Blessed are those who Hunger and Thirst for Righteousness

by | Oct 16, 2016 | 2016

I left last night so grateful to be a part of a community that doesn’t just learn about the teaching of Jesus but longs to put his words into practice. After offering our whole selves to God in song and reflecting on Jesus’ words in Matthew 6, Gail and Bill led in a...

Blessed are the Meek

by | Oct 9, 2016 | 2016

Last night we were blessed to have Sibyl Towner help us live into the third Beatitude, “Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth.” Given the events of this week and the current political climate, we came with hearts in need of Jesus’ teaching. The false...

Blessed are Those Who Mourn

by | Sep 25, 2016 | 2016

Last night was a truly human and holy experience of worship, lament, and opening ourselves up to the real presence of Christ. Most Sundays, our liturgy is based on four readings from the Revised Common Lectionary— the shared ordering of scripture texts based...

Blessed are the Poor in Spirit

by | Sep 18, 2016 | 2016

This week began our deep exploration of practicing the Beatitudes with “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of Heaven.” The liturgy explored our poverty of spirit using Jesus’s teaching in Matthew 5. Jesus invites us to be salt and...

An Invitation to Live the Beatitudes

by | Sep 11, 2016 | 2016

A journey back to reality. It’s something most of us could use, what with the competing scripts and distortions and narratives and lies that swirl around us, telling us who we should be and what we should strive for and what we should buy to get there. It’s enough to...

A Theology and Practice of The Other

by | Aug 14, 2016 | 2016

There is a certain heaviness when one talks about a “theology of the other” as we explored last night at the Practice. For some of us, the “other” feels far away; Syrian refugees and ISIS fighters, global politics, and economic anxiety. For other of us, the “other” is...