'rooted in grace' Tagged Posts (Page 8)
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…
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…
Prodigal Son Playlist 3
The parable of the Prodigal Son. What might it feel like for you to be the younger son? What would be the most challenging for you? The son: How fickle my heart and how woozy my eyes I struggle to find any truth in your lies And now my heart stumbles on things I don’t know My weakness I feel I must finally show God: Lend me your hand and we’ll conquer them all But lend me your heart and…
Prodigal Son Playlist 2
Read The Prodigal Son and reflect on a time in which you felt “lost” and were welcomed home. The younger son rethinks his choice…. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSLsUS29UiM The son: And after the storm, I run and run as the rains come And I look up, I look up, on my knees and out of luck, I look up. Night has always pushed up day You must know life to see decay But I won’t rot, I won’t rot Not this mind and…
After the Storm
The parable of The Prodigal Son http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSLsUS29UiM The son: And after the storm, I run and run as the rains come And I look up, I look up, on my knees and out of luck, I look up. Night has always pushed up day You must know life to see decay But I won’t rot, I won’t rot Not this mind and not this heart, I won’t rot. God: And I took you by the hand And we stood tall,…
The Prodigal Son playlist
This week as our community lives with the parable of the Prodigal Son we offer you a musical lectio based on songs from the group Mumford & Sons. The original idea came from a blog by Todd Rossnagel if you would like to listen to this in one setting. It will take you 30 minutes. Or you may break it up in parts each day as we share the music through youtube versions. If you have your own recordings you…
Toward Sunday
We are nearing the end our worship series Give Up Certainty for Lent: Live in the Parables of Jesus. This Sunday is Palm Sunday and our worship will be rooted in the parable of The Prodigal Son. The following week, we will celebrate Holy Week with worship in the evening on both Thursday (April 17) and Friday (April 18). Maundy Thursday will be at 6-7:15pm in Fellowship Hall. This will be a family friendly service of music and prayer stations focused on Jesus’ Last…