes!

Part of the fun of autumn for me is getting fruit and vegetables that will see us through the winter ready to store. I hold apple processing parties and make apple pies, pesto and chocolate zucchini bread that go in the freezer for winter hospitality. I dry apples and tomatoes and sometimes figs. I harvest the dried beans and winter squash and store them away to help provide for our winter diet. What we need is food that will last through the long winter months without spoiling.

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A couple of weeks ago, I spoke at a seminary class about spirituality and gardening. It was a fun class, but one question asked by a student keeps intruding in my mind. Didn’t God curse the creation after the fall? he asked, implying that it no longer reflected the glory of God and that we no longer needed to respect and look after it.

As I read through Genesis 3 which is the basis for this belief, I am struck by God’s amazing care for the humans who disobeyed him. Yes the ground was cursed (Gen 3:17-19), but it was not God who cursed it, it was the consequence of Adam’s sin. The natural created world was somehow affected by the human fall into sin and is therefore no longer paradise. Brambles and weeds grew. Human toil to produce food and care for creation increased. Nowhere however is there any implication that we are absolved from our responsibility to care for creation.

What has fascinated me in the last few weeks is a contemplation of the thorns, the thistles, and the weeds that seem to be a part of the consequences of the human fall. Some of them produce the most delicious and nutritious food we can eat, as we can see in this video

Take the humble dandelion for instance. Its leaves are often used in salads. Its root for medicinal tea and its flowers in jams and jelly. It helps break up the soil and draws nutrients up from deep within the soil. It is an amazing and valuable plant. Read more about dandelions and links to recipes here

Then there is the blackberry which grows wild prolifically throughout the Pacific NW. Its fruit blesses us with delicious pies and jams. Every year in August Tom and I travel to Mayne Island Canada with our Canadian friends Tom and Kim Balke, for a few days holiday. One of the delights of our trip is picking blackberries and wild apples to make blackberry apple crumble…

It seems to me that part of the curse we suffer from is our inability to recognize the abundance and hospitality of God in the garden that is our earth. God is a generous God who invites us to a banquet feast, not just in the eternal world to come but here in this world too. Often all we need to do is reach out and recognize the gift and accept God’s amazing hospitality.

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Apple and Blackberry Crisp
INGREDIENTS:
– 4 cups Apples,Peeled & Sliced
– 2 cup Blackberries
– 1/2 cup Sugar
– 1/2 cup All Purpose Flour
– 1 cup Wheat Flour
– 1 cup Granola Or Rolled Oats
– 1/2 cup Butter,Melted
– 1 teaspoon Cinnamon
– 2 tablespoons Lemon Juice
– 1/2 cup Brown Sugar
METHOD:
Preheat oven to 350℉ .  Mix in a greased 9″ deep baking pan – apples, blackberries, sugar, all purpose flour.  Combine remaining dry ingredients in a bowl, add melted butter and sprinkle mixture over apples & blackberries.  Bake 30-45 mins.  Serve warm or cold with ice cream or custard
Curried Pumpkin and Black Bean Soup

INGREDIENTS:

– 2 each garlic, peeled
– 1 onion, peeled and quartered
– 2 tablespoons olive oil
– 4-5 lbs pumpkin
– 4 cups chicken or vegetable stock
– 2 teaspoons hot curry powder
– 1 teaspoon turmeric
– Pinch of cayenne or chipotle
– Pepper
– 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
– Freshly ground pepper
– 1/4 cup pumpkin seeds, shelled raw
– 2 tablespoons chopped flat-leaf parsley
– 1 teaspoon ground cumin
– 2 cans lite coconut milk
– 1 1/2 cup dry white wine
– 2 cups dry black beans, cooked for 1 hour
METHOD:

1. Soak beans overnight in large saucepan. Cook until soft (about 1 hour). Set aside.

2. Place garlic in a food processor and pulse until finely chopped. Set aside. Place jalapeno in food processor and pulse until finely chopped.

3. Slice pumpkin in large wedges, remove seeds & string. Place on a lightly oiled baking sheet cut side down. Bake at 350 until the flesh is fork tender (about 1 1/2 hours). Peel pumpkin and puree half pumpkin. Cut remainder into small chunks. At the same time, cut onions into wedges, coat with oil and bake until brown and soft – about 1 1/2 hours. Set aside. Add onion to food processor. Pulse until fine. Alternatively, dice onion and cook in large stock pan until translucent.

4. Add all remaining ingredients except pumpkin seeds & parsley to the stock pan. Bring to boil, reduce heat and cook about 8 minutes.

5. Meanwhile, in a small sauté pan, heat remaining tbsp. of olive oil over medium-high heat. Add pumpkin seeds and remaining 1/2 t salt and cook for about 30 seconds, shaking pan constantly to prevent burning, until all the seeds have popped. Remove from heat and add parsley.

6. Stir puree back into the soup. Adjust seasonings, and stir in the cream or yoghurt, if desired. We love to serve it with a big dollop of Greek yoghurt. Garnish with roasted pumpkin seeds.

SERVINGS: 12


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FreerangeFriday: the Spiritual Practices of Play and Celebration

by Lilly Lewin
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By Lilly Lewin

In the States, summer is winding down and we are anticipating the beauty of Fall and cooler weather. For some the summer has been filled with more travel than in the past two years and more time with friends and family. For some who work in  ministry, the summer is the busy time of year with camps and mission trips and special events. For some of us we are still exhausted, realizing that the pandemic is still lingering on and we have a lot less energy to “do all the things” than we did in the “before times.”  I really think that we all have a lot less margin than we think we do. We need more down time and more time to recover from events and experiences because we are all out of practice with being together.

How has your summer been? Where have you seen God at work in your life? What things do you need to take time to remember and to CELEBRATE?

I think we need to be reminded to celebrate and rejoice in the good things that we’ve experienced in the last few months. We need to celebrate the “God Sightings” The places and times we’ve seen God at work around us. Even the little things like a beautiful flower or kids playing at the lake or in the pool.

TAKE A MOMENT AND MAKE A LIST OF WHAT YOU ARE THANKFUL FOR…THE THINGS THAT HAVE BROUGHT YOU JOY….THE THINGS THAT YOU NEED TO REMEMBER AND TO CELEBRATE!

Kids love to celebrate! Birthdays and holidays,  learning to ride a bike, losing a tooth, doing something for the first time like whistling or jumping into the pool.

When you were a child, What things did you like to celebrate?

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When you were little, what things did you like to play? What games or toys do you remember bringing you joy?

I loved playing outside. We had lots of kids in our neighborhood and I spent hours playing together. I had a tree house and a play house that we made into a spy club. I loved art and making things. There was a toy called “Color Forms” that I enjoyed  and I loved making bugs with the “Creepy Crawler Kit. ” I also loved my barbie dolls. I turned a book case into a barbie house and used shoe boxes as bunk beds.

What kind of things do you think Jesus did for fun when he was a child?
Play involves freedom. It involves taking the time to find JOY. What things are stopping your joy ? What prevents you from playing now? Talk to Jesus about this.

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I want us to remember that childlike wonder of summer. To remember the laughter and fun of just being a kid. Take time to read this passage in the three versions. What do you notice? What stands out to you?

LUKE 18:15-17 NIV
15 People were also bringing babies to Jesus for him to place his hands on them. When the disciples saw this, they rebuked them. 16 But Jesus called the children to him and said, “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these. 17 Truly I tell you, anyone who will not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it.”

 

LUKE 18:15-17 THE MESSAGE
15-17 People brought babies to Jesus, hoping he might touch them. When the disciples saw it, they shooed them off. Jesus called them back. “Let these children alone. Don’t get between them and me. These children are the kingdom’s pride and joy. Mark this: Unless you accept God’s kingdom in the simplicity of a child, you’ll never get in.”

 

LUKE 18: 15-17 NEW LIVING
15 One day some parents brought their little children to Jesus so he could touch and bless them. But when the disciples saw this, they scolded the parents for bothering him.
16 Then Jesus called for the children and said to the disciples, “Let the children come to me. Don’t stop them! For the Kingdom of God belongs to those who are like these children. 17 I tell you the truth, anyone who doesn’t receive the Kingdom of God like a child will never enter it.”

What is God, the Holy Spirit speaking to you about today?

What do you notice that you haven’t noticed before? What questions come up for you from this passage?

What part of this story do you relate to in your life right now? Are you feeling like the disciples, the parents, or the kids in this passage?

Why do we make it so hard for people to be with Jesus?

What qualities and gifts that children bring to the world? How can you recapture some of those qualities? 

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Jesus blesses children c.1570 Rijks

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PRACTICE THIS:
What is one thing you can plan to do this week to help you PLAY and experience JOY?  Could you go to a park and swing, play a favorite game, take a bike ride, skip rocks, skip rope, or just skip for fun…?
What form of play can you practice this week to help you connect with Jesus and the wonder of a child ?
Find some BUBBLES:  As you blow your bubbles thank Jesus for all the gifts of this summer. As you blow your bubbles, Pray for your family and friends to experience more joy in the days ahead.
BUBBLES

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The Gift of Play is one of the Gifts in The Gifts of a Sacred Summer Kit found at freerangeworship.com  An 8 week interactive practice based kit for individuals, small groups and church communities.


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St Ninian

by Melissa Taft
written by Melissa Taft

by Rev. Brenda Griffin Warren  This stained glass detail of St. Ninian is from St Mungo’s Cathedral in Glasgow, Scotland and it is by Marion Grant c.1955, photo by Lawrence OP, Flickr. Editor’s Note: St. Ninian’s feast day is celebrated the 26th, tomorrow!

St. Ninian was a British Bishop in Whithorn in western Scotland. This saint was born about 360AD and is considered to be the first apostle to Scotland. Ninian – who is also known as Ringan and Tyrnnian  -was a very industrious apostle, missionary, and bishop, to say the least! He evangelized and conducted preaching missions throughout Scotland and even in the Lake District of England. 

Ninian’s monastery that he established was named Whithorn and it was located on the western coast of Scotland. It is said that Whithorn was built of stone painted a gleaming white which was reminiscent of the Roman churches cloaked in marble. Whithorn may have also been named Candida Casa as in Latin it means, “white or shining house.” In Old English this was translated as whit æurn from which was derived Whithorn. 

In the 1990s, an archaeological excavation led by Peter Hill was done at Whithorn. This dig uncovered the outline of a circular Celtic monastic area with a number of Christian graves. Also found was a pile of gray builder’s stones covered with a thick skin of calcium carbonate. These stones would have made a gleaming white hut when wet, which would happen being located so near the sea. Also, a wall built of those white stones was discovered. 

Ninian’s Early Life and Ministry

Ninian was born in the area near the border between modern-day England and Scotland, perhaps near the city of Carlisle and the area near the Roman Hadrian’s Wall. His father was either a priest or the chief of a tribe that held land on both sides of the Solway Firth.

Ninian was educated as a teenager and young adult in Rome and must have spent some time in France as he was an ardent admirer of St. Martin of Tours who had greatly influenced his life.  When he returned to his homeland of Scotland, Ninian brought back two French stone masons with him who would have the knowledge of building stone churches. 

Many Irish monks came to Whithorn to study including St. Finnian of Moville who later returned to Ireland and did great ministry there including teaching his most famous pupil, St. Columba of Iona. Ninian paved the way not only for Columba, but also for St. Kentigern  (also known as St. Mungo) in Scotland.

It seems that Ninian must have been a lover of nature as the later St. Francis of Assisi also was. It is said that Ninian would visit the shepherds and their flocks surrounding his monastery. He would gather them all together in one place where he would raise his hand in prayer and with his staff draw an imaginary circle around the sheep and pray over the sheep asking for God’s divine protection.

We know of St. Ninian mainly from Book Three Chapter 4 of Bede’s Ecclesiastical History of the English People. Bede writing 400 years after Ninian (Ninias) says that he knew of Ninian from hearsay and called Ninian “a most holy man.” Some think that the first Saxon Bishop of Whithorn named Pechthelm may have relayed the information about Ninian to Bede.

Pilgrims Begin to Flock to Whithorn

Soon after Ninian died in 432 AD and was buried at his monastery at Whithorn in a stone sarcophagus in the Church of Blessed Martin, pilgrims immediately began to arrive at Ninian’s tomb.  It is written that sick pilgrims were cured, the lepers were cleansed, and the blind received their sight at his tomb. Ninian became the favored saint of the Royal House of Stuart, which further stimulated national devotion and pilgrimage. King James of Scotland even had an arm bone of Ninian encased in silver which was kept at Whithorn until the Reformation when it was taken to France and lost during the French Revolution. 

Their devotion for Ninian became even stronger when King James IV of Scotland walked barefoot on a pilgrimage to Whithorn when his wife, Margaret Tudor was thought to be dying. She was miraculously cured and they returned together on horseback to give thanks to Ninian. Their son King James V and their granddaughter, Mary Queen of Scots also made a pilgrimage to Whithorn. Their grandson, King James VI who became King James I of England is the one who encouraged the new translation of the Bible, that we now know as the King James Version of the Bible. 

Modern Day Pilgrimages to Whithorn

Interestingly, modern-day pilgrims continue to be drawn to Whithorn. There is a cave about five miles southwest of Whithorn that is known as Ninian’s Cave which was probably Ninian’s hermitage where he went on retreat to pray. Inside the cave were numerous stones carved with crosses and even some Pictish-style graffiti. The crosses have been transferred to the Whithorn Priory and Museum. About 13 miles from Whithorn is St. Ninian’s Chapel which marked the place where pilgrims first landed on their way to Whithorn. The Whithorn Priory and Museum provides not only an exhibition and an audio-visual program, but also guided tours of the site.  At the center of the museum is the 5thc. Latinus Stone that is believed to be the oldest Christian memorial in Scotland. 

There are two main pilgrimage paths in Scotland centered on the life of St. Ninian, St. Ninian’s Way and Whithorn Way. St. Ninian’s Way: This is a 250-mile-long pilgrimage walking and cycling path that takes about 22 days of walking and meanders between Carlilse and South Queensbury. Ninian’s Way is part of the eight pilgrimage route system that makes up The Way of St. Andrews.  

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This next map is Whithorn Way. This pilgrimage path is a newly mapped, shorter 143-mile walking and cycling route that is divided into 13 sections, which follows much of the westerly pilgrimage route to Whithorn, travelled by pilgrims for well over 1000 years. The Whithorn Trust website is full of helpful information for future pilgrims to this historic area.

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Pilgrimage to the National Museum of Scotland

Another fascinating, yet different kind of  St. Ninian pilgrimage could be to the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh. It is open daily from 10am-5pm. In this museum, one can peruse the treasure trove of 28 ninth-century silver and copper alloy objects that were discovered in a wooden box under a cross-incised concrete slab in a church in 1958 on St. Ninian’s Isle. This tiny isle is on the southwest corner of the Mainland of the Shetland Isles that is north of Scotland. St. Ninian is the patron saint of The Shetland Islands and also of The Orkneys that are nearby. There is an interesting video about this treasure trove. 

St. Ninian’s life continues to speak to us in the 21st century. Perhaps some of us may have the joy of pilgrimaging to where this saint lived and served as he brought the message of Christ’s love and salvation to the inhabitants of Scotland. 

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More information can be found about St.Ninian at the author’s website: saintsbridge 

The author of this article is Rev. Brenda Griffin Warren, a retired Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) ordained Pastor. She is grateful that godspacelight.com has kindly published several of her articles including two additional ones she has written on St. Ninian: August 26, 2018, St. Ninian of Whithorn and on August 26, 2021, St. Ninian of Whithorn: Encircling Prayer.  


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Water Pots

by Melissa Taft
written by Melissa Taft

by Sheila Hamil

This traditional story of ‘The Broken Water Pot’ is fairly well known by now:

A water-bearer in India had two large pots, one hung on each end of a pole, which he carried across his neck. One of the pots had a crack in it. While the other pot was perfect, and always delivered a full portion of water at the end of the long walk from the stream to the master’s house, the cracked pot arrived only half full. For a full two years this went on daily, with the bearer delivering only one and a half pots full of water to his master’s house.

The perfect pot was proud of its accomplishments, perfect to the end for which it was made. But the poor cracked pot was ashamed of its own imperfection, and miserable that it was able to accomplish only half of what it had been made to do.

After two years of what it perceived to be a bitter failure, it spoke to the water bearer one day by the stream: “I am ashamed of myself, and I want to apologize to you.”

Why?” asked the bearer. “What are you ashamed of?”

“I have been able, for these past two years, to deliver only half my load because this crack in my side causes water to leak out all the way back to your master’s house. Because of my flaws, you have to do all of this work, and you don’t get full value from your efforts,” the pot said.

The water bearer felt sorry for the old cracked pot, and in his compassion, he said, “As we return to the master’s house, I want you to notice the beautiful flowers along the path.” 

Indeed, as they went up the hill, the old cracked pot took notice of the sun warming the beautiful wild flowers on the side of the path, and this cheered it some. But at the end of the trail, it still felt bad because it had leaked out half its load, and so again it apologized to the bearer for its failure.

The bearer said to the pot, “Did you notice that there were flowers only on your side of the path, but not on the other pot’s side? That’s because I have always known about your flaw, and I took advantage of it. I planted flower seeds on your side of the path, and every day while we walk back from the stream, you’ve watered them. For two years I have been able to pick these beautiful flowers to decorate my master’s table. Without you being just the way you are, he would not have this beauty to grace his house.” (Anon)

To me this story speaks of Jesus being broken for us. 

Just like that broken pot, he was willing to be poured out upon a thirsty world, becoming a pure and holy sacrifice on the cross, to rescue us from death, darkness and the slavery of sin, that we might have life, colour and freedom; exactly like the flowers in this story bursting forth from the soil.   

For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. NIV (John 3.16)

But I also want to encourage those of us who sometimes say, “I’m broken, I’m a failure, how can God possibly use me?” to look beyond self-condemnation, and see ourselves as God sees us. . .  our true potential, our desire to be of use, our willing hearts and our faithfulness, and to what we could be, if we don’t give way to despair!

 If we could but look at ourselves in an imaginary mirror with his eyes, we would see ourselves as we really are.  

Simply beautiful!

This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins. NIV (1 John 4.10)

Photo by Thomas Bormans on Unsplash


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ICYMI – Hospitality Edition

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If you haven’t heard yet, you still have time to send in recipes and contribute to our cookbook. All the details can be found in this post:

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We Are Embracing the Wild Hospitality of God

Our current theme explores how hospitality is in God’s nature and our nature. From the hospitality of self to hospitality toward creation to hospitality to family and friends, to strangers, toward God, from God toward us – and so much more. Be sure to follow along! We just started a new hospitality Saturday series focusing on hospitality through various seasons.

We Are Exploring Aspects of Hospitality Live!

If you haven’t watched yet, there have been several Facebook Live sessions on our theme and different aspects of it. With more to come – stay tuned for an upcoming Live session in our Godspace Light Community Facebook Group with Lilly Lewin on September 7th and Randy and Edith Woodley on September 21st. #icymi the previous sessions are on Christine Sine’s YouTube channel. Lilly Lewin and Christine kicked things off in this powerful video:

Christine Sine and Elaine Breckenridge discussed Celtic hospitality and more in this fascinating, enlightening talk:

Is hospitality a doorway to the kingdom of God? Come along with Tom Sine and Christine Sine in this video to find out:

How can your garden be a space of hospitality – beyond even what immediately comes to mind? Andy Wade and Christine Sine talk about Hospitality and the garden in this informative discussion:

We hope these bless you!


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Meditation Monday – Guests of God, Hosts to the World

by Christine Sine
written by Christine Sine

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Our focus on embracing the wild hospitality of God is changing the way I look at life and at our world. The concept of stewardship, so often used to define our relationship to the rest of creation and one which I have used for a long time in preference to the concept of dominion, still seems inadequate. It gives the impression that we are the ones in charge and are responsible to look after all else that God created. God is seen as an often strict and critical master. There is no sense of mutuality, no recognition of the need to listen to the creation and consult it in what we do and how we steward.

If however I recognize myself as both a guest in God’s world and a host for God’s world my attitude changes. There is a sense of mutual relationship, of intimacy both with God and creation that is quite profound. I am a guest not a steward. My whole life is a generous gift of God’s lavish bounty. Beauty, abundance, joy, generosity and love, all these I receive from God and much more. All these are gifts to me of hospitality and caring. Gifts that I am responsible to share with all the other guests at the table – not just the human ones but also the animals and plants of God’s good creation.

Last week, in her post God’s Hospitality: Hosting and Guesting, Elaine Breckenridge expressed something similar. She asked: What does it mean to behave like a revered guest at the banquet God has created for us on our planet?  The word “guest” invites me to consciously tread lightly on the Earth. Being a guest on the Earth has a more intimate feel to it than “being a steward of creation” or “reducing my carbon footprint.” It speaks to me of finding ways to reverence the Earth in the same way that indigenous people do.

There is more to this concept than just the recognition of ourselves as guests. It is easy for us to see God as our host, but God as guest which I talked about last week is another matter.  I am both inspired and stunned by the thought expressed by Richard Middleton in his book A New Heaven and A New Earth that our purpose is to transform the whole earth into a fitting place, a hospitable place, not just for humankind to dwell, but also for God to dwell. Can you imagine it? God longs for a beautiful place where all creation flourishes and enjoys abundant provision, a place in which God too feels welcomed and comfortable, able to walk once more in a hospitable relationship with humankind.

This concept has so grabbed my mind that I cannot turn away from it. God not as host but as guest. God longing to be invited to live in the midst of this beautiful, divinely inspired creation once more but waiting for the creation to be restored and our relationships to be renewed so that God feels comfortable here once more.

Andy Wade and I talked about that in our recent Facebook live session when we shared how he transformed his backyard to garden with God in mind. He cut out the straight lines. He stopped using pesticides. He planted to attract a wide variety of wildlife and created contemplative spaces that were not just inviting for him, but he felt also for God. That transformed space did indeed have a strong sense of the presence of God about it.

So as I sit here thinking about this today I realize that each of us has the opportunity to transform our own little space as a place of welcome for God. In the garden it might mean doing away with pesticides and harsh chemicals, but in our lives it means doing away with hatred and discrimination and indifference to other humans and to all of creation.

I want to be a hospitable person. I want others to feel welcome in my home, but I also want to be a person who welcomes God into a space that is comfortable and inviting. What about you? What kind of relationship do you long for with God? Is there one small thing you could do this week to provide a more welcoming environment?


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A Contemplative Service in the Style of Taize for August 21, 2022

by Christine Sine
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A contemplative service with music in the spirit of Taize. Carrie Grace Littauer, prayer leader, with music by Kester Limner and Andy Myers.

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