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Click here for today's Lenten Devotional Reflection on Today's Devotional: “It would be impossible for me to estimate the number of times, since March 2017, that I have written in my journal words from 2 Corinthians 12:10. “ For when I am weak, then I am strong”. When...

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Click here for today's Lenten Devotional Reflection on Today's Devotional: “Moses famously balked at God’s commandment to bring God’s people out of Egypt by doubting his own abilities: “I have never been eloquent… but I am slow of speech.” (Ex. 4:10) I have similarly...

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Click here for today's Lenten Devotional Reflection on Today's Devotional: “When I was in second grade, I was diagnosed with dyslexia and dyscalculia. These are learning differences that meant it was difficult for me to distinguish my left from my right, learn the...

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Click here for today's Lenten Devotional Reflection on Today's Devotional: “Theme: Examining our fear to live with faith Examine: Stand with your eyes closed, holding someone else’s hand. Now, take a step, another step and another. I feel uneasy. Imagine: You cannot...

Click here to view today's Lenten Devotional As Lent begins, we feel the familiar rhythm and rituals of this liturgical season. Often, we change our habits during lent as a way to experience God more and notice God in our everyday lives.  There are many ways people do...

READ Luke 2:1-20 FROM THE ARTIST Rev. Lisle Gwynn Garrity This year, I come to this story with deep reverence for the complexity and beauty of childbirth. At the time of creating this art, I am about 6 weeks away from giving birth to my first child—who will be born in...

READ Luke 2:1-20 COMMENTARY Dr. Christine J. Hong Different cultures have different birthday rituals. In Korean culture we practice the tradition of eating Miyeok-guk on your birthday. Miyeok- guk is a nutritious and delicious seaweed soup made with beef or seafood...

EVERY YEAR My heart and I have an agreement. Every year we show up here--- here in the sanctuary, here with the candles and the tall ceilings, here with the creaky church pews and the songs of silent nights. My heart and I have an agreement. Every year we show up...

READ Luke 1:46-55 FROM THE ARTIST Hannah Garrity Passed down from generation to generation, my grandmother’s painting palette still had watercolors on it when I opened it the other day. She placed them there so long ago. I think that the last painting classes she took...

READ Luke 1:39-45; 56-58 FROM THE ARTIST Carmelle Beaugelin Mary and Elizabeth have found in each other a sisterhood amid their precarious and unusual circumstances. An older Elizabeth (perhaps losing hope of ever nursing a child at the loss of her monthly cycle)...

READ Luke 1:39-58 COMMENTARY Dr. Christine J. Hong My parents are Korean immigrants. My mother used to say that back in the days of their immigration, whoever met you at the airport decided your destiny. In other words, whoever greets you at the threshold as you...

WHERE I SAW GOD LAST The dimple in your right cheek, the child playing peek a-boo from his stroller, the abuelita who spends her afternoons in the park by 86th; the teenagers on the subway who cannot control their laughter; Neil, my neighbor, who always asks about...

SABBATH IN THE KITCHEN As a Sabbath activity, follow this family recipe or prepare another favorite dish.  PEANUT'S PECAN PIE (ADAPTED FOR POPPA) A family recipe shared by Lauren Wright Pittman Peanut was my Poppa’s (my maternal grandfather) little sister who was born...

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READ Isaiah 35:1-10 FROM THE ARTIST Rev. Lauren Wright Pittman Hope is difficult to come by these days; the wilderness seems to expand toward the horizon with no end in sight. “The wilderness and the dry land shall be glad, the desert shall rejoice and blossom; like...

Reread the poem, "Instructions for a Hard Choice" by Rev. Sarah Speed. In the space below, reflect on a time when you made a difficult decision. How did you find your way to the choice you made? How was God at work in that experience? INSTRUCTIONS FOR A HARD CHOICE...

READ Matthew 1:18-25 FROM THE ARTIST Rev. Lisle Gwynn Garrity When Joseph learns that his engagement has turned into a scandal, he decides to dismiss Mary quietly. While this choice may seem like a compassionate one, it’s also a passive choice, one with little cost to...

READ Matthew 1:18-25 COMMENTARY Dr. Christine J. Hong This story always raises a question for me. Why did it take divine intervention for Joseph to choose the better way? It took a vision and a celestial being for Joseph not to abandon his partner. Part of me is...

First, you must take a deep breath. Let oxygen dance through your lungs. Exhale it slowly. Allow the hurt, the shame, the anger to rise up in you. Let your mind run wild, like a million loose horses. Let the narratives unfold, unroll, a river of choppy water. Ask...

SABBATH IN THE KITCHEN As a Sabbath activity, follow this family recipe or prepare another favorite dish. DECORATED CHRISTMAS COOKIES A family recipe shared by Lisle Gwynn Garrity As a child, Christmastime always promised us a tradition that was an otherwise forbidden...

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