Click here to download this in a .doc format. Baptism is a sacrament, a ritual in which God is present with us in the elements of our everyday life. Baptism is not something that we do, but something that we receive. It is a symbol of God’s Covenant with us, God’s relationship of steadfast love… Continue reading Baptism – an overview
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Pray for the bad guys
Bless those who curse you, pray for those who abuse you. —Luke 6.28 The more monstrous a person’s evil,the more evil their monsters,and the more unable they are to overcome them.They need you.They need you to stand beside them and prayas they can’t, pray for their redemption.If you want peace in the world,if you want justice for… Continue reading Pray for the bad guys
Inspired
All scripture is inspired by God and is useful for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, so that everyone who belongs to God may be proficient, equipped for every good work. —2 Timothy 3.16-17 This does not say all scripture is infallible,or dictated by God.It says those who wrote did so breathing the Holy Spirit.They may… Continue reading Inspired
Healing
One of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, praising God with a loud voice. —Luke 17.15 Thank you, God, for all the ways I have been healed.For health in my flesh, the miraculous way my body knows how to heal itself.For your healing of my self-esteem, the gift to see myself whole, as you see… Continue reading Healing
Washed In Your Waters
Original lyrics set to the tune of Morning Has Broken.
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Lyrics:
Washed in your waters, baptized with Jesus,
your sons and daughters, risen anew,
each day we live, God, we drink your blessings.
Our lives we give, then, gladly to you.
Not our deserving, but your indwelling
blessing us, serving, will be our guide.
Source of our living, Word of your Presence,
Spirit of giving, stay by our side.
Filled with your Spirit, one in your Body,
Christ, we inherit mercy and light.
Guide and defend us, and daily send us
into the world to share your delight.
Spirit who frees us, give us your courage,
to walk with Jesus all of our days,
blessing and healing, justice revealing,
till all the world sings in thanks and praise.
Give Us Eyes
Original lyrics set to the tune of EBENEEZER (Once To Every Man and Nation).
(Alternate tunes: “Ode to Joy,” or “Love Divine, All Loves Excelling.”) Free to copy and use. Or you can pay-what-you-like to donate.
Lyrics:
Give us eyes, O God of justice, to see clearly as you see:
not to turn away but bravely face oppression’s misery.
Steel our hearts to see injustice, and to feel our siblings’ pain.
Give us sorrow; give us rage; but let our anger be humane.
Give us eyes, O God of mercy, to see evil as you see:
holding victim and oppressor in its jaws, and neither free.
God, refine our wrath and grief with yours ‘till only love remains.
Give us loving rage and courage to step up and break the chains.
Give us eyes, O God of wholeness, to see all the love you sow,
and by grace to set it free: in every person let it flow.
Let our wrath be flames of love and not the burn of power denied,
till we gently, firmly, mightily pry the gates of justice wide.
Christ We Are Baptized
Original lyrics set to the tune of Morning Has Broken.
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Lyrics:
Christ we are baptized into your dying,
all of our life poured out into yours;
and we are baptized into your rising,
life given to us from your deep stores.
Christ we are baptized into your Body:
we are all one community here.
This is your presence, this is your rising:
loving anew in your people dear.
Christ we are baptized into your service:
gentle and healing in all the strife,
vessels of grace, who bear your redemption,
bright with the light of eternal life.
Christ we are baptized your New Creation,
all of the world made new by your grace:
dawn of your Realm of mercy and justice,
Christ shining, risen, granting us peace.
Transfiguration Sunday
February 19, 2023 Lectionary Texts Exodus 24.12-18. Moses goes up on the mountain and encounters God, who shines with light. Psalm 99 praises God and God’s glory, in language reminiscent of Moses’ experience on the mountain. 2 Peter 1.16-21 refers to God’s blessing of Christ on the mountain. “Pay attention to the prophetic message like… Continue reading Transfiguration Sunday
3rd Sunday after Epiphany
January 22, 2023 Lectionary Texts Isaiah 9.1-4 celebrates the light of God’s liberating grace, which overwhelms the darkness of war, injustice and oppression. Psalm 27 says, If God is my light, then I have nothing to fear. I seek to live close to God (“in the house of the Lord”), to pay attention to God’s… Continue reading 3rd Sunday after Epiphany
Christ, Begotten of the Love of God
Original lyrics set to the tune of Of the Father’s Love Begotten.
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Lyrics:
Christ, begotten of the love of God, here before the world’s first day,
Christ the Alpha and Omega, Christ the source, the end, the way,
Christ, the promised One, still coming: come, O Light, and show the way,
evermore and evermore.
Christ, we waken to your coming at an unexpected hour,
bringing love and justice with you, with divine grace and power
May our waiting be our praising; in our hope may courage flower,
evermore and evermore.
Christ, we bring our gifts to honor you, and we come on bended knee,
offering our hearts and living, that to you the glory be.
May your light adorn and guide us, now and in eternity,
evermore and evermore.
Christ, your glory fills the universe, blessing us with joyful mirth;
and your grace renews our spirits, granting us a second birth.
Come, O Christ, and rule among us, bringing peace to all the earth,
evermore and evermore. Amen.