When the Israelites saw it, they said to one another, “What is it?” For they did not know what it was. Moses said to them, “It is the bread that the LORD has given you to eat.” The house of Israel called it manna…
Food Insecurity
According to data from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research’s California Health Interview Survey, at least 4 million low-income Californians struggled with food insecurity during 2011-12. Food-insecurity is the inability to consistently afford enough food. Researchers find that food-insecure adults face higher risks of chronic diseases (like diabetes and hypertension) as well as depression and poor mental health. For children, food insecurity is also linked to poor academic outcomes. To learn more about this visit Map the Meal Gap…
Toward Sunday
We continue our worship series, The Art & Resurrection of Justice, this week with focus on Food Insecurity. Outline for The Art & Resurrection of Justice •april 27: human trafficking (John 20.19-31) •may 4: food insecurity (Luke 24.13-49) •may 11: listening to the voiceless (John 10.1-10) Worship this Sunday will hold the story of Emmaus (Luke 23.13-49) in conversation with food insecurity and the recent documentary A Place at the Table. We encourage you to view the documentary if you…
Art and Resurrection of Justice
“Justice is what love looks like in public.” ~ Cornell West Here is a video from the Justice Conference 2014 that I attended. Justin Dillon, founder of Made in a Free World helped me to understand the nuances and complexities of Human Trafficking. You might find him helpful as well. [vimeo http://vimeo.com/91323579]
Justice
“If you break a good law, justice must be invoked not only for goodness’ sake but for the good of your own soul. Justice may consist of paying a price for what you’ve done or simply of the painful knowledge that you deserve to pay a price which is payment enough. Without one form of justice or the other, the result is ultimately disorder and grief for you and everybody. Thus justice is itself not unmerciful. Justice also does not…
Art.
An old silent pond. Into the pond a frog jumps. Splash! Silence again. “It is perhaps the best known of all Japanese haiku. No subject could be more humdrum. No language could be more pedestrian. Matsu Basho, the poet, makes no comment on what he or she is describing. He implies no meaning, message, or metaphor. He simply invites our attention to no more and no less than just this: the old pond in its watery stillness, the kerplunk of…
Toward Sunday
While we celebrated the beauty & mystery of Easter on Sunday, the season of Easter will continue for fifty days. We’ll spend the first few weeks of Easter in a worship series called The Art & Resurrection of Justice. Outline for The Art & Resurrection of Justice •april 27: human trafficking (John 20.19-31) •may 4: food insecurity (Luke 24.13-49) •may 11: listening to the voiceless (John 10.1-10) Read John 20.19-31. We will be holding this biblical text in conversation with…
Celebrate Easter
Celebrate Easter Sunrise 6:30am at McKinley Park 601 Alhambra in East Sacramento. Dress warmly. Bring a blanket if you would like to sit on the grass. There will be some chairs provided. Celebrate Easter at 10:30 am in the sanctuary at 5265 H Street. All are welcome.
Good Friday
Tonight we will gather for a time of prayer and solemn remembrance of the crucifixion of Jesus. We will begin at 7 in the Sanctuary at 5265 H Street. There is childcare for children 10 and under. All are welcome. The sky peels back to purple and thunder slaps the thighs of heaven, and all the tears of those who grieve fly up to clouds and are released and drench the earth. The ones who see and hear know that…
Maundy Thursday
Our time together this evening will be rooted in the story of Jesus and his last supper with those closest to him. We will consider our place at The Lord’s Table and wonder about who might be missing. We will have a simple supper of soup and bread following our work at different prayer stations around Fellowship Hall. 6-7:15pm. 5265 H Street. All are welcome. Eat. Drink. Remember who I am. Eat. Drink. Remember who I am so you…
Trust in the face of uncertainty
Some Pharisees came and said to him, “Get away from here, for Herod wants to kill you.” He said to them, “Go and tell that fox for me, Listen, I am casting out demons and performing cures today and tomorrow, and on the third day I finish my work.” —Luke 13.31-32 Jesus looks at the forces of death, geared up for the raid, the jaded dealers of oppression and fear with their swords and…
Toward Sunday
We conclude our worship series Give Up Certainty for Lent: Live in the Parables of Jesus as we journey together this week through Holy Week. Please invite your Kitchen Table to join us… We will gather for a simple meal on Maundy Thursday from 6:00-7:15 pm in the Social Hall on April 17. This intergenerational worship service will weave music and prayer stations and the story of Jesus’ Last Supper through the lens of Godly Play. We will gather for a solemn remembering of Good Friday at…
Prodigal sings to us all
When is a time you remember calling out to God? What was your lament? What did you hear from God? The Prodigal Son The Ghosts that we know The son sings to us all…including God You saw my pain, washed out in the rain And broken glass, saw the blood run from my veins But you saw no fault, no cracks in my heart And you knelt beside my hope torn apart But the ghosts that we knew Will…