Friends:
Our Sikh musician friends Amar and Sybomar Khalsa will join us for worship this Sunday.  I hope you will join us for some summer time chant, centering prayer and reflections on Mary and Martha.  I will be preaching and presiding.
I hope you enjoyed the Night Minister Rev. Lyle Beckman last Sunday.  Lyle invites you to [...]

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Friends:
Truth is the ‘light’ by which to find your way out of darkness.  Turn it on!
Congratulations to: our Graduates – Alexi Griesbach and Elisabeth Pfeiffer on graduating from high school; to Katherine Beeler on her college graduation; to Ro Lo Bianco and receiving his Master’s Degree in Wildlife Biology; and to Marco Garzon on passing [...]

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Friends:
Never succumb to feelings of loneliness.  No matter where you are, God is close by.  Remember:  Feeling distant from God is subjective, not objective; it is just your own feeling, not reality. - Rebbe Nachman of Breslov
This Sunday we will incorporate some of the wisdom of Yoga within our worship.  Yoga literally means to yoke [...]

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Friends:
God, come with the wind of your Holy Spirit and stir up all your people throughout the world.
Protect us from the sin of limiting You, diminishing you and making you small.
Help we who pray – to make sure we devote our attention to what really unites your humanity…and not squander our faith on differences and [...]

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Friends:
Nothing is more practical than finding God, than falling in love in a quite absolute, final way. What you are in love with, what seizes your imagination, will affect everything. It will decide what will get you out of bed in the morning, what you will do with your evening, how you spend [...]

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Friends:
Inside the huge Roman Cathedral the tourists were confined in the mystery of twilight.
Vaults – mouths gaping wide open – beyond vaults, gave no gaze of the vastness.
The flickering of candle flames.
There, the voice of an angel without face embraced me,
Whispering into my body-being:
“Do not feel ashamed of being human, be proud!
Breathe and bear the [...]

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Friends:
Growing spiritually can be like a roller coaster ride:  take comfort in the knowledge that the way down is often only a preparation for the way up.
Partnership Sunday was a blessing for all of us.  Many expressed their thanks for the experience of the Liberation Theology process of reflection and praxis.  The dancing, singing, praying, [...]

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Friends:
To be hopeful in bad times is not just foolishly romantic. It is based on the fact that human history is a history not only of cruelty, but also of compassion, sacrifice, courage, kindness. What we choose to emphasize in this complex history will determine our lives. If we see only the worst, it destroys [...]

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As often as you can, take a trip out to the fields to pray; all the grasses and flowers will join you. They will enter your prayers and give you strength to sing praises to God. - Rebbe Nachman of Breslov

This Sunday we celebrate Earth Day. You will learn about the Elegant Unfolding of the Universe. Ro invites you to wear work clothes and help plant some new plants in our Native Garden after worship. You may also do some further earth work after that if you choose. We may receive some news about Solar Richmond from Dave, Jeanie, Parisa and Ro as well. In preparation for Sunday please enjoy the sun, the flowers, the aromas, and the breeze that surround you; sipping clean water; and walking on an earth that supports you every step of the way.

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Easter Exultet
Shake out your qualms.
Shake up your dreams.
Deepen your roots.
Extend your branches.
Trust deep water
and head for the open,
even if your vision
shipwrecks you.
Quit your addiction
to sneer and complain.
Open a lookout.
Dance on a brink.
Run with your wildfire.
You are closer to glory
leaping an abyss
than upholstering a rut.
Not dawdling.
Not doubting.
Intrepid all the way
Walk toward clarity.
At every crossroad
Be prepared
to bump [...]

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