Linda Jordan will bring us her thoughts about a different type of journey. The wheel of the year describes a journey. As we work to provide for our needs, we create gifts for each other, the church, the community, and ourselves. Lammas is the time to celebrate and appreciate them. The church is open for … Continue reading The Sweat, Gifts and Abundance of Lammas
Holly Terrill will deliver a sermon by the Rev. Josh Pawelek exploring the meaning and nature of the spiritual journey. Pawelek tells us that the purpose of any religion is to help its adherents grow spiritually. In some religions the path is clear, but ours is more open-ended and filled with numerous paths from which … Continue reading On Setting Out and Coming Home
When we think about the word Journey, images of planning, mapping, and self-determination come to mind. How quickly that all changes with the first flat tire of a long road trip. In all reality, we can try to predict the future, but the possibilities are endless. However, the one thing we can predict is our … Continue reading Journey to the Center of the Earth: Traveling the Inward Road
The easiest journeys to talk about are those filled with sights, sounds, smells and tastes worth remembering. We share our memories of these journeys easily because they happened “out there,” far away from our inner selves. But what about the interior journeys we take that are not so easily put into words? We all need … Continue reading A Safe Place to Speak
There’s a struggle we all come to at different times in our lives – a struggle to free ourselves from old habits, old story lines, outmoded expectations of perfection, the ideal happy outcome. There are things we need to let go. From what do you need to be freed? What mooring do you need to … Continue reading Journey to Inner Space
