Saying the Most Important Things

May 12, 2023   ·     •   John 14: 1-8

If there’s someone you know who is going through a hard time, embarking on an adventure, or has accomplished something they’ve worked hard for, I wonder what you might say to them, in wisdom and in love? What you might express by way of gratitude to those who have helped you along the way? More

Telling Our Stories of Jesus

Apr 23, 2023   ·     •   Luke 24:13-35

…we pick up the stories, and we re-tell them again and again. We roll them around in our mouths, good storytellers try new ways to start them, and we see what sparks an interest. More

We Will With God’s Help

Apr 09, 2023   ·     •   John 20: 19-31

God has broken into the world this morning; we must claim and act on it. God can transform an empty, dusty tomb devoid of life and turn it into a symbol of beauty, hope, and salvation.  More

The Wholeness Looks Different After You Have Been Broken

Apr 07, 2023   ·     •   John 18: 1-19; 42

I want to be a better listener, I want to have others listen better too. My hope, my goal, is that I try and turn inward and deal with my broken parts and places where Christ is not. Good Friday is good for that. More

Feels like Me. Feels Like Home. Always Has.

Mar 12, 2023   ·     •   Luke 19:41-44

Being seen. It’s a powerful thing. To know that another human being has truly seen you, understood you,
received you for who you really are: That is pure grace. It is being seen. Most of us would do anything for it. More

What God Can Do with Earth and Ash

Feb 22, 2023   ·     •   Matthew 4: 1 - 11

… what if repentance is not about moral transformation but rather a shift in our perception? A possibility to see the world anew. More

The Many Directions of Reconciliation  What it means to become God’s reconciliation in the world. 

Apr 11, 2021   ·  

So for reconciliation, there is a component of timing, being Thomas and Mary more than Jesus I can say that not much is instantaneous but a slow working of showing up and doing the day to day work of moving toward those I am out of reconciliation with.   The other component the other ‘ward’ the other movement towards reconciliation is the rooting out of bad information or a bad piece of the story we tell ourselves.   More

We are called to See not just look, Easter Sunday 2021

Apr 04, 2021   ·  

Mary the disciple is able to see because she is within the community and she can build on what is seen before her, now not just a stolen body, but a missing body, the wrapping left, the cloth left, she then is able to see angels and then her teacher.  I wonder if she would have been stuck on one part of it if she did not have a community to nudge her along, to help her see something radically new, life-changing new, transformative?  More

They Wish To See Jesus.

Mar 21, 2021   ·  

So how do I show you the divine spark this morning?  How do I open the door so that you get to see Jesus?  Where do I find Andrew to ask where he is and if it is okay for you all to come and have a peek?  Come and have a chat that leads to a lifelong friendship, connection?  I am not sure, and I know that I do not have to do it alone.  I do not have to be the magic conduit to God, I point and hopefully, you go together, you make community and you see a way forward that brings more God, more Love, more light into the world.     More

Serpent Nipping at Our Heels

Mar 14, 2021   ·  

  The Reverend Michele Morgan Sunday, March 14th, 2021  Lent 4B    Jesus said, “Just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man … More