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  • Ash and Oil: March 9

    I will heal their disloyalty; I will love them freely, for my anger has turned from them. I will be like the dew to Israel; he shall blossom like the lily, he shall strike root like the forests of...
    March 9, 2015
  • Ash and Oil: March 6

    You have made the moon to mark the seasons; the sun knows its time for setting. You make darkness, and it is night, when all the animals of the forest come creeping out. The young lions roar for their...
    March 6, 2015
  • Ash and Oil: March 4

    "Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit in the wilderness, where for forty days he was tempted by the devil. He ate nothing at all during those days, and...
    March 4, 2015
  • Ash and Oil: March 2

    “For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven: a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted…” (Ecclesiastes 3:1-2) There...
    March 2, 2015
  • Ash and Oil: February 27

    I have a prayer. The most intense week of my life started when I entered a classroom for a one week course. The course was named “Exploring Indigenous Justice and Healing”, taught by Rupert Ross and...
    February 27, 2015
  • Ash and Oil: February 25

    So then, a sabbath rest still remains for the people of God; for those who enter God's rest also cease from their labors as God did from his. (Hebrews 4:9-10) It's Wednesday. Which is not our Sabbath...
    February 25, 2015
  • Ash and Oil: February 23

    Speak out, judge righteously, defend the rights of the poor and needy. (Proverbs 31:9) In the month of April 2013, the community of Kijabe, Kenya received rainfall levels equal to their total average...
    February 23, 2015
  • Ash and Oil: February 20

    “But let justice roll down like waters, and righteousness like an everflowing stream.” (Amos 5:24) God requires justice from his people – and not just a little drip of it here and there, but a rushing...
    February 20, 2015
  • Ash and Oil: Ash Wednesday

    Join us as we ponder the connections between Christ's walk to the cross, our mortality and sin, and creation's limitations.
    February 18, 2015
  • On Giving Up

    Schimmel, you fiend, you barely gave me a chance to supervise this one! You just learned of this Kelly, assessed her progress towards a life of justice as discipleship, and have already steered her off the path.
    February 6, 2015
  • Worship Resources for Refugee Justice

    The following prayers and litanies are only a sample of the resources available from the new Refugee Justice toolkit. Want more? You can find sermon examples, children's messages, children's books...
    November 5, 2014
  • I Have a Confession

    I have a confession: I talk about my congressperson more than I talk to my congressperson. I talk about politics more than I participate in politics. I often rant about how disappointed, upset, or...
    October 3, 2014