We arrive here out of many walks of life. We wear clothing of different patterns and our feet go in boots or shoes or sandals. Some read magazines, others read novels, still others read technical works or works of history. But gathered in community our hearts beat together, we laugh together, our tears are of […]
Little Celebrations #7: Liturgical Quotables
We are conceived in mystery to walk a narrow path: doubt on the one side, wonder on the other, faith which sustains and reason which guides. In gathering as a religion, we support one another, challenge one another, learn from one another, help one another remember what is too easy to forget. * * * […]
Little Celebrations #6: Liturgical Quotables
Let us draw together in thanks and praise for the goodness that is in the world. Let us also sorrow for those who suffer and all the work which remains undone. Let us be reverent and loving in the light of truth, faith, courage and abundance. May our hearts create a space where all these […]
Little Celebrations #5: Liturgical Quotables
It is good to gather with friends of the heart, to breathe in sparkling spirits which dwell in enlightened community. Greeting and appreciation to those who are new to us. Thanks also to those who have journeyed together year after year. Let faith, wisdom, and commitment blend in this place. Let us come together as […]
Little Celebrations #4: Liturgical Quotables
We come together as flame in a living Chalice. We are the fuel: hearts and minds in community. We are the oxygen: the breath we share in words, music, tears, and laughter. May the heat of our passion and com-passion, our hope, our faith, our honest striving light this beacon, and may it guide us […]